David Bellotti

David Bellotti
Member of Parliament
for Eastbourne
In office
18 October 1990 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byIan Gow
Succeeded byNigel Waterson
Personal details
Born
David Frank Bellotti

(1943-08-13)13 August 1943
Died10 June 2015(2015-06-10) (aged 71)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Other political
affiliations
Liberal
Spouse(s)Shelia Jones (m. 1965)
Jennifer Compson (m.1973)
Jo Brown (m. 1996)
Children3 sons, 2 daughters

David Frank Bellotti (13 August 1943 – 10 June 2015) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Eastbourne constituency from 1990 to 1992.[1]

He was the first Liberal Democrat politician to win a parliamentary election, following the formation of the party through the merger of the Liberal Party and the SDP. He was also the most recent UK Member of Parliament to successfully take a seat from an opposing party following the assassination of the incumbent politician.[2]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. ^ "The ex-MPs who died in 2015 - part one". BBC News. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2020.