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Kenneth Sydney Vaus {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born September 1928) is a former British Liberal Party activist. Vaus attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and the University of Sheffield, where he qualified as a dentist.[1] He was active in the National League of Young Liberals, and was serving on its executive in 1954/55.[2] At the 1959 UK general election, Vaus contested East Surrey; he took second place, with 18.3% of the vote. Herbert Harris, the party's general director, praised his performance as "one of the more remarkable results for us".[3] He stood in Hereford at the 1964 and 1966 UK general elections, and then Reigate in 1970.[4] By this time, Vaus was serving on the Liberal Party's Executive, and he stood unsuccessfully to become the party's chair in 1970.[5] Vaus again contested East Surrey in the February and October 1974 UK general elections, taking 33.8% and 29.2% of the vote and second place to Geoffrey Howe.[6] He was finally elected as the party's chair in 1973, and was still in office in 1976,[7] when party leader Jeremy Thorpe resigned in controversial circumstances. Vaus tried to push through a rule change to allow any MP to stand for the leadership with just a single nomination, hoping that this would get his preferred candidate, Russell Johnston, onto the ballot. His proposal was heavily defeated.[8] In 1978, Vaus was a founder member of "Liberals Against the Pact", a group opposing the party's pact with the Labour government.[9] He spent some time chairing the party's Finance and Administration Board, a role in which he replaced Clement Freud.[10] In the 1981 Birthday Honours, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[11] References1. ^The Times Guide to the House of Commons: 1970, p.186 {{start box}}{{s-ppo}}{{succession box|title=Chairman of the Liberal Party|years=1973–1976 |before=Cyril Carr|after = Geoff Tordoff}}{{end box}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaus, Kenneth}}2. ^"Young liberals", Manchester Guardian, 2 October 1954 3. ^"Liberals' night of gladness", The Guardian, 9 October 1959 4. ^F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973 5. ^"3 to seek Liberal Party chair", The Guardian, 14 November 1970 6. ^F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974–1983 7. ^Chris Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party, 1900-2001, pp.268-269 8. ^"Liberal MPs lost right to choose leader", The Observer, 13 June 1976 9. ^Simon Hoggart, "New Liberal group steps up the anti-pact pressure", The Guardian, 10 January 1978 10. ^Wynn Hugh-Jones, Campaigning Face to Face, pp.109, 128 11. ^UK list: {{London Gazette |issue=48639 |date=12 June 1981 |pages=1–32 |supp=y}} 8 : 1928 births|Possibly living people|Alumni of the University of Sheffield|Chairs of the Liberal Party (UK)|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|English dentists|Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates|People educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School |
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