John Roper, Baron Roper

The Right Honourable The Lord Roper PC
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
In office 7 June 2001 – 5 May 2005
Leader	Charles Kennedy
Preceded by	The Lord Harris of Greenwich
Succeeded by	The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Director, Institute for Security Studies of Western European Union
In office April 1990 – September 1995
Chief Whip, Social Democrat Party
In office 26 March 1981 – 9 June 1983
Leader	Roy Jenkins
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	John Cartwright
Member of Parliament for Farnworth
In office 18 June 1970 – 9 June 1983
Preceded by	Ernest Thornton
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	John Francis Hodgess Roper (1935-09-10)10 September 1935
Died	29 January 2016(2016-01-29) (aged 80)
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Other political affiliations	Labour Co-operative (1970-81) Social Democratic Party (1981-88)
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford; University of Chicago

John Francis Hodgess Roper, Baron Roper PC (10 September 1935 – 29 January 2016)^[1] was a British Liberal Democrat politician.