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David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool

The Right Honourable
The Lord Alton of Liverpool
KCSG KCMCO
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Liberal Chief Whip
In office
1985 – 11 June 1987
Leader David Steel
Preceded by Alan Beith
Succeeded by Jim Wallace
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
17 June 1997
Life Peer
Member of Parliament
for Liverpool Mossley Hill
(Liverpool Edge Hill 1979–1983)
In office
30 March 1979 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by Sir Arthur Irvine
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born David Patrick Paul Alton
(1951-03-15) 15 March 1951 (age 66)
London
Political party None (Crossbench)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (1972–1988)
Liberal Democrat (1988–1997)
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Bell
Children 4
Religion Catholic

David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, KCSG, KCMCO (born 15 March 1951) is a British politician.

He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. He is known for his human rights work including the co-founding of Jubilee Action, the children's charity (which changed its name to Chance for Childhood in 2014). He has British and Irish citizenship, and is married with four children.

Born in London on 15 March 1951, Alton was educated at the Campion School, Hornchurch, Greater London, and Christ's College of Education, Liverpool. He began his career as a teacher and, in 1972, he was elected as a Liberal to Liverpool City Council as Britain's youngest city councillor. Alton was elected for the Low Hill ward from 1972 to 1974 then after the Local Government Act 1974 he was elected for the Smithdown ward (1974–1980). Also a member of Merseyside County Council for the Smithdown division from 1974 to 1977 and chair of the education committee. He was deputy leader of Liverpool City Council from 1975 to 1978.

Alton was elected as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill at a by-election in 1979 for the Liberal Party, when he became the "Baby of the House". When the Edge Hill constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, he was elected to represent the new Liverpool Mossley Hill constituency.


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