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Richard Younger-Ross MP
Richard Younger-Ross
Member of Parliament
for Teignbridge
Incumbent
Assumed office 
7 June 2001
Preceded by Patrick Nicholls
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Born 29 January 1953 (1953-01-29) (age 55)
Surrey
Nationality British
Political party Liberal Democrat
Spouse Susan Younger (married 1982)

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Early life

He went to Walton County Secondary School for Boys (a secondary modern, 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. A Secondary Modern School is a type of Secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System Walton-On-Thames is a Town in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey in South East England. Brooklands College is a further education college in Weybridge. Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. The North East Surrey College Of Technology is an institution of Further education and Higher education in Epsom and Ewell, Surrey, England Ewell is a village in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, close to the southern boundary of Greater London. He studied at the now Oxford Brookes University. Oxford Brookes University is a public University in Oxford, England. Before becoming a politician, he was an architectural consultant.

Parliamentary career

He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee between 2005-2008. Following the Liberal Democrat reshuffle after the election of Nick Clegg as Party Leader; Richard was appointed to the Defence Select Committee, giving his place on the Foreign Affairs committee to Ming Campbell. Richard also sits on the European Scrutiny Committee since 2005, and is also a shadow minister for Culture, Media and Sport. The Department for Culture Media and Sport ( DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport

In 2006, Younger-Ross proposed a Ten Minute Rule Bill restricting Sunday trading hours in the UK for shops, arguing that without such legislation the British people would lose "rhythm of life" (House of Commons Debate, 24/05/2006). Considered to be to the Left of his party, he is a member of the centre-left Beveridge Group within the Liberal Democrats. The Beveridge Group is a centre-left Ginger group within the Liberal Democrat party in the UK

Personal life

Richard moved to Teignmouth, Devon in 1989, with his wife, Susan Younger, who he married in 1982 in Oxford. Teignmouth (ˈtɪnməθ is a Town in Devon, England, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name Younger-Ross is a Roman Catholic, attending a church in Teignmouth. Teignmouth (ˈtɪnməθ is a Town in Devon, England, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Patrick Nicholls		 Member of Parliament for Teignbridge
2001 – present		 Incumbent
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