Graham Tope, Baron Tope

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Graham Norman Tope, Baron Tope, CBE (born 30 November 1943) is a Liberal Democrat politician. He is a member of the London Assembly and also a councillor in the London Borough of Sutton.

In 1972, Tope captured the seat of Sutton and Cheam at a parliamentary by-election from the Conservative for the Liberal Party. The Conservatives retook the seat at the February 1974 General Election.

He was made a life peer as Baron Tope, of Sutton in the London Borough of Sutton in 1994. 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.

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 is also a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, which oversees the Metropolitan Police.

[edit] External links

• Graham Tope official site
• Graham Tope biography from the London Assembly
• Cllr Lord Tope profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• Graham Tope profile at the site of London Liberal Democrats
• Lord Graham Tope profile at Metropolitan Police Authority

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Richard Sharples	Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam 1972–February 1974	Succeeded by: Neil Macfarlane