Graham Tope, Baron Tope

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox officeholder Graham Norman Tope, Baron Tope, Template:Post-nominals (born 30 November 1943) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was also a councillor in the London Borough of Sutton until 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In November 1973, Tope was made spokesperson for the Liberal Party on health and social security and Northern Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Having been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1991 Birthday Honours,<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Tope was created a life peer as Baron Tope, of Sutton in the London Borough of Sutton on 4 October 1994.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Graham Tope: profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• Graham Tope: biography from the London Assembly

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