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fe peerage 5 february 1996 7 march 2025 member of parliament for lincoln in office 8 march 1962 20 september 1974 preceded by geoffrey de freitas succeeded by margaret jackson personal details born 1928 10 18 18 october 1928 sumatra dutch east indies died 25 october 2025 2025 10 25 aged 97 london england party labour until 1972 democratic labour 1972 80 sdp 1981 88 liberal democrats 1988 2025 children 2 including suzanna education balliol college oxford part of the politics series on republicanism concepts anti monarchism anti corruption civic virtue civil society consent of the governed democracy democratization liberty as non domination mixed government political representation popular sovereignty public participation republic res publica rule of law self governance separation of powers social contract social equality schools gaullism jeffersonian democracy kantianism kemalism khomeinism nasserism venizelism types autonomous capitalist christian classical democratic directorial system federal federal council imperial islamic maritime modern parliamentary peasant people s revolutionary secular sister socialist philosophers adams john arendt baggini bello bentham berlin bodin cattaneo chappell cicero condorcet crick franklin harrington honderich jefferson kant locke machiavelli madison marx mazzini mill montesquieu paine pettit polybius rousseau sandel sidney skinner quentin sunstein tocqueville warburton wollstonecraft politicians adams gerry adams john ashton atatürk azaña bartley benn bennett bolívar chapman clark katy clarke tom connolly cromwell davidson de gaulle de valera drakeford etherington fabiani ferguson flynn paul flynn stephen foot gambetta garibaldi grévy griffith griffiths harvie hatton hébert hopkins huppert iorwerth jackson jay jefferson jones elin jones lynne juárez kane khomeini la malfa lenin lewis lincoln lucas mackay mackenzie madison magid manley mannin mcdonnell mckechin mottley mullin nandy naysmith nehru papineau pound prescott ritchie robespierre sayed sillars singh skates skinner dennis slater slaughter smith spadolini stuart sun taverne venizelos washington whitlam wilson wood theoretical works republic c 375 bc de re publica 54 51 bc discourses on livy 1531 the tenure of kings and magistrates 1649 the commonwealth of oceana 1656 discourses concerning government 1698 the spirit of law 1748 discourse on inequality 1755 the social contract 1762 the federalist papers 1787 1788 rights of man 1791 perpetual peace a philosophical sketch 1794 democracy in america 1835 1840 on revolution 1963 history roman republic gaṇasaṅgha classical athens republic of venice republic of genoa republic of florence dutch republic american revolution french revolution spanish american wars of independence trienio liberal french revolution of 1848 proclamation of the republic 5 october 1910 revolution chinese revolution russian revolution german revolution of 1918 1919 turkish war of independence mongolian revolution of 1921 11 september 1922 revolution 1935 greek coup attempt spanish civil war 1944 icelandic constitutional referendum 1946 italian institutional referendum egyptian revolution of 1952 14 july revolution 1960 south african republic referendum north yemen civil war zanzibar revolution 1969 libyan revolution 1970 cambodian coup d état metapolitefsi 1974 greek republic referendum iranian revolution 1987 fijian coups d état 1993 brazilian constitutional referendum nepalese civil war barbadian republic proclamation national variants antigua and barbuda australia bahamas barbados canada ireland jamaica japan morocco netherlands new zealand norway spain catalonia sweden united kingdom scotland wales united states republic days armenia azerbaijan china iceland india iran italy kazakhstan malta moldova nepal niger north korea north macedonia pakistan philippines taiwan turkey related topics classical radicalism common good communitarianism consul criticism of monarchy egalitarianism the emperor s new clothes jacobinism liberalism list of monarchy referendums list of republics monarchism peasant republic primus inter pares republic without republicans republican empire republican party politics portal v t e dick taverne baron taverne 18 october 1928 25 october 2025 was a british politician and life peer who served as member of parliament mp for lincoln from 1962 to 1974 1 a member of the liberal democrats he was a labour mp until his deselection in 1972 2 following which he resigned his seat and won the subsequent by election in 1973 as a democratic labour candidate 3 taverne s 1973 victory in lincoln was short lived despite retaining his seat at the february 1974 general election labour regained the seat at the october 1974 general election by the future cabinet minister margaret beckett however his success opened the possibility of a realignment on the left of british politics which took shape in 1981 as the social democratic party sdp which taverne joined he later joined the liberal democrats