Education
University of Oxford. University College.
politician Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
University of Oxford. University College.
Educated at Birkenhead School and the University of Oxford, he trained as a solicitor and was a partner and later a consultant in a Birkenhead-based firm of solicitors. Porter contested a number of seats before he found success. He fought a by-election for Liverpool Scotland in 1971, Newton in the February 1974 general election, and Chorley in October 1974.
After boundary changes for the 1983 election, he was returned for the new constituency of Wirral South. A caricature of Porter hangs in the lounge bar of the Cask and Glass Public House in Victoria, London.
[48th United Kingdom Parliament. 49th United Kingdom Parliament. 50th United Kingdom Parliament.
51st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was first elected at the 1979 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bebington and Ellesmere Port.