Richard Ottaway
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The Right Honourable Sir Richard Ottaway |
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| Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee | |
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In office 17 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Gapes |
| Succeeded by | Crispin Blunt |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment | |
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In office 15 March 2004 – 10 May 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Caroline Spelman |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Letwin (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) |
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Member of Parliament for Croydon South |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | William Clark |
| Succeeded by | Chris Philp |
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Member of Parliament for Nottingham North |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | William Whitlock |
| Succeeded by | Graham Allen |
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24 May 1945 Sonning, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Nicola Ottaway |
| Alma mater |
Britannia Royal Naval College University of Bristol |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1961–1970 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
Sir Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway (born 24 May 1945) is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for Croydon South from 1992 to 2015. He was previously MP for Nottingham North (1983–87).
Ottaway was born in Sonning, Berkshire. He attended Backwell School, a secondary modern in Backwell, North Somerset, and joined the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth before serving as a Royal Navy officer in 1961-70 as a Lieutenant.
Ottaway studied law at Bristol University, graduating in 1974. He qualified as a solicitor in 1977, specialising in maritime and commercial law, and was a partner of William A. Crump & Son in London in 1981-87. He was a director of Coastal States Petroleum (UK) Ltd in 1988-95.
Ottaway was MP for Nottingham North from 1983 to 1987. This was a long-standing Labour Party seat, and he won it unexpectedly with a majority of 362 in the landslide victory following the Falklands War. Unsurprisingly the seat reverted to Labour in 1987, when he was defeated by Graham Allen. Ottaway re-entered Parliament in 1992 when he won Croydon South.
In 1992-95 Ottaway was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Heseltine MP and from October 1995 he was a Government Whip. In opposition until 2005, he was a Front Bench spokesman as Shadow Minister for London and Local Government, Shadow Defence Minister, Shadow Paymaster General and Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment.
In the 2005–2010 Parliament he was a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Vice Chairman of the 1922 Committee and a member of the Conservative Party Board. After the 2010 election he became the first Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to be elected by MPs from all sides of the House.
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