when the sdp merged with the liberal party taverne sat as a liberal democrat life peer in the house of lords from 1996 until 2025 early life and career edit taverne was born in sumatra on 18 october 1928 and was a dutch national by birth he was naturalised as british at age 21 4 educated at charterhouse school and then balliol college oxford 4 he graduated in philosophy and ancient history qualified as a barrister in 1954 5 and became a queen s counsel qc in 1965 6 taverne unsuccessfully contested putney as the labour party candidate at the 1959 general election 7 and was elected as the member of parliament mp for lincoln at a by election in march 1962 7 under harold wilson s premiership in the 1960s he served as a home office minister from 1966 to 1968 minister of state at the treasury from 1968 to 1969 and then as financial secretary to the treasury from 1969 to 1970 4 8 in 1970 he helped to launch the institute for fiscal studies now an influential independent think tank and was the first director later chairman 9 in 1972 taverne was deselected by the lincoln constituency labour party 3 10 11 who disagreed with his pro european economic community views he then resigned from the labour party and from parliament and formed the lincoln democratic labour association he was re elected as an independent democratic labour candidate at a by election in march 1973 12 and held the seat at the february 1974 general election 4 taverne lost his seat in parliament at the october 1974 general election 6 but he continued to remain active with the democratic labour association he was a leading social democratic thinker 8 publishing the future of the left lincoln and after in 1974 13 when the social democratic party sdp was formed in the early 1980s he joined them serving on their national committee from 1981 until 1987 he stood as an sdp candidate in the 1982 peckham by election coming second with 32 of the vote 14 and in the 1983 general election he stood in dulwich coming third 15 when the sdp merged with the liberal party he joined the new liberal democrats serving on its federal policy committee from 1989 until 1990 15 on 5 february 1996 he was created a life peer as baron taverne of pimlico in the city of westminster 16 and sat in the house of lords as a liberal democrat in may 2006 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the liberal democrats in local elections to westminster city council in the marylebone high street ward 17 taverne was elected president of the research defence society in 2004 18 he was a member of the house of lords committee on the use of animals in scientific procedures and was also a member of the science and technology committee of the house of lords 18 personal life and death edit in 1955 taverne married janice hennessey a microbiologist 4 he had two daughters one of whom is former investment banker suzanna 19 20 he became interested in science and public policy and in 2002 founded sense about science a charity with the objective of advancing public understanding of science and the evidence based approach to scientific issues 21 4 taverne was an honorary associate of the national secular society 22 and a distinguished supporter of humanists uk as well as a vice chair of the all party parliamentary humanist group 23 he was also a member of the steering committee of the bilderberg group 24 taverne won the science writers award as parliamentary science communicator of the year 2005 25 he was a listed member of republic the campaign for abolishing the monarchy 8 on 15 september 2010 taverne along with 54 other public figures signed an open letter published in the guardian stating their opposition to pope benedict xvi s state visit to the uk 26 taverne was interviewed in 2012 as part of the history of parliament s oral history project 27 28 he was the author of the march of unreason published by oxford university press in may 2005 29 it won him the association of british science writers award as parliamentary communicator of the year 4 30 in 2014 taverne published his memoir against the tide taverne died at his home in london on 25 october 2025 at the age of 97 4 15 andrew copson wrote of taverne that his legacy lies not only in the causes he advanced but the manner in which he did so calm rigorous and humane he showed how a humanist outlook can anchor an ethical and courageous public life 31 books edit taverne dick 1974 the future of the left lincoln and after isbn 0 224 00950 8 taverne dick 2005 the march of unreason science democracy and the new fundamentalism oxford university press isbn 0 19 280485 5 stanley feldman dr marks vincent 28 july 2006 contributed to panic nation unpicking the myths we re told about food and health john blake isbn 9781857828405 taverne dick 2014 against the tide politics and beyond biteback isbn 978 1849546690 see also edit list of uk minor party and independent mps elected lincoln democratic labour association candidate deselection labour party references edit taverne baron dick taverne born 18 