Constituency : Dewsbury 1959-81 (Labour ), 1981-83 ( SDP )
David announced his defection a day after Bob Mitchell. He was a long time admirer and friend of Roy Jenkins.
David was educated at University College School, Hampstead and Oxford. He worked in intelligance in World War Two, interrogating German prisoners of war. Heb lectured at American universities on Briish politics before becoming an MP. He was an economist and market researcher for the healthcare industry. He was secretary of Labour's research department. He was Jewish. He was well known for his hard work on behalf of constituents but in recent years he had developed his business interests and become neglectful of his constituency.
In 1983, David came third.
He died in 1994 on his 73rd birthday.
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