David Alton

The Right Honourable
The Lord Alton of Liverpool
KCSG KCMCO
The Right Honourable The Lord Alton of Liverpool KCSG KCMCO
	Official portrait, 2023
Liberal Chief Whip
	In office; 1985 – 11 June 1987
Leader	David Steel
Preceded by	Alan Beith
Succeeded by	Jim Wallace
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 July 1997; Life Peerage;
Member of Parliament; for Liverpool Mossley Hill; Liverpool Edge Hill (1979–1983);
	In office; 29 March 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Sir Arthur Irvine
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	David Patrick Paul Alton; 15 March 1951; London, England
Political party	None (Crossbench)
Other political; affiliations	Liberal (1972–1988); Liberal Democrat (1988–1997);
Spouse	Elizabeth Bell
Children	4
Residence(s)	Lancashire, England
Alma mater	Liverpool Hope University

David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, KCSG, KCMCO (born 15 March 1951) is a British politician.

He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. Alton is also known for his human rights work including the co-founding of Jubilee Action, the children's charity (which changed its name to Chance for Childhood in 2014), and serves as chair, patron or trustee of several charities and voluntary organisations.

Alton is a visiting professor of Liverpool Hope University and an Ambassador Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University.

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