Timothy Kirkhope

The Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
Official portrait, 2019
Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists
Acting
In office
24 June 2009 – 14 July 2009
Vice-ChairsAdam Bielan
Jan Zahradil
Succeeded byMichał Kamiński
Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists
In office
14 July 2009 – 14 December 2011
ChairmanMichał Kamiński
Jan Zahradil
Succeeded byJan Zahradil
Geoffrey Van Orden
Ryszard Legutko
Derk Jan Eppink
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
In office
18 November 2008 – 23 November 2010
Preceded byPhilip Bushill-Matthews
Succeeded byMartin Callanan
In office
December 2004 – November 2007
Preceded byJonathan Evans
Succeeded byGiles Chichester
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration and Border Controls
In office
18 October 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byNicholas Baker
Succeeded byGeorge Howarth
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
7 July 1995 – 18 October 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded bySydney Chapman
Succeeded byAndrew MacKay
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
11 December 1992 – 5 July 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byTim Boswell
Succeeded bySimon Burns
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
13 October 2016
Life Peerage
Member of the European Parliament
for Yorkshire and the Humber
In office
10 June 1999 – 1 September 2016
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJohn Proctor
Member of Parliament
for Leeds North East
In office
11 June 1987 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byKeith Joseph
Succeeded byFabian Hamilton
Personal details
Born (1945-04-29) 29 April 1945 (age 79)
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materRoyal Grammar School, Newcastle
ProfessionSolicitor
Websitehttps://www.kirkhope.org.uk/
Video Introduction

Timothy John Robert Kirkhope, Baron Kirkhope of Harrogate (born 29 April 1945) is a British lawyer and politician who previously served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. After serving for ten years as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North East, he was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999. Between December 2004 and November 2010 he was leader of the Conservative delegation for a total of six years. He was the chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel's Europe grouping, the European Conservatives Spokesman on Justice and Home Affairs, and a member of the European Parliament's U.S Delegation. In 2016, he was created a life peer.