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Graham Tope, Baron Tope

Graham Tope, Baron Tope

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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]

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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]

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    "Mr Graham Tope". Hansard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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    "Parliamentary career for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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    "Sutton Central Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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    "Experience for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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    John Groser (23 November 1973). "'Portfolios' for Liberal MPs". The Times. No. 58946. London. col d, p. 2. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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    "No. 52563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1991. p. 9.
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    "No. 53812". The London Gazette. 7 October 1994. p. 14073.
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    "Experience for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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    "Experience for Lord Tope - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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