Graham Tope, Baron Tope
The Right Honourable The Lord Tope | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 4 October 1994 Life Peerage | |
Member of the London Assembly for (London-wide) | |
In office 4 May 2000 – 1 May 2008 | |
Preceded by | Assembly Created |
Succeeded by | Caroline Pidgeon |
Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam | |
In office 7 December 1972 – 8 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | Richard Sharples |
Succeeded by | Neil Macfarlane |
Personal details | |
Born | (1943-11-30) 30 November 1943 (age 80) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party (1972-1988) |
Graham Norman Tope, Baron Tope, CBE (born 30 November 1943) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.[1][2] He was also a councillor in the London Borough of Sutton until 2014.[3]
In 1972, Tope captured the seat of Sutton and Cheam at a parliamentary by-election from the Conservatives for the Liberal Party. The Conservatives retook the seat at the February 1974 general election.[4]
In November 1973, Tope was made spokesperson for the Liberal Party on health and social security and Northern Ireland.[5]
Having been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1991 Birthday Honours,[6] Tope was created a life peer as Baron Tope, of Sutton in the London Borough of Sutton on 4 October 1994.[7] He is a member of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union and is the only person in the country to have served as a member of a European Institution, a member of the UK Parliament, a member of a regional government structure and as a borough councillor all at the same time.[8]
At the London Assembly, he was leader of the Liberal Democrat Group until 2006, member of the Audit Panel, and member of the Transport Committee. He was also a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, which oversees the Metropolitan Police.[9]
References
- ^ "Mr Graham Tope". Hansard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Sutton Central Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Experience for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ Groser, John (23 November 1973). "'Portfolios' for Liberal MPs". The Times. No. 58946. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 52563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1991. p. 9.
- ^ "No. 53812". The London Gazette. 7 October 1994. p. 14073.
- ^ "Experience for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Experience for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
External links
- Graham Tope: profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
- Graham Tope: biography from the London Assembly
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam 1972–February 1974 | Succeeded by Neil Macfarlane |
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Gentlemen Baron Tope | Followed by |
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