Michael Jopling

Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC, DL (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.

The Lord Jopling
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
11 June 1983  13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byPeter Walker
Succeeded byJohn MacGregor
Chief Whip of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 May 1979  11 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byMichael Cocks
Succeeded byJohn Wakeham
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
30 October 1973  4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byOscar Murton
Succeeded byVacant
Assistant Government Whip
In office
8 November 1971  30 October 1973
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Member of Parliament
for Westmorland and Lonsdale
(Westmorland, 1964 – 1983)
In office
15 October 1964  8 April 1997
Preceded byWilliam Fletcher-Vane
Succeeded byTim Collins
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
5 June 1997
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Thomas Michael Jopling

(1930-12-10) 10 December 1930
Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Hilary Dickinson
(m. 1958)
Children2, including Jay
Alma materDurham University
Newcastle University
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