Career
However, it was a short-lived success. In the February 1974 general election, Austick lost by 4,335 votes to the new Conservative candidate Keith Hampson after seven months as an Member of Parliament. Austick was never again elected an Member of Parliament, but he also served as a district and county councillor in Yorkshire and was one time Chairman of the Liberal Candidates" Association. He later became Executive Chairman of the Electoral Reform Society.
