# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-steel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:33:30.658Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-steel"
name: "David Steel"
slug: "david-steel"
description: "David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood is a retired Scottish politician. Elected as Member of Parliament for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles, followed by Tweeddale, Ettrick, and Lauderdale, he served as the final leader of the Liberal Party, from 1976 to 1988. His tenure spanned the duration of the alliance with the Social Democratic Party, which began in 1981 and concluded with the formation of the Liberal Democrats in 1988.\nAs an MP, he introduced the Abortion Act 1967 which legalised abortion in the UK."
tagline: "British politician (born 1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Steel_of_Aikwood_crop_2%2C_2020.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.44
  momentum:             2.580140734949179
  historical:           14.21402
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Steel"
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    title: "David Steel"
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    title: "David Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Steel"
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    title: "David Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Steel"
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    title: "Стил, Дэвид"
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    title: "David Steel"
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    title: "Девід Стіл"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump