David Rendel
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David Rendel at the Newbury declaration for the 2005 election
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Member of Parliament for Newbury |
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In office 6 May 1993 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Judith Chaplin |
| Succeeded by | Richard Benyon |
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15 April 1949 Athens, Greece |
| Died | May 16, 2016 (aged 67) Berkshire, England |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford, St Cross College, Oxford |
David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949 – 16 May 2016) was a British politician for the Liberal Democrats. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He won the seat in a by-election in May 1993 caused by the death of Judith Chaplin, and he held it until his defeat at the 2005 general election to Conservative candidate Richard Benyon. At the time he lost his seat he was the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on Higher and Further Education. In September 2014, Rendel was selected as Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2015 general election for the seat of Somerton and Frome in Somerset; however, he lost to the Conservative candidate, David Warburton.
Educated at Eton College, Magdalen College, Oxford, and St Cross College, Oxford, Rendel was a member of the winning University of Oxford boat race crew of 1974. After a gap year volunteering in Africa, he worked in the finance department of Shell Oil Company.
His father was a foreign correspondent for The Times, and he was a great-grandson of civil engineer Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel, and a great-great-nephew of Liberal MP Stuart Rendel.
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