Robert Goodwill

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Goodwill
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 31, 1956(1956-12-31)
Age	68
Birthplace	Terrington
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Robert Goodwill Biography

Robert Goodwill is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 31, 1956 in Terrington, England, United Kingdom. Robert Goodwill, born 31 December 1956, is a British Conservative Party politician. Since 2005, he has been the Member for Parliament (MP), for Scarborough and Whitby. He was previously a Member for Yorkshire and Humber of the European Parliament. He has held several ministerial posts, including the position of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Ministry at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Goodwill is a Conservative Party member. He contested Redcar, his first constituency, at the 1992 general elections. There he came second to Mo Mowlam, the Labour MP, with 11,577 votes. At the 1994 European elections, he unsuccessfully ran for Cleveland and Richmond. After the demise of David Ashby, the current MP, he tried again to get into the House of Commons. He was elected for the marginally-held Conservative seat of North West Leicestershire. Goodwill was defeated 13 219 votes by Labour’s David Taylor. He was defeated again in 1998 when he ran for the Yorkshire South European Parliament By-Electoral.

He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament at the 1999 European Parliament election for the Yorkshire and the Humber region, serving in Brussels and Strasbourg until the 2004 European Parliament election. He was Deputy Leader of the Conservative MEPs during his term, and also opposed the Conservative Party’s membership of the European People’s Party in the European Parliament.

In 2000 whilst working as a Conservative MEP, Goodwill highlighted the generous allowances given to MEPs which sparked controversy when he was quoted as saying “I fly from Leeds/Bradford to Brussels and we get a set fee of around £500, but if I buy a cheaper ticket, economy class for about £160 and £250, I can pocket the difference and, as a capitalist, also as a British Conservative, I see it as a challenge to buy cheap tickets and make some profit on the system”.

Maureen Short, his wife of November 1987 in North Yorkshire, was married to him and they have two children (born May 1989 in North Yorkshire) and one daughter (born May 1994). His wife is a part-time caseworker for a salary of just PS30,000.

Robert Goodwill Net Worth

Robert Goodwill is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Goodwill 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Goodwill was born in Terrington in North Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated privately at the Quaker Bootham School, York, and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree as an agricultural scientist in 1979. Since 1995, he has been the managing director at Mowthorpe (UK) Ltd. This company offers environmentally-friendly burials in North Yorkshire.

He was the chairman of the North Yorkshire National Farmers Union 1986-8 cereals and livestock committee. He is a passionate enthusiast for steam engines, and he owns many. In fact, he brought a engine from Czechoslovakia back to repair it. In January 2011, he saved the Scarborough Pleasure Ship Coronia so that the Dunkirk-veteran, historic vessel can remain in the harbour. He can speak French, German, and some Russian.

From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, and from 2001 to 2004 was a member of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities.

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Who is Robert Goodwill Dating?

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In 2013, following on from a review of capital gains made by MPs from their tax-payer funded second homes, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority ordered Goodwill to repay £4,963.39.

Facts & Trivia

Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Robert Goodwill celebrates birthday on December 31 of every year.

In the 2016 European Union membership referendum, in which the UK voted to ‘Leave’ the EU by 52% to 48%, Goodwill supported a ‘Remain’ vote despite stating on his own website he was a “staunch Eurosceptic”.

Top Facts about Robert Goodwill

1. Robert Goodwill is a British Conservative politician.
2. He was born on May 17, 1956 in Goole, England.
3. Goodwill served as an MP for Scarborough and Whitby from 2005-2019.
4. He was appointed Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 2018.
5. Goodwill has also held positions in transport and education departments.
6. He studied agriculture at Newcastle University before entering politics.
7. Goodwill is known for his support of rural communities and farming industry.
8. In 2020, he was made a life peer with the title Baron Goodwill of Skidby.
9. Goodwill has been married to Maureen since 1982 and they have two children together.
10. His hobbies include gardening, fishing, and playing cricket.