David Alton

The Right Honourable The Lord Alton of Liverpool KCSG KCMCO
Official portrait, 2023
Liberal Chief Whip
In office 1985 – 11 June 1987
Leader	David Steel
Preceded by	Alan Beith
Succeeded by	Jim Wallace
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 1997 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Liverpool Mossley Hill Liverpool Edge Hill (1979–1983)
In office 29 March 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Sir Arthur Irvine
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	David Patrick Paul Alton (1951-03-15) 15 March 1951 (age 73) London, England
Nationality	Ireland, United Kingdom[1]
Political party	None (Crossbench)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (1972–1988) Liberal Democrat (1988–1997)
Spouse	Elizabeth Bell
Children	4
Residence(s)	Lancashire, England
Alma mater	Liverpool Hope University

David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, KCSG, KCMCO (born 15 March 1951) is a British-Irish politician, formerly a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. Alton is also known for his human rights work including the co-founding of Jubilee Action, the children's charity (which changed its name to Chance for Childhood in 2014), and serves as chair, patron or trustee of several charities and voluntary organisations.^[2]

Alton is a visiting professor of Liverpool Hope University,^[3] an Ambassador Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University,^[4] and a former President of the Catholic Union of Great Britain.^[5]