Robert Adley

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Robert James Adley (2 March 1935 – 13 May 1993) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Adley was educated at Uppingham School and became a company director. He was a councillor on Slough Borough Council from 1965 and first stood for Parliament in 1966 for Birkenhead. He served as member of Parliament for Bristol North East 1970-74, Christchurch and Lymington 1974-83, then for Christchurch from 1983 until his death.

Adley was well-known as a railway enthusiast, and as such was often perceived to be something of a romantic Tory. Shortly before his death he strongly attacked the plans then being made by John Major's government for the privatisation of British Rail. After his death the seat was won in a by-election by Liberal Democrat Diana Maddock, but was regained by the Tories in 1997.

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• Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Ray Dobson	Member of Parliament for Bristol North East 1970–1974	Succeeded by: Arthur Palmer
Preceded by: (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Christchurch and Lymington 1974–1983	Succeeded by: (constituency renamed)
Preceded by: (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Christchurch 1983–1993	Succeeded by: Diana Maddock