Bob Cryer

Bob Cryer
Member of Parliament
for Bradford South
In office
11 June 1987 – 12 April 1994
Preceded byThomas Torney
Succeeded byGerry Sutcliffe
Member of Parliament
for Keighley
In office
28 February 1974 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byJoan Hall
Succeeded byGary Waller
Member of the European Parliament
for Sheffield
In office
14 June 1984 – 15 June 1989
Preceded byRichard Caborn
Succeeded byRoger Barton
Personal details
Born
George Robert Cryer

(1934-12-03)3 December 1934
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died12 April 1994(1994-04-12) (aged 59)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 1963)
ChildrenJohn Cryer
EducationUniversity of Hull

George Robert Cryer (3 December 1934 – 12 April 1994) was an English Labour Party politician from Yorkshire. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley from 1974 until his defeat in 1983. He then served as the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Sheffield from 1984 to 1989, and returned to the Commons as MP for Bradford South from 1987 until his death in 1994.

He was one of the founders of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.