William Henry Pitt, commonly known as Bill Pitt, (born 17 July 1937) is a British politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament between 1981 and 1983, and was the first candidate elected to Parliament under the banner of the SDP-Liberal Alliance.
Pitt was born in Croydon and attended Heath Clark School there, followed by the London Nautical School and South Bank Polytechnic. After National Service in the Royal Army Service Corps, he became a ...
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William Henry Pitt, commonly known as Bill Pitt, (born 17 July 1937) is a British politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament between 1981 and 1983, and was the first candidate elected to Parliament under the banner of the SDP-Liberal Alliance.
Pitt was born in Croydon and attended Heath Clark School there, followed by the London Nautical School and South Bank Polytechnic. After National Service in the Royal Army Service Corps, he became a lighting engineer. His initial alliance in politics was with the Conservatives and he was Chairman of South Norwood Young Conservatives in 1959–60. However he joined the Liberal Party in the 1960s.
In the 1970s, Pitt worked as a local government officer for the London Borough of Lambeth. He stood as Liberal candidate for Croydon North West in February obtaining a creditable 25% of the vote. He stood again in October 1974 but in this election his vote, like that of most Liberal Candidates, fell. In the 1979 general election he, like 60% of...
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