The Rt Hon. the Lord Rooker
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Rooker's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Rooker. His name is Jeffrey William Rooker, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,379
14 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£540
Attendance £540
Postage / secretarial / family travel
£212
Total claimed
£6,131
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
8 Content(4.2%)
101 Not-Content(53.4%)
80 didn't vote(42.3%)
2026-07-21
Not-Content
173–234
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2026-07-13
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41–118
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2026-07-13
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142–138
Content
2026-04-27
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58–138
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2026-04-23
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152–207
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2026-04-13
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135–154
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2026-04-13
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65–173
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2026-04-13
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178–231
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-05
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132–124
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, the precision, clarity and delivery of this report show what a class act my noble friend Lady Taylor of Bolton is. When I do Learn with the Lords programmes, I explain to students that for every decision in Parliament, the elected House has the
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
I am grateful to my noble friend, but let us get this absolutely clear: the Committee in the Commons did not discuss the stuff that was dumped in the Bill after the programme Motion on Report. The Committee did not know about it. The reality is—noble Lor
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, I spoke for less than a minute on Second Reading and therefore I did not have an opportunity to congratulate my noble friend Lord Macintosh of Eastwood on his very powerful maiden speech. My purpose with this amendment is exactly the same as th
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
After “Whole House,” insert “but that Committee stage will not commence until the Minister has made a statement setting out which clauses and schedules of the Bill, including amendments made to the Bill, the House of Commons did not have time to consi
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, in the 1990s, when the Labour Party, via the Plant commission, looked at the age of voting, we were very sceptical about lowering it to 16. I have tracked what has happened in Scotland’s local government in the last decade, but, above all, what
2026-09-10
Fiscal Outlook
My Lords, I am obviously not alone in enjoying the period I spent on the Economic Affairs Committee under the chairmanship of the noble Lord. I really enjoyed it—and most of his speech. It was one of the most interesting committees I have served on, but
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My noble friend was not listening to what I said. The Government do the programme Motion, not the Members. It is the Government who propose the guillotine. It is the government Motion that puts the dates down and the times allowed—the Government, not the
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My Lords, I do not want to put myself in the doghouse, so I will only be a few minutes. This form of amendment was the only way I could raise the issue that I want to raise, which is, of course, to call on the Government to give us a list of the issues t
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
After “Whole House,” insert “but that Committee stage will not commence until the Minister has made a statement setting out which clauses and schedules of the Bill, including amendments made to the Bill, the House of Commons did not have time to consi
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My Lords, I make it crystal clear that I support the Bill. Indeed, I would support a tougher Bill to include better protection for whistleblowing, because prevention is better than cure. As has already been said, it is clear that, without a national over
2026-07-21
Natural England: Gamebird Release Licensing
Notwithstanding the technicalities of this Question—I congratulate my noble friend on doing three out of four—why do I get the impression from the past couple of years that Natural England seems to be opposed to any rural activity and any aspect of the r
My Lords, my text for this simplistic opposition attack on the Government is simple: I will point out the legacy of the noble Baroness who has just spoken. She was in the Cabinet for six years. On 20 January 2025, the Economic Affairs Committee of your L
2026-05-21
Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring
Why does my noble friend think most of the media, a good many Members of this House and informed opinion outside actually think exactly what the noble Lord, Lord Gove, asked—that we have relaxed the view on Russia? Why has that impression got around?
In view of the practical issues that my noble friend has raised, would it be possible to give this House and the other House 24 or 48 hours’ notice of when the release is going to be? It will not be any good coming back after the Recess on the Monday and
My Lords, at the third time of asking—I am grateful to my noble friend for his forbearance—I have just two brief questions. Why have Ministers never met any of the leaders of For Women Scotland, whose case ended up in the Supreme Court? One of those, Mar
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the merits of implementing the proposed Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance on single sex spaces by means of primary legislation.
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, as usual, I came to listen and not to speak, but there are a couple of things that have been said to which I want to react. I agree entirely with my noble friend Lady Hayter, to be honest.
