July 7th 1976
David Steel is the new leader of the Liberal Party ' Mr. David Steel was confirmed as the new leader of the Liberal Party. It was calculated that he beat his only rival Mr. John Pardoe, by a ratio of 2-1. Mr. Steel the 38 year old son of a Moderator of the Church of Scotland, is MP for the Scottish border constituency of Roxburgh. He now takes over from Mr. Jo Grimond who was been acting as caretaker. Photo Shows: David Steel (left) and John Pardoe watching the count at the Poplar Civic Centre this afternoon.
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Photo is dated 7-7-1976.
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