Rt Hon. Sir Alan Beith MP Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed Alan Beith first stood for Berwick in the 1970 General Election, coming third. He won the seat with a majority of just 57 in the by-election of November 1973 which followed the resignation of Conservative Lord Lambton. He held the seat successfully in the General Elections of February and November 1974, which meant he had fought three elections in less than 12 months. He has continued to hold the seat at every election since and was successfully re-elected in May 2010