The Lord Cope of Berkeley | |
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| Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
| In office 18 September 2001 – 2 July 2007 | |
| Leader | Iain Duncan Smith Michael Howard David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Lord Henley |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Anelay of St John's |
| Paymaster General | |
| In office 14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | The Lord Belstead |
| Succeeded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 1 November 1990 – 1 April 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | David Trippier |
| Succeeded by | Angela Rumbold |
| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 25 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Ian Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Brian Mawhinney The Lord Belstead |
| Minister of State for Employment | |
| In office 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Tim Eggar |
| Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household | |
| In office 11 June 1983 – 15 June 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Anthony Berry |
| Succeeded by | David Hunt |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 9 January 1981 – 13 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John MacGregor |
| Assistant Whip | |
| In office 16 May 1979 – 9 January 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | James Tinn |
| Member of Parliament forNorthavon South Gloucestershire (1974–1983) | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Corfield |
| Succeeded by | Steve Webb |
| Member of theHouse of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 4 October 1997 – 13 May 2020 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1937-05-13)13 May 1937 (age 88) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Education | Oakham School |
John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley,PC (born 13 May 1937) is aConservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.[1]
Cope was educated atOakham School before qualifying as aChartered Accountant.[2]
Cope contestedWoolwich East in the1970 general election, but was defeated byLabour'sChristopher Mayhew. Thereafter he served asMember of Parliament forSouth Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983. When that constituency was abolished for the1983 general election, he was returned for the newNorthavon constituency, serving until his defeat in the1997 general election by theLiberal DemocratSteve Webb. Within the Conservative Party, he was an Assistant Whip from June 1979 to June 1981.
His first political office was as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (June 1981 to June 1983), and then he was Treasurer of HM Household (1983–1987), and was then appointed Minister of State for Employment (with a special focus on small businesses) 1987–1989. He was then Minister of State for Security and Finance at the Northern Ireland Office until November 1990. In the meantime, in 1988, he was sworn as a member of thePrivy Council.[3] Cope served asDeputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1 November 1990,[3] succeedingDavid Trippier. He was succeeded byDame Angela Rumbold on 1 April 1992.[4] Cope served asPaymaster General (HM Treasury) inJohn Major's government between 1992 and 1994.[3]
He was made alife peer asBaron Cope of Berkeley,ofBerkeley in theCounty of Gloucestershire on 4 October 1997.[5] He served as Opposition Chief Whip in theHouse of Lords, on theConservativefront bench, from 2001 to 2007, when he was replaced by Baroness Anelay.
His daughter Lucy was formerly married toJack Lopresti, who was Member of Parliament forFilton and Bradley Stoke, one of Northavon's successor seats.
In 2012, Cope made the opening speech to the House of Lords, presenting a motion for the Loyal Address on the opening day of Parliament.[6]
He retired from the House of Lords on 13 May 2020, his 83rd birthday.[7]
Cope is a patron of the charityKids for Kids, helping children in rural areas ofDarfur,Sudan.[8] He is a patron of The West of England MS Therapy Centre,[9] a charity helping those in Bristol and the surrounding areas live independent lives whilst coping with MS and other neurological conditions, Cope is also President of the Friends of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath.[10]
Cope has also been a Trustee of War Memorials Trust since 1999; this is a conservation charity that works for the protection of war memorials across the United Kingdom.[11]
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