John Cope (politician)
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The Right Honourable The Lord Cope of Berkeley PC |
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| Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
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In office 18 September 2001 – 2 July 2007 |
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| Leader |
Iain Duncan Smith Michael Howard David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Lord Henley |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Anelay of St John's |
| Paymaster General | |
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In office 14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | The Lord Belstead |
| Succeeded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Treasurer of the Household | |
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In office 11 June 1983 – 15 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Anthony Berry |
| Succeeded by | David Hunt |
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Member of Parliament for Northavon |
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In office 13 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Steve Webb |
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Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 13 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Corfield |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 1997 Life Peerage |
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| Born | 13 May 1937 |
| Political party | Conservative |
John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC (born 13 May 1937) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Cope was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant.
He contested Woolwich East in the 1970 General Election, but was defeated by Labour's Christopher Mayhew. Thereafter he served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983. When that constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, he was returned for the new Northavon constituency, serving in until his defeat in the 1997 general election by the Liberal Democrat Steve Webb. In 1988, he was sworn of the Privy Council.
Cope served as Paymaster-General in John Major's government between 1992 and 1994. He was made a life peer as Baron Cope of Berkeley, of Berkeley in the County of Gloucestershire in 1997. He has served as Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords, on the Conservative front bench, from 2001 to 2007, when he was replaced by Baroness Anelay.
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