Richard Tracey

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Richard Tracey JP AM

Member of the London Assembly for Merton and Wandsworth
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2008
Preceded by	Elizabeth Howlett
Majority	9,981
Member of Parliament for Surbiton
In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Nigel Fisher
Succeeded by	Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)
Personal details
Born	(1943-02-08) 8 February 1943
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Birmingham

Richard Patrick Tracey JP (born 8 February 1943) is a British Conservative politician from London. He is a Member of the London Assembly representing Merton & Wandsworth, and is Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group, previously Vice-Chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (2010-2012), and Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (2008–10). In 2008, he was appointed Mayor's Ambassador for the River by Mayor Boris Johnson and charged with promoting greater transport use of the River Thames. He is Conservative Lead on the Assembly Transport Committee and a member of the Budget and Confirmation Hearings Committees. He is Chairman of the London Waste and Recycling Board.

He was MP for Surbiton from 1983 until 1997 when the constituency was abolished. He served as Environment and Sports Minister from 1985 to 1987, and was a leading member of the Public Accounts Committee from 1993-97. He was Chairman of the London Conservative MPs Group from 1990 to 1997. At the 1997 General Election, he unsuccessfully contested Kingston and Surbiton. He is on the Executive Committee of the Association of Former Members of Parliament.

Educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Stratford upon Avon, and the University of Birmingham (LLB Honours). Leader Writer, Daily Express 1964-66: Presenter and Reporter, BBC TV and radio current affairs programmes, presenter of several documentary programmes 1966-78: Public Affairs Consultant 1978-83 and 1997-2008: Author of 'World of Motor Sport' (with Richard Hudson-Evans) 1971 and 'Hickstead - The First Twelve Years' (with Michael Clayton) 1972

He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Justice of the Peace.

He is married to Katharine Tracey, a leading councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth since 1989, and they have four grown-up children - Simon, Nicola, Emma, and Polly - and six grandchildren

References

Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1997

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Nigel Fisher	Member of Parliament for Surbiton 1983–1997	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by Neil Macfarlane	Minister for Sport 1985–1987	Succeeded by Colin Moynihan

v t e Ministers for Sport of the United Kingdom

Hogg Howell Griffiths Howell Monro Macfarlane Tracey Moynihan Atkins Key Sproat Banks Hoey Caborn Sutcliffe Robertson Grant

v t e Current members of the London Assembly (as of 2012)

Labour	Navin Shah John Biggs Joanne McCartney Len Duvall Onkar Sahota Val Shawcross Andrew Dismore Jennette Arnold Nicky Gavron Murad Qureshi Fiona Twycross Tom Copley

Conservative	James Cleverly Stephen O'Connell Roger Evans Richard Tracey Tony Arbour Kit Malthouse Andrew Boff Victoria Borwick Gareth Bacon

Green	Jenny Jones Darren Johnson

Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon Stephen Knight

italics = Party-list members

Persondata
Name	Tracey, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	8 February 1943
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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