Julian Sturdy

Julian Charles Sturdy (born 3 June 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer.

From 1981 to 1989, he was privately educated at Ashville College, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

He then studied at Harper Adams Agricultural College close to the village of Edgmond (near to the market town of Newport) in Shropshire.

He is a farmer.

Prior to entering Parliament, Sturdy served as a Harrogate councillor, between 2002 and 2007.

He stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Scunthorpe in the 2005 general election, finishing second with 25.7% of the vote.

He was elected at the 2010 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for York Outer.

Sturdy grew up in Yorkshire, England.

First elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for York Outer in the 2010 general election with a majority of 3,688, Sturdy became a member of the Transport Select Committee in July that year.

Sturdy successfully introduced a private member's bill introducing new procedures for handling horses abandoned or left to graze on others' land.

The Control of Horses Bill passed into law in 2015 and was welcomed by the British Horse Society.

He was re-elected in the 2017 general election with 51.1 per cent of votes cast.

He has a mixed voting record in Parliament on the issue of regulating fracking, with two votes against greater environmental controls and two votes for more conditions and restrictions on where it can take place.

Following the publication of the Sue Gray report, Sturdy called for the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Sturdy's wife is Victoria, who he employs part-time as his secretary on a salary just under £20,000.

Victoria was caught drink driving in 2018 collecting her children from school.

The family live in London and Bilton-in-Ainsty, North Yorkshire.

Sturdy's father is Robert Sturdy, a former Conservative Party MEP.