William Richard Inglewood
William Richard Inglewood is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is married with one son and two daughters.
Political Career
He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Cumbria and Lancashire North from 1989 to 1994 and for North West England from 1999 to 2004. At the 1983 general election he stood as the Conservative candidate in the traditionally Labour constituency of Houghton and Washington, where he finished third with 24% of the votes.
At the 1989 European election he was elected as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Cumbria and Lancashire North. At the European Parliamentary election in 1999 he was elected for the North West England constituency.
He was a government whip in the House of Lords from 1994 to 1995, serving as Deputy Chief Whip from January to July in 1995. He was then appointed as a junior minister in the Department of National Heritage, serving until the Conservatives lost office at the 1997 general election. He has been a Deputy Lieutenant of Cumbria since 1993 and was appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant in 2013.
Education
He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1975
