Richard Body

Sir Richard Body
Member of Parliament
for Boston and Skegness
Holland with Boston (1966–1997)
In office
31 March 1966 – 14 May 2001
Preceded byHerbert Butcher
Succeeded byMark Simmonds
Member of Parliament
for Billericay
In office
26 May 1955 – 18 September 1959
Preceded byBernard Braine
Succeeded byEdward Gardner
Personal details
Born
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body

(1927-05-18)18 May 1927
Datchet, England
Died26 February 2018(2018-02-26) (aged 90)
Stanford Dingley, England
Political party
Spouse
Marion Graham
​
(m. 1959)​
Children2
EducationInns of Court School of Law

Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body (18 May 1927 – 26 February 2018)[1] was an English politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997, and for Boston and Skegness from 1997 until he stood down at the 2001 general election. He was a long-standing member of the Conservative Monday Club, and came second in its 1972 election for chairman. A prominent eurosceptic, Body also served as president of the Anti-Common Market League.[2]

  1. ^ "Birthdays today". The Telegraph. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2014. Sir Richard Body, former MP, 84
  2. ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, 2002, p. 129