Moate was educated at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith and was an insurance broker.[2] He first stood for Parliament for the Faversham constituency at the 1966 general election,[3] losing to Labour's Terence Boston. When the Redcliffe-Maud Report was campaigned against by rural district councils, Swale R.D.C. was forced to opt out of the campaign due to the similarity of "R.E. Mote" with its then-prospective candidate R. D. Moate.[4] By coincidence, Moate had moved the motion opposing Redcliffe-Maud at the Conservative Party conference.[5] He was elected Member of Parliament for Faversham at the 1970 general election,[6] and served as MP until 1997. He was a member of the select committee on Agriculture from 1995 to 1997.[2]
Moate was a staunch Eurosceptic who had opposed Britain's entry into the European Economic Community in the early 1970s and who kept a 'roll of honour' of the 41 Conservative MPs who had voted against joining the EEC in 1971.[7] He was still hostile to the EEC in the early 1990s, becoming one of the 'Maastricht Rebels' who repeatedly voted against the Government's attempts to ratify the Maastricht Treaty.[7][8]
Moate was knighted in 1993 and lived in Newnham, near Sittingbourne, before moving to Faversham, where he died at home from cancer in April 2019, aged 80.[2] He was married twice and had three children.[10]
References
^. Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ abc"Moate, Sir Roger (Denis)". Who's Who. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U27757.
^"UK General Election results 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^"Too near to be remote". The Times. 6 November 1969. p. 4.
^ "Remote Clash (Times Diary)". The Times. 7 November 1969. p. 10.
^"UK General Election results 1970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^ abObituaries, Telegraph (19 April 2019). "Sir Roger Moate, robustly Eurosceptic and long-serving Tory MP unwittingly caught up in the 'War of Jennifer's Ear' – obituary". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^"Major turns charm on Maastricht rebels". www.independent.co.uk. 10 March 1993. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^"Sittingbourne & Sheppey". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^Telegraph: Sir Roger Moate, robustly Eurosceptic and long-serving Tory MP unwittingly caught up in the ‘War of Jennifer’s Ear’ – obituary
External links
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Roger Moate
roger, moate, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2019, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Roger Moate news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sir Roger Denis Moate 12 May 1938 1 15 April 2019 was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom Biography EditMoate was educated at Latymer Upper School Hammersmith and was an insurance broker 2 He first stood for Parliament for the Faversham constituency at the 1966 general election 3 losing to Labour s Terence Boston When the Redcliffe Maud Report was campaigned against by rural district councils Swale R D C was forced to opt out of the campaign due to the similarity of R E Mote with its then prospective candidate R D Moate 4 By coincidence Moate had moved the motion opposing Redcliffe Maud at the Conservative Party conference 5 He was elected Member of Parliament for Faversham at the 1970 general election 6 and served as MP until 1997 He was a member of the select committee on Agriculture from 1995 to 1997 2 Moate was a staunch Eurosceptic who had opposed Britain s entry into the European Economic Community in the early 1970s and who kept a roll of honour of the 41 Conservative MPs who had voted against joining the EEC in 1971 7 He was still hostile to the EEC in the early 1990s becoming one of the Maastricht Rebels who repeatedly voted against the Government s attempts to ratify the Maastricht Treaty 7 8 At the 1997 election the Faversham constituency was split to form Faversham and Mid Kent and Sittingbourne and Sheppey Moate contested the latter seat but lost to the Labour candidate Derek Wyatt 9 Meanwhile the former seat was retained for the Conservatives Moate was knighted in 1993 and lived in Newnham near Sittingbourne before moving to Faversham where he died at home from cancer in April 2019 aged 80 2 He was married twice and had three children 10 References Edit Historical list of MPs constituencies beginning with F Leigh Rayment s House of Commons pages Archived from the original on 10 August 2009 Retrieved 3 January 2010 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b c Moate Sir Roger Denis Who s Who doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 U27757 UK General Election results 1966 Richard Kimber s Political Science Resources Retrieved 3 January 2010 Too near to be remote The Times 6 November 1969 p 4 Remote Clash Times Diary The Times 7 November 1969 p 10 UK General Election results 1970 Richard Kimber s Political Science Resources Retrieved 3 January 2010 a b Obituaries Telegraph 19 April 2019 Sir Roger Moate robustly Eurosceptic and long serving Tory MP unwittingly caught up in the War of Jennifer s Ear obituary The Telegraph Retrieved 20 October 2019 Major turns charm on Maastricht rebels www independent co uk 10 March 1993 Retrieved 20 October 2019 Sittingbourne amp Sheppey Richard Kimber s Political Science Resources Retrieved 3 January 2010 Telegraph Sir Roger Moate robustly Eurosceptic and long serving Tory MP unwittingly caught up in the War of Jennifer s Ear obituaryExternal links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Roger MoateParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byTerence Boston Member of Parliament for Faversham1970 1997 Constituency abolished This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roger Moate amp oldid 1118214698, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
