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Sir Christopher Chope
OBE MP
Official portrait, 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office 22 July 1990 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by
Robert Atkins
Succeeded by
Kenneth Carlisle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment
In office 10 September 1986 – 22 July 1990
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
George Young
Succeeded by
Patrick Nicholls
Member of Parliament for Christchurch
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by
Diana Maddock
Majority
24,617 (47.4%)
Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen
In office 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by
Bob Mitchell
Succeeded by
John Denham
Personal details
Born
Christopher Robert Chope
(1947-05-19) 19 May 1947 (age 77)[1] Putney, London, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Christine Mary Hutchinson
(m. 1987)
Children
2
Alma mater
University of St Andrews[2]
Website
www.chrischope.com
Sir Christopher Robert ChopeOBE (born 19 May 1947) is a British barrister and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in Dorset since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected in 1983 for Southampton Itchen, but lost this seat in 1992 to Labour. He returned to Parliament in 1997 and has remained an MP ever since. A Brexit advocate, Chope has been supportive of Leave Means Leave, a Eurosceptic pressure group.[3]
^"Birthdays today". The Times. London. 19 May 1988. p. 14.
^Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron (7 May 2007). The Almanac of British Politics. Routledge. p. 301. ISBN 978-1135206765.
^"Co-Chairmen – Political Advisory Board – Supporters". Leave Means Leave. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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