347:, the Conservative leaning national newspaper made a point of endorsing her by name; through "an invocation of 'the Asquith ideal', which called strenuously for more Liberal MPs and in particular for Mrs Laura Grimond." In a difficult election for the Liberal Party nationwide, the Conservatives regained the seat, beating her by over 5,000 votes. She did not stand for parliament again. She continued to be active for the Liberal Party at a national level; From 1983 to 1985 she was President of the
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decided not to defend his seat and instead campaigned for Laura
Grimond. Her prospects of holding the seat lessened when a SNP candidate intervened in the contest. However
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division at the 1970 General
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582:"Wedding Of Miss Bonham Carter 1938"
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812:Scottish Liberal Party councillors
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619:"Hon. Laura Miranda Bonham Carter"
253:. She was also an elder sister of
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633:"The Hon. John Grimond"
551:Orkney Heritage Society
410:Colin Campbell Mitchell
245:and Liberal politician
432:Laura Miranda Grimond
366:'s Housing Committee.
364:Orkney Islands Council
184:(maternal grandfather)
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797:Spouses of life peers
378:: West Aberdeenshire
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272:In 1938, she married
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175:Raymond Bonham Carter
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607:accessed 30 Nov 2016
267:Helena Bonham Carter
37:The Right Honourable
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766:Categories
750:1983–1985
557:References
386:Candidate
274:Jo Grimond
235:Marylebone
229:Background
223:Jo Grimond
118:Jo Grimond
97:Politician
94:Occupation
70:Marylebone
488:Majority
344:The Times
292:Edinburgh
177:(brother)
171:(brother)
162:Relatives
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76:, England
669:25 April
140:Children
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389:Votes
383:Party
353:BBC's
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74:London
545:Other
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532:Swing
525:from
510:75.0
497:17.6
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