Bob Seely
Robert Seely | |
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Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight | |
| In office 8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Turner |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) Marylebone, London, England |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Nur (m. 2025) |
| Relatives | J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone (great-great-uncle) |
| Education | Harrow School |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Website | www.bobseely.org.uk |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Rank | Captain |
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Robert William Henry Seely MBE (born 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight from 2017 until the constituency was split in two in 2024.
Seely is a former journalist and soldier. From 1990 to 1995, he worked as a foreign correspondent in the USSR and in post-Soviet states. From 2008 to 2017, he served in the British Armed Forces on the Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and ISIS campaigns. In the 2024 general election, he stood for the new Isle of Wight West constituency but was defeated.