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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Rooker

The Rt Hon. the Lord Rooker

Labour Life peer M
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.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

1997-05-012001-06-07
Birmingham, Perry Barr
1983-06-091997-05-01
Birmingham, Perry Barr
1974-02-281983-06-09
Birmingham, Perry Barr

Party history

2013-07-17present
Labour current
2009-10-142013-07-16
Labour Independent
1974-02-282009-10-13
Labour

Government posts

2007-07-022008-10-05
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Sustainable Farming, Food and Animal Welfare)
2006-05-092007-06-28
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Sustainable Farming and Food)
2005-06-012008-10-05
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
2005-05-092007-06-27
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
2003-06-132005-05-10
Minister (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Regeneration and Regional Development)
2002-05-292003-06-13
Minister (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Housing & Planning)
2001-06-112002-05-28
Minister (Home Office) (Asylum & Immigration)
1999-07-292001-06-07
Minister of State (Department of Social Security)
1997-05-061999-07-29
Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

1989-01-131991-01-22
Public Accounts Committee
2005-06-152006-11-08
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2008-12-102009-11-12
Barnett Formula Committee
2011-07-062012-03-26
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
2013-07-172013-12-11
Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee) Chair +£14,876/yr
2015-06-122019-07-02
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2016-05-252017-03-26
Select Committee on Charities
2018-09-042019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee B
2019-06-132020-01-21
Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
2022-01-192025-01-30
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2022-01-192025-01-30
Economic Affairs Committee
2023-09-052024-05-30
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2025-01-30present
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
rookerj@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

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.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

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
Power Outages
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
2026-06-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Power: Electricity
Pending
2026-06-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wind Power
Pending
2026-06-01
Department of Health and Social Care
Osteoporosis: Diagnosis
Answered
2026-06-01
Department of Health and Social Care
Osteoporosis: Medical Treatments
Answered
2026-06-01
Department of Health and Social Care
Fractures: Death
Answered
2026-06-01
Department of Health and Social Care
Fractures: Health Services
Answered
2026-03-27
Home Office
Animal Experiments: Rodents
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
2026-03-26
Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Women
Answered
2026-03-26
Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Research
Answered
2026-03-26
Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Gender
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
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking MP has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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 MPs 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.
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