Constituency : Christchurch 1993-97
Two months after David Rendel's triumph at Newbury, Diane took true blue Christchurch from the Tories after a campaign based largely on the issue of putting VAT on domestic fuel.
Diana was educated at Shenstone College and Portsmouth Polytechnic. She became a teacher of English as a foreign language. She became a city councillor in 1984 and leader of the Liberal Democrat group. She contested Southampton Test coming third.
Diana became a spokesman on housing, the family and women's issues. In 1995 she successfully introduced a measure on home energy conservation after coming top in the private members ballot.
Diana failed to hold the seat in 1997, the Tories' only "gain" of that election.
Diana became a life peer later that year. She was Party President in 1999-2000. In 2001, she married Alan Beith.They were later criticised over their expenses. Diana was a councillor in Northumberland between 2005 and 2008.
She is now 73.
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