There was a 1962 by-election in the Lincoln constituency on 8 March 1962[1] following the resignation of the sitting member, Sir Geoffrey de Freitas, on 20 December 1961 to take up the appointment of High Commissioner to Ghana.
Taverne came to wider attention after he fell out with the Labour Party in 1973, winning a second controversial by-election.
The local Liberal Party selected 35-year-old Patrick Furnell to contest the seat.
[2] He was educated at Godalming County Grammar School and Trinity College, Oxford (where he was Kitchener Scholar).
He first contested Cardiff South East at the 1950 general election while only 22 years of age.