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Greg Pope MP
	Greg Pope MP
	Member of Parliament; for Hyndburn
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 April 1992
Preceded by	Ken Hargreaves
Majority	5,587 (14.2%)
Born	29 August 1960 (age 49); Blackburn, England, UK
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Catherine Fallon
Alma mater	University of Hull
Website	www.gregpope.co.uk

Gregory James Pope (born 29 August 1960) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Hyndburn since 1992. He was a government whip until the reshuffle following the 2001 general election.

[edit] Early life

He went to St Marys College RC Grammar School on Shear Brow in Blackburn, now St Mary's College, a Sixth form college. He studied Politics at the University of Hull, graduating in 1981.he currently has a son studying there.

[edit] Parliamentary career

Considered a Blairite,^[1] Pope is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society. He was a member of the backbench committee on Northern Ireland 1997-2001

In April 2000 as a whip, Greg 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.^[2]

In July 2003, Pope admitted leaking confidential Foreign Affairs Select Committee evidence to The Guardian newspaper chief political correspondent Patrick Wintour. The move was described as an attempt to "bounce" MPs on the committee into clearing Alastair Campbell of "sexing up" the so-called Dodgy Dossier of evidence into the threat posed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.^[3]

On 11 June 2009, Pope announced that he is to stand down at the next election.^[4]

[edit] Personal life

In a survey of MPs, Pope somewhat controversially chose Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols as his favourite album. "It changed music forever and meant we never had to listen to Boney M again."^[5]

He married (the former) Catherine Fallon on 2 August 1985, and they have four children, including two sons born June 1986 and April 1991.

[edit] References

^ Cabinet concern over PM's stance, Tania Branigan and Alexi Mostrous, The Guardian, 29 July 2006
^ Whip's error on Lib-Dem clause "farcical", Financial Times, 19 April 2000
^ MPs' fury over ploy to rescue Campbell, Paul Eastham, Daily Mail, 4 July 2003
^ Greg Pope to step down as Hyndburn MP, Lancashire Telegraph, 11 June 2009
^ Seventies rock still a big hit with MPs, Daily Mail, 27 July 2006

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ken Hargreaves	Member of Parliament for Hyndburn 1992 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Political offices

[0] Cabinet concern over PM's stance, Tania Branigan and Alexi Mostrous, The Guardian, 29 July 2006

[1] Whip's error on Lib-Dem clause "farcical", Financial Times, 19 April 2000

[2] MPs' fury over ploy to rescue Campbell, Paul Eastham, Daily Mail, 4 July 2003

[3] Greg Pope to step down as Hyndburn MP, Lancashire Telegraph, 11 June 2009

[4] Seventies rock still a big hit with MPs, Daily Mail, 27 July 2006

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Contents

[edit] Early life

[edit] Parliamentary career

[edit] Personal life

[edit] References

[edit] External links