Bill Pitt

William Pitt, commonly known as 'Bill', was a Liberal Member of Parliament between 1982 and 1983.

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Liberal - Member of Parliament - 1982 - 1983

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Bill Pitt ousted the Conservatives at the Croydon North West by-election of 22 October 1981 on a 24.2% swing. He stood for the SDP-Liberal Alliance and was one of a series of famous by-election triumphs during the unpopular start of Margaret Thatcher's government and the point of greatest unpopularity of the Labour Party.

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Conservatives - Croydon - 22 October - 1981 - SDP-Liberal Alliance - Margaret Thatcher - Labour Party

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He famously made a complaint on live television that someone had popped a bottle of champagne all over him. “That’s my new suit!” were his first and most famous words.

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Pitt lost his seat to Conservative, Humfrey Malins, in the 1983 General Election. He went on to campaign for the Labour Party in the 1997 General Election.

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Humfrey Malins - 1983 - 1997

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