David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons of the British Parliament for 18 years. Today he is Lord Alton of Liverpool, a Catholic member of the British House of Lords where he sits as an Independent. He is Professor of Citizenship at Liverpool John Moores University and author of eight books.

Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool is an Independent cross-bench life Peer of the House of Lords. He began his career as a teacher but, in 1972, he was elected to the Liverpool City Council as Britain’s youngest City Councillor. Twenty five years later, in 1997, David was made a Life Peer of the House of Lords.

For the past twenty years, the Jubilee Campaign which Lord Alton supports world-wide has been exceptionally effective in taking practical action for the oppressed. It has made a difference to suffering communities and individuals around the world. Those facing prison or even death have walked free.

Children have been protected, rescued and seen their exploiters brought to justice. Jubilee’s track record demonstrates that ordinary people can change the world. Lord Alton and Eddie Roush met in part because of the Jubilee Campaign in the first week of January 1986 on a human rights delegation to Nepal.

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