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
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
7 Content(4.3%)
86 Not-Content(53.1%)
69 didn't vote(42.6%)
2026-04-27
Not-Content
58–138
Not-Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
135–154
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
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
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
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
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
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
My Lords, it was a privilege to be present to listen to my noble friend’s wonderful maiden speech.
This is a brilliant and long overdue report. The committee said it had received
“credible evidence that a number of states have engaged in acts of tr
2026-02-12
Flour Milling Sector
My Lords, it is usual for our one-off debates to highlight a problem or defect that requires attention. That is not the case with this issue. I simply want to celebrate a small, specialist, highly productive sector of the economy, namely the flour millin
2026-02-12
Flour Milling Sector
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the UK flour milling sector.
2026-02-05
US Department of Justice Release of Files
I very much welcome the openness of the answers that my noble friend has been giving to what are very serious, important questions. I want to raise an issue that has not been raised. I happen to be very keen to avoid having an elected president in this c
2026-02-02
Single-Sex Spaces: EHRC Guidance
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will set a target to lay before Parliament the Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance on single-sex spaces before the first anniversary of the guidance being sent to the Equalities Minister.
2026-02-02
Single-Sex Spaces: EHRC Guidance
I say to the Government that the inexcusable delay in operating this makes it look like political party management is being elevated above the national interest. That is not good enough.
2026-01-30
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I agree with Clause 1. If there was a vote on it, I would vote for it. I may not carry the Committee with me but, having sat through Committee and one day of Second Reading— I could not attend the first day—I feel we have reached the point wher
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will give a specific example. On 8 January, at col. 1416, the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, made a short speech, which consisted of about six specific questions. One of them was about the interaction of the health service and the Bill. Later that
2026-01-21
Great Western Railway: Infrastructure
I warn my noble friend that this morning the Environment and Climate Change Committee took evidence from three water companies. We discovered that storing water in reservoirs is very expensive; it is a lot cheaper to store it in aquifers. So what are th
2026-01-09
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
With respect, he did not say that. The noble Lord, Lord Stevens, said it would not be done “in effect”, the implication being—I do not disagree with what the noble Baroness is saying—that the Government have given a date which is beyond when this is expe
2026-01-08
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, the way to avoid introducing for the first time a guillotine Motion on a Bill in this House is for my noble and learned friend to specifically come within the next 10 days to answer each and every question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Stevens
2025-12-05
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, specifically ruled out changing the age. He wanted to put qualifications on it; that was as far as he went.
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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
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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
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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
18
of 18 tabled
12 answered(66.7%)
5
departments
2026-06-09
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Reform
Pending
2026-06-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Power: Job Creation
Pending
2026-06-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices
Pending
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.