Robert Sturdy | |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament for East of England |
Term Start: | 10 June 1999 |
Term End: | 26 May 2014 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Patrick O'Flynn |
Office1: | Member of the European Parliament for Cambridge and Bedfordshire North |
Term Start1: | 9 June 1994 |
Term End1: | 10 June 1999 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Position abolished |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1944 |
Birth Place: | Wetherby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Conservative |
Children: | Julian Sturdy |
Alma Mater: | Sussex University |
Robert Sturdy (born 22 June 1944, in Wetherby, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British politician, and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) 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, was the Conservative MP for York Outer from 2010 to 2024.