Richard Shepherd

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Sir

Richard Shepherd
At Silver Street Methodist Church in Brownhills, 2007
Member of Parliament
for Aldridge-Brownhills
In office
3 May 1979 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byGeoff Edge
Succeeded byWendy Morton
Personal details
Born
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd

(1942-12-06)6 December 1942
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died(2022-02-19)19 February 2022 or
21 February 2022(2022-02-21) (aged 79)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Alma materLondon School of Economics (BSc),
Johns Hopkins University (MSc)
ProfessionUnderwriter

Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (6 December 1942 – 19[1] or 21[2] February 2022) was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills from 1979 to 2015.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Sir Richard Shepherd, Tory MP and committed Eurosceptic who rebelled over the Maastricht Treaty – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. Bates, Stephen (22 February 2022). "Sir Richard Shepherd obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2022.