oct 1928 who s who who was who 2007 doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 u37050 isbn 978 0 19 954088 4 retrieved 5 may 2021 cite web cs1 maint periodical has isbn link shaw eric 1988 discipline and discord in the labour party the politics of managerial control in the labour party 1951 87 manchester manchester university press isbn 071902482x oclc 17412352 1 2 dick taverne some of the labour party people have absolutely nowhere to go www newstatesman com retrieved 8 october 2019 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 bates stephen 26 october 2025 lord taverne obituary the guardian retrieved 26 october 2025 board of trustees sense about science 14 september 2016 retrieved 31 october 2025 1 2 chidwick tom 1 march 2023 return taverne 50 years on from the lincoln by election 2025 10 31 retrieved 31 october 2025 1 2 stenton michael lees stephens 1981 who s who of british members of parliament volume iv 1945 1979 brighton the harvester press p 360 isbn 0 85527 335 6 1 2 3 jones nigel 26 october 2025 dick taverne was the last social democrat the spectator retrieved 31 october 2025 taverne dick march 2014 against the tide politics and beyond pdf p 201 archived from the original pdf on 11 may 2021 retrieved 12 april 2015 shaw eric 1988 discipline and discord in the labour party the politics of managerial control in the labour party 1951 87 manchester manchester university press isbn 071902482x oclc 17412352 garner robert 1998 british political parties today kelly richard n 2nd ed manchester manchester university press isbn 0719051045 oclc 39305531 corfe ollie george galloway becomes uk s most successful political outsider the telegraph retrieved 31 october 2025 taverne dick 1974 the future of the left lincoln and after cape isbn 0 224 00950 8 boothroyd david results of byelections in the 1979 83 parliament united kingdom election results archived from the original on 9 june 2000 retrieved 31 october 2025 1 2 3 bunn george 25 october 2025 liberal democrat founder dies aged 97 as tributes pour in for principled politician gbnews retrieved 25 october 2025 no 54312 the london gazette 9 february 1996 p 2027 london borough council elections may 2006 archived 17 march 2012 at the wayback machine 2006 at london gov uk accessed 30 july 2015 1 2 lord taverne moderate labour front bencher ousted by the hard left in 1972 as a filthy tory the telegraph 26 october 2025 retrieved 31 october 2025 stone leslie 10 january 1965 18 hour day of a british backbencher british backbencher the new york times issn 0362 4331 retrieved 1 july 2025 lister david 8 september 2001 business high flyer quits from top job at the british museum after just two years the independent what we do sense about science 9 august 2016 retrieved 26 october 2025 national secular society honorary associates national secular society retrieved 27 july 2019 all party parliamentary humanist group british humanist association archived from the original on 30 june 2009 retrieved 3 august 2010 former steering committee members bilderbergmeetings org bilderberg group archived from the original on 30 june 2009 retrieved 8 february 2014 dick taverne migration museum retrieved 31 october 2025 letters harsh judgments on the pope and religion the guardian london 15 september 2010 archived from the original on 30 june 2009 retrieved 16 september 2010 oral history taverne dick b 1928 the history of parliament retrieved 14 july 2016 lord taverne interviewed by jason lower british library sound archive retrieved 14 july 2016 the march of unreason oxford university press retrieved 26 october 2025 absw award winners from 1966 2023 association of british science writers retrieved 26 october 2025 copson andrew 29 october 2025 letter lord taverne obituary the guardian retrieved 30 october 2025 external links edit dick taverne at imdb hansard 1803 2005 contributions in parliament by dick taverne profile on sourcewatch portraits of dick taverne at the national portrait gallery london parliament of the united kingdom preceded by sir geoffrey de freitas member of parliament for lincoln 1962 oct 1974 succeeded by margaret jackson political offices preceded by harold lever financial secretary to the treasury 1969 1970 succeeded by patrick jenkin authority control databases international isni viaf gnd fast worldcat national united states netherlands israel people uk parliament other idref open library yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title dick_taverne oldid 1378214886 categories 1928 births 2025 deaths 21st century english memoirists 21st century english male non fiction writers people educated at charterhouse school alumni of balliol college oxford british humanists english republicans british critics of religions critics of alternative medicine english barristers labour party uk mps for english constituencies liberal democrats uk life peers meps for the united kingdom 1973 1979 members of the fabian society members of the steering 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