Richard Shepherd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRichard Shepherd
British politician
Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1942
Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Richard Shepherd
- Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (born 6 December 1942) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.
- He was Member of Parliament for the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills from 1979 to 2015. A Eurosceptic, Shepherd was one of the Maastricht Rebels that had the whip withdrawn over opposition to John Major's legislation on the European Union.
- Shepherd is also a libertarian, and had a three line whip imposed against him by Margaret Thatcher when he introduced an amendment loosening the Official Secrets Act 1911.
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