Lord David Alton

For 18 years, from 1979, David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and in 1997 was appointed as an Independent Member of the House of Lords. Lord Alton is a professor at Liverpool Hope University and formerly Professor of Citizenship at Liverpool John Moores University.  Lord Alton is a co-founder of Jubilee Campaign; a recipient of the Thomas More Award for Religious Freedom; former Board Member of Aid to the Church in Need; and in 2019 he was presented with a State Department Award for his work on human rights by Ambassador Sam Brownback.