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David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	David Alton · David Alton, Alton of Liverpool Baronu · David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool · ديفيد ألتون · ديفيد التون · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool · 奥尔顿				[sources]
Birth date	1951-03-15				[sources]
Place of birth	London				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	David				[sources]
Last name	Alton				[sources]
Title	The Right Honourable				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1173562				[sources]
Position	Liberal Democrats Chief Whip (1985-1987) · member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1979-1979) · member of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1979-1983) · member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1983-1987) · member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987-1988) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Campion School, Hornchurch · Liverpool Hope University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Member of the House of Lords

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

British politician (born 1951)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2021-03-26	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Marianne Alton Close Associate	child	-	-
Bridget Alton Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Lords	1997-06-12	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,039

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

China Sanctions Research218

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,005

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,207

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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