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Sir Robert Edward "Bob" Russell (born 31 March 1946) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament for Colchester from 1997 to 2015 (re-elected 2001, 2005 and 2010, defeated 2015). He was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for public service. ==Career== Before being elected to the House of Commons, Russell was a councillor for more than twenty years, initially for the Labour Party, then for the Social Democrats, and finally for the Lib Dems. He represented the New Town ward in Colchester. He was leader of Colchester Borough Council until 1991, having previously served as Mayor of Colchester for the year 1986–87. Russell stood unsuccessfully for Parliament for Colchester in 1979 as a Labour candidate. Russell was the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on Culture, Media and Sport from 2002 to 2005, when he was replaced by Don Foster. He was a member of the Liberal Democrat Shadow Defence team until the formation of the Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Government on 11 May 2010, at which point he became a backbencher. At the general election in 2010 Russell had a majority of 6,982 votes (15.1%). In 2011 Russell was a member of the special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate = 20 Sep 2013 )〕 Russell was a member of the Beveridge Group and vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Flag Group. He also sits on the Defence Select Committee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Russell (British politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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