Christopher Chope
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Christopher Chope OBE MP |
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Member of Parliament for Christchurch |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Diana Maddock |
| Majority | 18,224 (36.7%) |
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Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | John Denham |
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19 May 1947 Putney, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Mary Hutchinson |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Dundee |
| Website | Chris Chope for Christchurch |
Christopher Robert Chope OBE (born 19 May 1947) is a British barrister and Conservative politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Christchurch.
Christopher Chope was born in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, the son of a judge, and was educated at the Independent St Andrew's School in Eastbourne, East Sussex, and Marlborough College, Wiltshire, before attending University of Dundee where he was awarded an LLB degree in 1970, and finished his education at the Inns of Court School of law. Chope was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1972.
Chope was elected as a councillor on the Wandsworth London Borough Council in 1974 and became the council leader in 1979; he left the council on his first election to Parliament in 1983. He was awarded the OBE for his services to local government in 1982. He was one of the pioneers in the selling off of council housing stock and aggressively reducing council spending, which earned him the sobriquet "Chopper" Chope.
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