The Lord Horam | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2019 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 12 September 1976 – 7 May 1979 | |
Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
Sec. of State | Bill Rodgers |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Clarke |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Life peerage 4 September 2013 | |
Member of Parliament for Orpington | |
In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Ivor Stanbrook |
Succeeded by | Jo Johnson |
Member of Parliament for Gateshead West | |
In office 18 June 1970 – 13 May 1983 | |
Preceded by | Harry Randall |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | City of Preston, Lancashire, England | 7 March 1939
Political party | Conservative |
Other political affiliations | Labour (until 1981) SDP (1981–1987) |
Spouse | Judith Jackson |
Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
John Rhodes Horam, Baron Horam (born 7 March 1939) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.[1] He represented three parties in Parliament – originally Labour, he defected to the SDP on its foundation in 1981, then to the Conservatives in 1987 – and served as a Minister in both Labour and Conservative governments. On 4 September 2013, he was created a working life peer as Baron Horam of Grimsargh in the County of Lancashire.[2][3] He is a founder and vice chair of the Common Sense Group of Conservative parliamentarians.