Richard Younger-Ross
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Member of Parliament for Teignbridge |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Patrick Nicholls |
| Succeeded by | Anne-Marie Morris |
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29 January 1953 Surrey |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Younger (married 1982) |
| Alma mater | Oxford Brookes |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Richard Alan Younger-Ross (born Richard Alan Ross, 29 January 1953) is a politician in England. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Teignbridge from 2001 to 2010, having contested the seat in 1992 and 1997, finally winning in the 2001 election. He was defeated in the redefined Newton Abbot constituency in 2010 election.
Richard Younger-Ross was born in Surrey in 1953. He attended Walton County Secondary School for Boys (a secondary modern, which became Ambleside Junior School, then Walton Oak primary school) on Ambleside Avenue in Walton on Thames, Brooklands Technical College on Heath Road in Weybridge, then Ewell Technical College (now called North East Surrey College Of Technology - NESCOT) in Ewell. He studied at Oxford Polytechnic, now Oxford Brookes University. Before becoming a politician, he was an architectural consultant.
His first, unsuccessful, candidacy for Parliament was at Chislehurst in 1987.
He was a member of the Defence Select Committee and was the Lib Dem Spokesperson for Heritage.
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