I will not go into the details, but I lost my first
2026-03-10
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I think our language should be quite moderate tonight. There is no crowing from this side of the House and no attack on the hereditaries. I wholly agree with everything that has been said. I have worked with the hereditaries, having been here 2
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I will contribute briefly on this group. In general, the amendment produced by my noble friend the Minister is to be applauded. It is massive and detailed—but this is one of the issues. We are on Report in the House of Lords. The House of Commo
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
This amendment has just turned up here. It is for this House; it was not dealt with in the Commons. That is why we are debating it. It is a brand-new amendment. It is extensive—two or three pages.
I know I am a bit out of date, having been here so lon
2026-03-04
Security Update
To follow up the point about universities made by the noble Lord, Lord Young, the Xinjiang province of China grows 20% of the world’s cotton. Since it became technically possible to check garments for where the cotton was grown, the laundering of that co
2026-03-03
Gibraltar Treaty
My Lords, can my noble friend kindly write to the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, about flights into Gibraltar over Spanish land? I only ever visited in 1977 and 1979, in solidarity when the Spanish had closed the border. It is a great place for tourism but, if I
2026-03-03
British Farming: Competitiveness
My noble friend referred to the Government’s procurement plans. In my experience, I never found any government procurement plans; there were departmental procurement plans. It was impossible in particular regions to get the prisons, the schools and the h
2026-02-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble Lord should sit down now and come back, still on this debate.
2026-02-27
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, I want to raise the point with him that I am getting really irritated by constantly hearing Peers on the wireless complaining about filibustering. It has happened twice this week—it happens every week. The fact
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Nil
-
No registrable interests
registered 2025-04-07
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2013-07-17 → present
Labour
current
2009-10-14 → 2013-07-16
Labour Independent
1974-02-28 → 2009-10-13
Labour
Government posts
2007-07-02 → 2008-10-05
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Sustainable Farming, Food and Animal Welfare)
2006-05-09 → 2007-06-28
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Sustainable Farming and Food)
2005-06-01 → 2008-10-05
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
2005-05-09 → 2007-06-27
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
2003-06-13 → 2005-05-10
Minister (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Regeneration and Regional Development)
2002-05-29 → 2003-06-13
Minister (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Housing & Planning)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-28
Minister (Home Office) (Asylum & Immigration)
1999-07-29 → 2001-06-07
Minister of State (Department of Social Security)
1997-05-06 → 1999-07-29
Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1989-01-13 → 1991-01-22
Public Accounts Committee
2005-06-15 → 2006-11-08
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2008-12-10 → 2009-11-12
Barnett Formula Committee
2011-07-06 → 2012-03-26
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
2013-07-17 → 2013-12-11
Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£14,876/yr
2015-06-12 → 2019-07-02
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-26
Select Committee on Charities
2018-09-04 → 2019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee B
2019-06-13 → 2020-01-21
Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Economic Affairs Committee
2023-09-05 → 2024-05-30
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
rookerj@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Food and Health Forum
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 8 | 2024-05-28 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gasworks Redevelopment
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 5 | 2022-08-29 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
25
of 25 tabled
25 answered(100.0%)
8
departments
2026-07-13
Department of Health and Social Care
Osteoporosis: Preventive Medicine
Answered
2026-06-15
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Answered
2026-06-09
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Reform
Answered
2026-06-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Power: Job Creation
Answered
2026-06-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices
Answered
2026-06-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Power: Electricity
Answered
2026-06-01
Department of Health and Social Care
Osteoporosis: Medical Treatments
Answered
2026-03-26
Department of Health and Social Care
Sexual and Reproductive Health: Women
Answered
2026-03-26
Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Life Expectancy: Women
Answered
2026-01-20
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Agriculture: Databases
Answered
2026-01-20
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Agriculture: Databases
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
8 bills
3 as lead sponsor
5 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-09-04 | |
| European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-04-02 | |
| Bread and Flour Regulations (Folic Acid) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-05-23 | |
| Bread and Flour Regulations (Folic Acid) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-30 | |
| Climate Change Act 2008 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2007-11-14 | |
| Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2007-03-27 | |
| Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2006-11-27 | |
| Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2006-11-16 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.