What is David Steel?
[[File:Official portrait of The Lord Steel of Aikwood.jpg|frameless|right]] '''David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood''' (born 31 March 1938) is a [[British people|British]] [[retire]]d [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[politician]]. <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/david-steel-liberal-conscience-398042.html | work=The Independent | location=London | title=David Steel: Liberal conscience | first=Sean | last=O'Grady | date=27 October 2007 | access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref> Steel served as the [[Liberal Party (UK)#Liberal leaders 1859–1988|Leader of the Liberal Party]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-08-12|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Liberal Party (UK)#Liberal leaders 1859–1988|reason= }} from 1976 until its merger with the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] in 1988 to form the [[Liberal Democrats]]. He served as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) from 1965 to 1997 and as a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|Member]] of the [[Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) from 1999 to 2003. == References == <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Steel, David}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for Scottish constituencies]] [[Category:Leaders of the Liberal Democrats (UK)]] [[Category:Leaders of the Liberal Party (UK)]] [[Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Liberal Democrat Life Peers]] [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Scottish Parliament Members]] [[Category:UK MPs 1964–1966]] [[Category:UK MPs 1966–1970]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs 1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MPs 1983–1987]] [[Category:UK MPs 1987–1992]] [[Category:UK MPs 1992–1997]] [[Category:Politicians from Fife]] {{bio-stub}}