Roger Moate

Sir Roger Denis Moate (born 12 May 1938) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

Moate was educated at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith and was an insurance broker. He first stood for Parliament for the Faversham constituency in 1966, losing to Labour's Terence Boston. He was elected Member of Parliament in 1970, and served as MP until 1997. He was a member of the select committee on agriculture 1995-97.

The Faversham constituency was split to form Faversham and Mid Kent and Sittingbourne and Sheppey ahead of the 1997 election. He contested the latter in 1997, but lost to the Labour candidate, Derek Wyatt.

Moate was knighted in 1993. He lives in Newnham, near Sittingbourne.

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