Robert Goodwill
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Robert Goodwill MP |
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Goodwill addresses the IMO Assembly, November 2015
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| Minister of State for Immigration | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | James Brokenshire |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 9 December 2015 – 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | John Hayes |
| Succeeded by | John Hayes |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 9 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Norman Baker |
| Succeeded by | Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon |
| Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | James Duddridge |
| Succeeded by | Karen Bradley |
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Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Lawrie Quinn |
| Majority | 6,200 (13.0%) |
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Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber |
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In office 15 July 1999 – 1 May 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Godfrey Bloom |
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31 December 1956 Terrington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Maureen Short |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Bootham School |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Website | www.robertgoodwill.co.uk |
Robert Goodwill (born 31 December 1956) is a British farmer and Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. Since July 2016 he has been Minister of State for Immigration. He was previously Minister of State for Transport and before that Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.
Goodwill is a member of the Cornerstone Group of Conservative MPs and also a Eurosceptic.
Goodwill was born in Terrington, North Riding of Yorkshire and was educated at the Quaker Bootham School in York, and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1979. He is a farmer of 250 acres (100 ha) of mainly arable land near Malton which has been in his family since 1850. He has been the managing director of Mowthorpe (UK) Ltd since 1995 which offers environmentally friendly burials in the North Yorkshire countryside.
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