John Roper, Baron Roper
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The Right Honourable The Lord Roper PC |
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| House of Lords Chief Whip, Liberal Democrats | |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Leader | Charles Kennedy |
| Preceded by | John Harris, Baron Harris of Greenwich |
| Succeeded by | David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland |
| Director, Institute for Security Studies of Western European Union | |
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In office April 1990 – September 1995 |
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| Chief Whip, Social Democrat Party | |
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In office 26 March 1981 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Leader | Roy Jenkins |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | John Cartwright |
| Member of Parliament for Farnworth |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Ernest Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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John Francis Hodgess Roper 10 September 1935 |
| Died | 29 January 2016 (aged 80) |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
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| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford; University of Chicago |
John Francis Hodgess Roper, Baron Roper PC (10 September 1935 – 29 January 2016), was a British Liberal Democrat politician.
Roper was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School (Manchester), Reading School, Magdalen College, Oxford (studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) and the University of Chicago. He began his career as an economics lecturer at the University of Manchester.
Roper first stood for Parliament for High Peak as a Labour candidate at the 1964 general election, but the Conservative David Walder retained the marginal seat. He was elected Member of Parliament for Farnworth at the 1970 general election.
He sat as a Labour Co-operative MP (1970–81) and for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from 1981 to 1983, when he was also the party's Chief Whip. His Farnworth seat was subsequently abolished, and he contested Worsley in the 1983 general election, finishing third in a three-way marginal.
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