Robert Moreland

Robert John Moreland (born 21 August 1941) is a British management consultant and politician. After a single term as a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament, he served on the Economic and Social Committee of the European Union for twelve years and was elected to two local authorities. He is descended from George Cockle.

Robert Moreland was educated at Bearsden Academy, Glasgow Academy and Dean Close School (in Cheltenham), the latter two independent schools. He then studied at the University of Nottingham for an undergraduate degree in Economics and at the Institute of World Affairs in Connecticut and the University of Warwick where he obtained postgraduate qualifications.

In 1966 Moreland started work in the Civil Service in Canada, at first in the government of Nova Scotia but from 1967 in the government of New Brunswick where he became Assistant Budget Director. In 1972 he returned to Britain to become Senior Economist on the West Central Scotland Planning Study, a job which took two years. In 1974 he began work as a management consultant for Touche Ross, where he remains. Since 2012 he has been a member of the partnership board of the Canal and Rivers Trust for the Severn and South Wales.

Moreland became interested in politics, and at the October 1974 general election he was selected as Conservative Party candidate for Pontypool, a safe Labour seat in south Wales. He was a member of the Bow Group and the Conservative Europe Group. At the 1977 Conservative Party conference, Moreland spoke in favour of sales of council houses, arguing that up to 70% of tenants would like the opportunity to buy their home.

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