Background
POPE, Greg was born on August 29, 1960 in Blackburn, Lancashire. Parents: Samuel Pope and Shiela Mary Pope (née Fallon), 1985.
POPE, Greg was born on August 29, 1960 in Blackburn, Lancashire. Parents: Samuel Pope and Shiela Mary Pope (née Fallon), 1985.
Hull University, Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Politics. Spoken languages: english, french.
He was a government whip from 1997 until 2001. He went to Street Marys College Roman Catholic Grammar School on Shear Brow in Blackburn, now Street Mary"s Sixth Form College, Blackburn. Pope unsuccessfully fought Ribble Valley at the 1987 election, placing third, before gaining Hyndburn from the Conservative Ken Hargreaves in 1992.
Considered a Blairite, Pope is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society.
In April 2000, as a whip, 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 lieutenant" The error led the government to instruct its MPs to vote against the clause.
In July 2003, Pope admitted leaking confidential Foreign Affairs Select Committee evidence, to The Guardian 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. This was of evidence into the threat, posed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. On 11 June 2009 Pope announced that he would stand down at the 2010 election.
In December 2009, Greg Pope claimed £21,613 in expenses in a single year (2008–2009) and £7,295 of Additional Cost Allowance, which included household furnishings and mortgage payments.
This was over a two–year period. On 19 April 2010 Pope was appointed as the deputy director of the Catholic Education Service ( Certificate in Superior Studies).
Roman Catholic
51st United Kingdom Parliament. 52nd United Kingdom Parliament. 53rd United Kingdom Parliament.
54th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a member of the backbench committee on Northern Ireland from 1997–2001.