Richard Shepherd
Politician
1942 – 2014
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Who was Richard Shepherd?
Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He is currently a Member of Parliament, having represented the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills since 1979.
A Eurosceptic, Shepherd was one of the Maastricht Rebels that had the whip withdrawn over opposition to John Major's legislation on the European Union. Shepherd is also a libertarian, and had a three line whip imposed against him by Margaret Thatcher when he introduced an amendment loosening the Official Secrets Act 1911.
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- Born
- Dec 6, 1942
Aberdeen - Also known as
- Sir Richard Shepherd
- Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employment
- Richard Shepherd Software
- Died
- 2014
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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