David Frank Bellotti was a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for the Eastbourne constituency from 1990 to 1992.
12 Facts About David Bellotti
1.
2.
David Bellotti 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.
3.
David Bellotti was the most recent UK Member of Parliament to successfully take a seat from an opposing party following the assassination of the incumbent politician.
4.
David Bellotti studied part-time at the University of Sussex, gaining a MA in education policy.
5.
David Bellotti first contested the Eastbourne seat at the 1979 general election, subsequently fighting Lewes in the 1983 and 1987 general elections under the Liberal banner.
6.
David Bellotti then won the parliamentary seat of Eastbourne for the Liberal Democrats in the 1990 by-election following the assassination of Conservative MP Ian Gow by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
7.
David Bellotti became the first person to be elected as a Liberal Democrat MP after the party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the Liberal Party and the SDP.
Related searches
Nigel Waterson 8.
Two years later David Bellotti was defeated by Nigel Waterson in the 1992 general election in which John Major's Conservative government was re-elected.
9.
David Bellotti returned to local government, regaining a seat on East Sussex County Council and was elected chairman of Sussex Police Authority.
10.
David Bellotti became reviled by Brighton fans and left the area shortly afterwards.
11.
In May 2003 David Bellotti was elected councillor for Lyncombe ward on Bath and North East Somerset council and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011.
12.
David Bellotti then married Jennifer Compson in 1973, with the couple having a son.