Preceded by Position established Alma mater Sussex University Preceded by Position established Name Robert Sturdy | Nationality British Role British Politician Children Julian Sturdy Education University of Sussex | |
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Robert Sturdy (born 22 June 1944, in Wetherby, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British politician, and former Member of the European Parliament for the East of England constituency for the Conservative Party. He held the seat from 1999 until 2014. Before then, he was the MEP for Cambridge and Bedfordshire North, from 1994 to 1999.

Sturdy was educated at the independent Ashville College. Before being elected he was a farmer and is a former county chair of the Young Farmers.
His son, Julian Sturdy, is the Conservative MP for York Outer.
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