Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 0801
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Wakefield 1959 general election. MP (Conservative) for Westmorland 1964-83, for Westmorland and Lonsdale 1983-97
Parliamentary career
Sponsored Private Member's Bill on Parish Councils 1969;
PPS to James Prior as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1970-71;
Government:
Assistant Whip 1971-73,
Whip 1973-74;
Opposition Spokesman for Agriculture 1974-79;
Shadow Minister for Agriculture 1975-76;
Government Chief Whip 1979-83;
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1983-87;
Sponsored Private Member's Bills on:
Children's Seat Belts 1990,
Antarctica 1994
Party groups
Committee member, Association of Conservative Peers 1997-2000
Select committees
Chair, Select Committee on Sittings of the House (Jopling Report) 1991-92
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Thirsk Rural District Council 1958-64;
DL:
Cumbria 1991-97,
North Yorkshire 1998-2005
International bodies
UK Branch of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA):
Executive Committee 1974-79, 1987-97,
Vice-chair 1977-78,
Executive, CPA HQ 1988-89;
President, EU Councils of Agriculture and Fishery Ministers 1986;
North Atlantic Assembly and NATO Parliamentary Assembly:
UK Delegate, 1987-97, 2001-,
Chairman, Committee on Civilian Aspects of Security 2011-;
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:
Leader, UK Delegation 1991-97,
UK Delegate 2000-01;
Member, Executive Committee, Inter-Parliamentary Union, British Group 1999-
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Jopling, of Ainderby Quernhow in the County of North Yorkshire 1997
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Partner in farming business in North Yorkshire
4: Shareholdings (b)
AXA Isle of Man Limited
Ruffer Illiquid Strategies Fund 2011
Helperby Therapeutics Group Limited
5: Land and property
Houses in North Yorkshire from which rental income is received
Agricultural land in North Yorkshire (part-owner)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member of Court, York University