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 by | Geoff Edge |
| Succeeded by | Wendy Morton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd 6 December 1942 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Died | 19 February 2022 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (BSc) Johns Hopkins University (MS) |
| Profession | Underwriter |
Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (6 December 1942 – 19 February 2022) was a British politician who was Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills from 1979 to 2015. A Eurosceptic, Shepherd was one of the Maastricht Rebels that had the whip withdrawn over opposition to Prime Minister John Major's legislation on the European Union. Shepherd was also a libertarian Conservative,[1] and had a three line whip imposed against him by Margaret Thatcher when he introduced an amendment to loosen the Official Secrets Act 1911.
- ^ "Time to stand up and be counted?". BBC News. 1 December 1998.