The London Assembly


Richard Tracey London Assembly Member

Salary£53,439
Appointed Date1 May 2008
PartyConservative Party
ConstituencyMerton and Wandsworth
Responsibilities

 

  • Member of the Budget and Performance Committee
  • Member of the Budget Monitoring Sub-Committee
  • Member of the Transport Committee
  • Vice-Chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA)
  • Mayor's Ambassador for River Transport
Key Issues & Concerns

 

  • Cutting crime and protecting residents with more visible policing
  • Improving the public transport network whilst supporting the freedom of motorists
  • Keeping the costs of the GLA to a minimum
  • Protecting and promoting the interests of Merton and Wandsworth and London
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Biography

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 was also 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.

Born in Stratford upon Avon and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School and Birmingham University where he gained an LLB with Honours, he and his wife Kathy live in central Wandsworth and have 4 grown up children.

Biographical information as supplied by individual Assembly Members.

Contact details:
GLA
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4389
Email: richard.tracey@london.gov.uk

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