Background
ALTON, David Patrick Paul was born on March 15, 1951. Parents: Frederick Alton.
ALTON, David Patrick Paul was born on March 15, 1951. Parents: Frederick Alton.
Campion School. Hornchurch. Christ College, Liverpool. Spoken languages: French.
President, Brentwood Young Liberals, 1968. Chairman, South Liverpool Young Liberals. 1969; Chairman, North West Federation of Young Liberals, 1972.
Councillor, Liverpool City Council. 1972-1980; councillor, Merseyside County Council, 1973-1977. Chairman, Housing Committee. and Deputy Leader, 1978.
Member of Parliament, since 1979. Former Parliamentary Aide to David Steel. Former Party Spokesman on Housing.
Environment, and Local Government. Former Alliance Spokesman on Northern Ireland. Former Chief Whip; Chairman, Liberal Party Policy Committee, member.
Party National Exec, and Party Council. President, National League of Young Liberals. Former Parliamentary Chairman, Council for Education in the Commonwealth.
Member. House of Commons Environment Select Committee, 1984-1987. Founder, Epiphany Group (British Movement for Christian Democracy), 1989. British delegate. Young Parliamentarians Conference, Warsaw, 1989.
Delegate. World Global Forum, Moscow, 1990. Co-founder. Democrats Without Frontiers, 1990. Joint chairman, Parliamentory inquiry into street children.
All Party Croatia Group. Vice Chairman Anti-drugs Group.
Christian
Clubs: Institut, of Journalists. Liverpool Old People's Hostels Association (Pres.). Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Vice-Pres.).
South Liverpool Rugby Football Club (VicePres.). LIFE (Vice-Pres.); Liverpool Victims of Violence Shelter (trustee). Crisis At Christmas (trustee).
Western Care Trust (trustee). Florence Institut, (trustee). Belfast Trust (patron).
Jubilee Campaign (Parly, advisor). Wavertree Society; Mossley Hill Residents Association, Aigburth Cricket Club. Founder. Three Cities Initiative.
Spouse Lizzie Bell, 1988. Children: Marianne Gillian Clare. Padraig David Edmond, Philip Daniel Martin.