Greg Pope
| Greg Pope | |
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Member of Parliament for Hyndburn |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ken Hargreaves |
| Succeeded by | Graham Jones |
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29 August 1960 Blackburn, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Fallon |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Blackburn, Lancashire |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
| Occupation | Deputy Director (CES) 2010–2017 |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Gregory James Pope (born 29 August 1960) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 1992, until retiring at the 2010 general election. He was a government whip from 1997 until 2001.
Pope was born and raised in Great Harwood, the only son of Sam and Sheila Pope. He went to St Marys College R.C. Grammar School on Shear Brow in Blackburn, now St Mary's Sixth Form College, Blackburn. He studied Politics at the University of Hull, graduating in 1981.
Pope was elected to serve on Hyndburn Borough Council in 1984 until 1988, and he also served briefly on Blackburn Borough Council from 1989 to 1990.
Pope unsuccessfully fought Ribble Valley at the 1987 Election, placing third, before gaining Hyndburn from the Conservative Ken Hargreaves in 1992. Considered a Blairite, Pope is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society. He was a member of the backbench committee on Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2001.
In April 2000, as a whip, Pope inadvertently approved a Liberal Democrat clause in the government's utilities bill, committing the government to meet 10% of electricity requirements from green sources by 2010. Pope said: “We were doing a series of government amendments. I realised I'd shouted aye too many times. I'm not overjoyed about it.” The error led the government to instruct its MPs to vote against the clause.
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