Julian Sturdy MP |
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Member of Parliament for York Outer |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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Preceded by | Constituency created |
Majority | 13,129 (24.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 June 1971 |
Nationality | English |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Victoria |
Alma mater | Harper Adams University |
Website | www |
Julian Charles Sturdy (born 3 June 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for York Outer.
Sturdy was born on 3 June 1971 to Robert Sturdy Conservative Party MEP for the East of England, and he grew up in Yorkshire, England. From 1981 to 1989, he was educated at Ashville College, a co-educational independent school in the spa town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire; he states "...my years there helped shape me into being the person I am today". He then studied at Harper Adams Agricultural College close to the village of Edgmond (near to the market town of Newport) in Shropshire.
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.