Gregory James Pope (born 29 August 1960) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 1992, until retiring at the general election of 2010.
Pope unsuccessfully fought Ribble Valley at the election of 1987, placing third, before gaining Hyndburn from the Conservative Ken Hargreaves in April 1992.
[2] In July 2003, Pope admitted leaking confidential Foreign Affairs Select Committee evidence, to The Guardian chief political correspondent Patrick Wintour.
as an attempt to “bounce” MPs on the committee into clearing Alastair Campbell of “sexing up” the so called Dodgy Dossier.
[5] In December 2009, Greg Pope claimed £21,613 in expenses in a single year (2008–2009) and £7,295 of Additional Cost Allowance, which included household furnishings and mortgage payments.
[6][7][8] On 19 April 2010, Pope was appointed as the deputy director of the Catholic Education Service (CES).