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Patrick Jenkin

Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding (born 1926) is a British Conservative politician.

Jenkin was the Conservative MP for Wanstead and Woodford from 1964 to 1987. He entered the cabinet in February 1974 as Minister for Energy just weeks before the conservatives fell from office, and participated in many ways in the government of Margaret Thatcher. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1979 to 1981, then as Secretary of State for Industry until 1983, and finally as Secretary of State for the Environment from 1983 to 1985. He was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Jenkin of Roding in 1987.

Currently, Lord Jenkin of Roding serves on the Foundation for Science and Technology as a chairman, and as a vice-chairman of the Local Government Association . His son, Bernard Jenkin, has also become a Member of Parliament and spokesman for the Tories.


Preceded by:
David Ennals
Secretary of State for Social Services
1979–1981
Followed by:
Norman Fowler
Preceded by:
Sir Keith Joseph
Secretary of State for Industry
1981–1983
Followed by:
Preceded by:
Tom King
Secretary of State for the Environment
1983–1985
Followed by:
Kenneth Baker
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