Sir Richard Coppock CBE (21 February 1885 – 7 September 1971) was a British trade unionist and politician.
Born in Cheetham in Manchester, Coppock left school at eleven and followed his father in becoming an apprentice bricklayer two years later.
[2] Coppock opposed World War I, during which he was active in Independent Labour Party (ILP), through which he became friends with Harry Pollitt.
He was elected to Manchester City Council in 1919, serving for two years, and he also stood unsuccessfully to become secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, successor to the Operative Bricklayers, but was beaten by George Hicks.
While on the LCC, he made a major contribution to development of the Green Belt around London, working with James Chuter Ede of the Surrey County Council and others on determining the land to be conserved.