Richard Tracey (Conservative, Merton and Wandsworth)

London Assembly Member

Richard Tracey was MP for Surbiton for 14 years and an Environment Minister in the Thatcher Government. He also served as a senior member of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

He is a Justice of the Peace and Freeman of the City of London. He has been involved in local politics since the 1970s and was Chairman of Wandsworth Conservatives from 2003 to 2008.

In 2006, he became Sport England Chair for South London. He takes an active interest in rowing and rugby football as President of both Kingston Amateur Regatta and Kingston RFC, and is a former Current Affairs broadcaster with BBC Television and Radio.

Married with grown up children and grandchildren, he was born in Stratford upon Avon and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School and Birmingham University where he gained an LLB with Honours.

Principal interests

• Police visibility on the streets and response times
• Borough police numbers
• Efficient use of the police property estate

MPA Link Member for:

• London borough of Merton
• London borough of Wandsworth

Authority committee membership:

• Strategic and Operational Policing Committee
• Standards Committee
• Olympics/Paralympics Sub-committee
• Professional Standards Cases Sub-committee

Contact details

Members Support
Metropolitan Police Authority
10 Dean Farrar Street
London
SW1H 0NY

Tel: 020 7202 0184/6
Fax: 020 7202 0200
Minicom: 020 7202 0173
Email: membersservices@mpa.gov.uk

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