 David Austick

David Austick (8 March 1920 – 9 February 1997) was a British Liberal Party politician and bookshop owner.At a by-election in July 1973 caused by the death of the sitting Conservative MP Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott, Austick was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire, gaining the seat from the Conservatives by a majority of 946 votes.