David Alton

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Lord Alton of Liverpool, 2016

David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool (born March 15, 1951 ) is a British politician and author.

Career

He was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal Party MP for Liverpool in 1979. At the time, he was the youngest incumbent MP and thus “Baby of the House”. He was re-elected twice and did not run for the 1997 general election. On July 12, 1997, he was raised to life peer as Baron Alton of Liverpool , of Mossley Hill in the County of Merseyside, and thus became a member of the House of Lords . He's sitting there as a crossbencher .

In February 2009 he announced his membership in the pan-European organization Libertas , which rejects the Lisbon Treaty . By becoming a member of Alton, Libertas met the criteria necessary to be recognized as a European political party .

family

He is married and has four kids.

Publications

  • What Kind of Country? Marshall Pickering, 1987
  • Whose choice anyway? Marshal Pickering, 1988
  • Faith in Britain. Hodder & Stoughton, 1991
  • Signs of contradiction. Hodder & Stoughton, 1996
  • Life after death. Christian Demoract Press, 1997
  • Citizen Virtues. Harper Collins, 1999
  • Citizen 21. Harper Collins, 2001
  • Pilgrim Ways. St Pauls Publishing, 2001
  • with Michele Lombardo: Passion and Pain. with accompanying DVD of the TV series 2003
  • with Martin Foley: Euthanasia: Getting To The Heart of The Matter. 2005
  • with Martin Foley: Abortion: Getting To The Heart of The Matter. 2005

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME Alton, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alton, David Patrick Paul, Baron Alton of Liverpool
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1951