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Michael Jopling

Born: 10 December 1930

Lord Jopling - 19 April 1997

Member of Privy Council - 1979

Cheltenham College

King's College, Durham

Assistant Government Whip	1971	1973
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	1973	February 1974
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip	May 1979	1983
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	11 June 1983	13 June 1987

8 October 1959	Wakefield	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,114	40.37
15 October 1964	Westmorland	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,125	51.75
31 March 1966	Westmorland	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,907	50.55
18 June 1970	Westmorland	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,253	55.29
28 February 1974	Westmorland	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,036	50.13
10 October 1974	Westmorland	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,559	50.85
3 May 1979	Westmorland	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,274	56.62
9 June 1983	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,775	61.31
11 June 1987	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,259	57.56
9 April 1992	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,798	56.90