The Baroness Amos The Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Preceded by
The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Succeeded by
The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Junior ministerial offices 1997–2008
Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health
In office 6 May 2006 – 3 October 2008
Prime Minister
Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by
The Lord Bach
Succeeded by
Jane Kennedy
Minister of State for Children in Northern Ireland
In office 9 May 2005 – 6 May 2006
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Barry Gardiner
Succeeded by
Maria Eagle
Minister of State for Regeneration and Regional Development
In office 13 June 2003 – 9 May 2005
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Yvette Cooper
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
In office 29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Succeeded by
Keith Hill
Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration
In office 11 June 2001 – 29 May 2002
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Barbara Roche
Succeeded by
Beverley Hughes
Minister of State for Pensions
In office 29 July 1999 – 7 June 2001
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Stephen Timms
Succeeded by
Ian McCartney
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 6 May 1997 – 29 July 1999
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Tony Baldry
Succeeded by
Joyce Quin
Further offices held
Chair of the Food Standards Agency
In office July 2009 – July 2013
Appointed by
Hilary Benn
Preceded by
Dame Deirdre Hutton
Succeeded by
Heather Hancock
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 21 June 2001
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Perry Barr
In office 28 February 1974 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by
Joseph Kinsey
Succeeded by
Khalid Mahmood
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey William Rooker
(1941-07-05) 5 July 1941 (age 82)
Nationality
British
Political party
Labour (since 2013; before 2009) Independent (2009–2013)
Alma mater
Aston University
Jeffrey William Rooker, Baron RookerPC (born 5 June 1941) is a British politician and life peer who served as a government minister from 1997 to 2008. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr from 1974 to 2001.
Raised and educated in Birmingham, Rooker worked as a production engineer in the city before lecturing in the subject at Lanchester Polytechnic. He studied at Aston University and the University of Warwick; and he eventually gained a postgraduate degree in industrial relations. After unsuccessfully attempting to be elected to Birmingham City Council in 1966, he was elected to the House of Commons at the February 1974 general election and joined the government after the Labour victory at the 1997 general election as Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Upon standing down from the Commons at the 2001 general election, Rooker was later appointed to the House of Lords where he continued to serve in the government under several ministerial portfolios until 2008, including as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health from 2005 to 2008. He resigned the Labour whip in 2009 after being appointed chair of the Food Standards Agency. He sat as an independent member in the House of Lords until 2013 when, standing down as chair of the FSA, he took up the Labour whip once again.
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