What is Richard Tracey?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Richard Tracey | honorific-suffix = [[Justice of the peace#United Kingdom|JP]] | image = | caption = | constituency_AM = [[Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)|Merton and Wandsworth]] | assembly = London | term_start = 1 May 2008 | term_end = 6 May 2016 | majority = | predecessor = [[Elizabeth Howlett]] | successor = [[Leonie Cooper]] | constituency_MP2 = [[Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Surbiton]] | term_start2 = 9 June 1983 | term_end2 = 1 May 1997 | majority2 = | predecessor2 = [[Nigel Fisher]] | successor2 = [[Ed Davey]] ([[Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston and Surbiton]]) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|02|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|3|19|1943|02|08|df=yes}} | death_place = | nationality = British | spouse = Katharine Gardner | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] | relations = | children = Simon, Nicola, Emma, Polly | residence = | education = [[King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon]] | alma_mater = [[University of Birmingham]] | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Richard Patrick Tracey''' [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (8 February 1943 – 19 March 2020) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician, [[journalist]], [[News presenter|presenter]], and reporter.<ref name=debrett>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/80219/Richard-Patrick-TRACEY |title=Richard Patrick Tracey |work=People of Today |access-date=29 May 2016 |publisher=[[Debrett's]]}}</ref> He was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Surbiton]] from 1983 to 1997, and was [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics|Minister for Sport]] between 1985 and 1987. From 2008 to 2016, when he retired, he was a [[Member of the London Assembly|Member]] of the [[London Assembly]], in which he represented [[Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constitu