Christopher Chope

Sir Christopher Chope OBE MP
Official portrait, 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office 22 July 1990 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Robert Atkins
Succeeded by	Kenneth Carlisle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment
In office 10 September 1986 – 22 July 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	George Young
Succeeded by	Patrick Nicholls
Member of Parliament for Christchurch
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Diana Maddock
Majority	7,455 (15.8%)
Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen
In office 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	Bob Mitchell
Succeeded by	John Denham
Personal details
Born	Christopher Robert Chope (1947-05-19) 19 May 1947 (age 77)[1] Putney, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Christine Mary Hutchinson ​ ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of St Andrews[2]
Website	www.chrischope.com

Sir Christopher Robert Chope OBE (born 19 May 1947) is a British barrister and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in Dorset since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected in 1983 for Southampton Itchen, but lost this seat in 1992 to Labour. He returned to Parliament in 1997 and has remained an MP ever since. A Brexit advocate, Chope has been supportive of Leave Means Leave, a Eurosceptic pressure group.^[3]