Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool

For 25 years David Alton served as a city councillor or MP in Liverpool. Today he sits as an independent cross-bench peer in the House of Lords. He was the country’s youngest city councillor, the youngest member of the House of Commons and then the youngest life peer. In 1992 he announced that he would not stand again as a Liberal Democrat after the party made support for abortion a party policy for the first time. Earlier in the day, at the same conference, an animal welfare motion had passed which included protection for goldfish on sale in amusement arcades and funfair.

On behalf of Liverpool John Moores University, where he is Professor of Citizenship, he has staged the Roscoe Lectures on Citizenship and created a good citizens awards scheme that is operation in 900 schools in the north-west of England.

Lord Alton is co-founder of Jubilee Campaign, a national patron of LIFE, and a member of the bioethics committee appointed by the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales. He is the author of eleven books and a Visiting Fellow of St Andrew’s University.

Further details about Lord Alton, including his articles, can be found at www.davidalton.com