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The Lord Tope | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 4 October 1994 | |
| 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 | 30 November 1943 |
| Nationality | British |
| 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]
