Robert Hayward
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The Right Honourable The Lord Hayward OBE |
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| Member of Parliament for Kingswood |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Aspinwall |
| Succeeded by | Roger Berry |
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| Born | 11 March 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Rhodesia |
Robert Antony Hayward, Baron Hayward, OBE (born 11 March 1949) is a British Conservative Party politician.
Hayward was educated at Abingdon School, Maidenhead Grammar School and the University of Rhodesia. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Young Conservatives in 1976–77 and was a councillor on Coventry City Council 1976–78.
Hayward first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Carmarthen, in October 1974, being beaten by the leader of Plaid Cymru, Gwynfor Evans.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswood from 1983 to 1992, when he lost his seat to Labour's Roger Berry. In 1993, Hayward was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate at the Christchurch by-election.
Hayward was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to friends and families of hostages prior to the Gulf War in 1991 Iraq War, when he established and ran, with others, the Gulf Support Group for civilians who were held in Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. This service ran initially from Hayward's home then from offices in London. He remains the only serving MP ever to receive a civilian honour for services outside politics.
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