Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government.
10 Facts About Patrick Jenkin
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Patrick Jenkin became a barrister, called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1952, and company director.
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Patrick Jenkin was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council from 1960 to 1963.
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Patrick Jenkin was a member of the Bow Group from 1951.
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Patrick Jenkin 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.
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Patrick Jenkin retired from the Commons at the 1987 general election.
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Patrick Jenkin was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Jenkin of Roding, of Wanstead and Woodford in Greater London.
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Whilst in the Lords, Patrick Jenkin was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.
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Patrick Jenkin was noted for his contribution to the debate during the passage of the Marriage Act 2013.
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Patrick Jenkin was president of the Foundation for Science and Technology, and a vice-president of the Local Government Association.