Which seat did Margaret Beckett lose in 1979?
London
Birmingham
Lincoln
Manchester
Answer
In the 1979 general election, Margaret Beckett lost her seat of Lincoln. She had been elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln in 1974. The Conservative Party candidate, Richard Needham, won the seat with a majority of 4,384 votes.
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