Julian Charles Sturdy is a British Conservative Party politician.
Background
The son of Robert Sturdy Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament for the East of England Sturdy grew up in Yorkshire and was educated at Ashville College, a co-educational independent school in the spa town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, from 1981 to 1989, at which he states “..my years there helped shape me into being the person I am today", followed by Harper Adams Agricultural College close to the village of Edgmond (near to the market town of Newport) in Shropshire.
Education
The son of Robert Sturdy Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament for the East of England Sturdy grew up in Yorkshire and was educated at Ashville College, a co-educational independent school in the spa town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, from 1981 to 1989, at which he states “..my years there helped shape me into being the person I am today", followed by Harper Adams Agricultural College close to the village of Edgmond (near to the market town of Newport) in Shropshire.
Career
Prior to entering Parliament, Sturdy served as a Harrogate councillor, between 2002 and 2007. He stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Scunthorpe in the 2005 general election, finishing second with 25.7% of the vote. He is also a farmer, a career for which he had studied at agricultural college.
He successfully introduced a private member"s bill introducing new procedures for handling horses abandoned or left to graze on others" land.
The Control of Horses Bill passed into law in 2015 and was welcomed by The British Horse Society. He was re-elected in the 2015 general election with an increased majority.
Membership
55th United Kingdom Parliament. 56th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected at the 2010 general election as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for York Outer. His father is the Member of the European Parliament for the East of England Robert Sturdy.
Sturdy was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for York Outer in the 2010 general election with a majority of 3688.
He was appointed as a member of the Transport Select Committee in July.