Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5899
fookesj@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Conservative) for Merton and Morden 1970-74, for Plymouth Drake 1974-97
Parliamentary career
Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 1992-97;
Sponsored as Private Member's Bill:
Sexual Offences Act 1985,
Dangerous Dogs Act 1989
Lords career
Member, Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme 2001-;
Deputy Chair of Committees 2002-;
Deputy Speaker 2002-;
Contested Lord Speaker election 2006
Party groups
Member, Association of Conservative Peers
Select committees
Chair: Education, Arts and Home Affairs sub-committee 1975-79;
Member: Panel of Chairs 1976-92,
Home Affairs 1984-92
Councils, public bodies
County Borough of Hastings:
Councillor 1960-61, 1963-70,
Chair, Education Committee 1967-70
Political interests
Health, defence, animal welfare, equal opportunities
Countries of interest
Canada, New Zealand
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Fookes, of Plymouth in the County of Devon 1997
Register of Interests
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member, Board of Governors, Kelly College, Tavistock
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Millennium Committee of the Fellowship of St Nicholas
President, 1066 Branch, English Speaking Union
Chairman, Vincent Lines Memorial Trust
Chairman, Welfare Fund for Companion Animals
Member, Council of Management of UK-Canada Colloquium
President & Trustee, League of Friends of Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth
President, SSAFA Forces Help (Sussex branch)
President, NSPCC (Hastings, Bexhill, Rye & District branch)
President, Friends of Derriford Hospital Kidney Unit
President, Chiropractic Patients' Association
President, War Widows Association of Great Britain
President, RSPCA (Plymouth & District Branch)
Vice President, Plymouth & District Leukaemia Fund
Vice President, RSPCA (nationally)
Vice President, SSAFA Forces Help (nationally)
Vice President, Stars Foundation for Cerebral Palsy (formerly SOS)
Chairman of Ambassadors, Plymouth and District, Tomorrow's People