At the 1959 United Kingdom general election, Vaus contested East Surrey; he took second place, with 18.3% of the vote. Herbert Harris, the party's general director, praised his performance as "one of the more remarkable results for us".[3] He stood in Hereford at the 1964 and 1966 United Kingdom general elections, and then Reigate in 1970.[4] By this time, Vaus was serving on the Liberal Party's Executive, and he stood unsuccessfully to become the party's chair in 1970.[5]
Vaus again contested East Surrey in the February and October 1974 United Kingdom general elections, taking 33.8% and 29.2% of the vote and second place to Geoffrey Howe.[6] He was finally elected as the party's chair in 1973, and was still in office in 1976,[7] when party leader Jeremy Thorpe resigned in controversial circumstances. Vaus tried to push through a rule change to allow any MP to stand for the leadership with just a single nomination, hoping that this would get his preferred candidate, Russell Johnston, onto the ballot. His proposal was heavily defeated.[8]
kenneth, vaus, kenneth, sydney, vaus, born, september, 1928, former, british, liberal, party, activist, vaus, attended, haberdashers, aske, boys, school, university, sheffield, where, qualified, dentist, active, national, league, young, liberals, serving, exec. Kenneth Sydney Vaus CBE born September 1928 is a former British Liberal Party activist Vaus attended Haberdashers Aske s Boys School and the University of Sheffield where he qualified as a dentist 1 He was active in the National League of Young Liberals and was serving on its executive in 1954 55 2 At the 1959 United Kingdom general election Vaus contested East Surrey he took second place with 18 3 of the vote Herbert Harris the party s general director praised his performance as one of the more remarkable results for us 3 He stood in Hereford at the 1964 and 1966 United Kingdom general elections and then Reigate in 1970 4 By this time Vaus was serving on the Liberal Party s Executive and he stood unsuccessfully to become the party s chair in 1970 5 Vaus again contested East Surrey in the February and October 1974 United Kingdom general elections taking 33 8 and 29 2 of the vote and second place to Geoffrey Howe 6 He was finally elected as the party s chair in 1973 and was still in office in 1976 7 when party leader Jeremy Thorpe resigned in controversial circumstances Vaus tried to push through a rule change to allow any MP to stand for the leadership with just a single nomination hoping that this would get his preferred candidate Russell Johnston onto the ballot His proposal was heavily defeated 8 In 1978 Vaus was a founder member of Liberals Against the Pact a group opposing the party s pact with the Labour government 9 He spent some time chairing the party s Finance and Administration Board a role in which he replaced Clement Freud 10 In the 1981 Birthday Honours he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire 11 References Edit The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970 p 186 Young liberals Manchester Guardian 2 October 1954 Liberals night of gladness The Guardian 9 October 1959 F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 1973 3 to seek Liberal Party chair The Guardian 14 November 1970 F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1974 1983 Chris Cook A Short History of the Liberal Party 1900 2001 pp 268 269 Liberal MPs lost right to choose leader The Observer 13 June 1976 Simon Hoggart New Liberal group steps up the anti pact pressure The Guardian 10 January 1978 Wynn Hugh Jones Campaigning Face to Face pp 109 128 UK list No 48639 The London Gazette Supplement 12 June 1981 pp 1 32 Party political officesPreceded byCyril Carr Chairman of the Liberal Party1973 1976 Succeeded byGeoff Tordoff Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kenneth Vaus amp oldid 1119373451, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
