Bob Russell (British politician)

Sir Bob Russell
High Steward of Colchester
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2015
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Ivor Crewe
Member of Parliament for Colchester
In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Will Quince
Majority	6,982 (15.1%)
Personal details
Born	(1946-03-31) 31 March 1946 (age 78) London, England
Political party	Liberal Democrat (1988–present)
Other political affiliations	Labour (1971–81) SDP (1981–88)

Sir Robert Edward Russell (born 31 March 1946) is a former Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament for Colchester from 1997 to 2015. He was first elected at the 1997 United Kingdom general election and won subsequent re-election in 2001, 2005 and 2010; he was defeated in the 2015 United Kingdom general election by the Conservative candidate Will Quince.

Russell was knighted for public service in the 2012 New Year Honours.^[1] He holds the ceremonial position of High Steward of Colchester.