Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2249
Fax: 020 7219 0753
copej@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Woolwich East 1970 general election. MP (Conservative) for Gloucestershire South February 1974-83 and for Northavon 1983-97
Parliamentary career
Government Whip 1979-83;
Deputy Chief Whip 1983-87;
Minister of State for:
Employment with special responsibility for Small Firms 1987-89,
Northern Ireland Office 1989-90;
Paymaster General, HM Treasury 1992-94
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Northern Ireland 1997-98,
Home Affairs 1998-2001;
Opposition Chief Whip 2001-07;
Deputy Chairman of Committees 2001-07;
Deputy Speaker 2002-08
Party groups
Conservative Party:
Deputy Chair 1990-92,
Hon. Joint Treasurer 1991-92;
Trustee, Conservative Party Archive at Bodleian Library
International bodies
Member, UK Parliamentary Delegation to Council of Europe and Western European Union 1995-97;
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly:
UK Member 2008-,
British co-chair 2010-11
Political interests
Small businesses
Countries of interest
Palestine
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Cope of Berkeley, of Berkeley in the County of Gloucestershire 1997
Register of Interests
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Carlton Club (London) Limited
Director, Carlton Trustees (London) Limited
Director, Friends of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music UK Ltd (private company limited by guarantee which supports the Palestine Music Conservatory)
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Conservative Party Archive at the Bodleian Library, Oxford
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, War Memorials Trust
Trustee, Friends of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (Palestinian youth music charity in process of registration)