Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling
| The Right Honourable The Lord Jopling PC | |
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| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 11 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Peter Walker |
| Succeeded by | John MacGregor |
| Chief Whip of the Conservative Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 11 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Michael Cocks |
| Succeeded by | John Wakeham |
| Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale | |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Tim Collins |
| Member of Parliament for Westmorland | |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 9 June 1983 | |
| Preceded by | William Fletcher-Vane |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Thomas Michael Jopling 10 December 1930 Ripon, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
Durham University Newcastle University |
Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC (born 10 December 1930) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party.[1]
Life and career
Jopling was educated at Cheltenham College and Durham University. He was a farmer and company director, and served on the national council of the National Farmers Union. He was a councillor on Thirsk Rural District Council.
Having previously stood unsuccessfully in Wakefield in 1959, Jopling was elected Conservative MP for Westmorland, now in Cumbria, in 1964 and became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1979 to 1983. In 1983, he was elected for Westmorland and Lonsdale after boundary changes, and was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1983 to 1987.
In his Diaries, the military historian and Tory member of Parliament Alan Clark famously quoted what he claimed was Jopling's "snobby but cutting" dismissal of the ambitious Conservative deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine: "The trouble with Michael is that he had to buy all his furniture".[2]
Jopling was made a life peer as Baron Jopling, of Ainderby Quernhow in the County of North Yorkshire on 5 June 1997.[3] He is a member of the Privy Council and the America All Party Parliamentary Group.
His younger son, Jay Jopling, is a British contemporary art dealer and gallerist.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ The International Who's Who 2004. Google Books (Europa Publications). 2004.
- ↑ Alan Clark Diaries: In Power 1983-1992 (Wednesday 17 June 1987) 1993 Weidenfield & Nicholson
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 54789. p. 6745. 10 June 1997.
- ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (10 November 2001). "Happy return". The Guardian.
External links
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Michael Jopling
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by William Fletcher-Vane |
Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1964–1983 |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale 1983–1997 |
Succeeded by Tim Collins |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Humphrey Atkins |
Chief Whip of the Conservative Party 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by John Wakeham |
| Preceded by Michael Cocks |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1979–1983 | |
| Preceded by Peter Walker |
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1983–1987 |
Succeeded by John MacGregor |
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