Colonel Patrick John Mercer, OBE is a British politician and author, and was an Independent MP representing the constituency of Newark in Parliament until his resignation at the end of April 2014. He was elected as a Conservative in the 2001 general election, until resigning the party's parliamentary whip in May 2013. He is a frequent commentator on defence and security issues having served as infantry officer in the British Army and held the position of Shadow Minister for Homeland Security. He is a former journalist for the BBC and has to date written four military novels. He is a patron of the Victoria Cross Trust. [More at Wikipedia]

June 26th, 1956 in Stockport (Age 68)