Career
Pope works as a management consultant in the voluntary sector and was a councillor in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, where he was Mayor in 1989–1990 and chair of Social Services. He took his seat on the London Assembly on 6 June 2005 replacing Lynne Featherstone who stepped down in order to concentrate on her work as a newly elected Member of Parliament. Pope lost his seat at the 2008 election. In May 2006, he became chair of the London Assembly"s Transport Committee.
