David Rendel

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David Rendel
David Rendel at the Newbury declaration for the 2005 election
Member of Parliament for Newbury
In office 6 May 1993 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by	Judith Chaplin
Succeeded by	Richard Benyon
Personal details
Born	(1949-04-15)15 April 1949 Athens, Greece
Died	16 May 2016(2016-05-16) (aged 67) Berkshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford, St Cross College, Oxford

David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949 – 16 May 2016) was a British politician for the Liberal Democrats. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He won the seat in a by-election in May 1993 caused by the death of Judith Chaplin, and he held it until his defeat at the 2005 general election to Conservative candidate Richard Benyon. At the time he lost his seat he was the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on Higher and Further Education. In September 2014, Rendel was selected as Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2015 general election for the seat of Somerton and Frome in Somerset; however, he lost to the Conservative candidate, David Warburton.