Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling

(Thomas) Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC (born December 10, 1930) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party.

Jopling was educated at Cheltenham College and King's College, Durham. He was a farmer and company director, and served on the national council of the National Farmers Union. He was a councillor on Thirsk Rural District Council.

Jopling was elected Conservative MP for Westmorland, now in Cumbria, in 1964 and became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1979 to 1983. In 1983, he was elected for Westmoreland and Lonsdale after boundary changes, and was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1983 to 1987.

Jopling was made a life peer as Baron Jopling, of Ainderby Quernhow in the County of North Yorkshire in 1997. He is a member of the Privy Council and the America All Party Parliamentary Group.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: William Fletcher-Vane	Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1964–1983	Succeeded by: Constituency abolished
Preceded by: Constituency created	Member of Parliament for Westmoreland and Lonsdale 1983–1997	Succeeded by: Tim Collins
Political offices
Preceded by: Bob Mellish	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1979–1983	Succeeded by: John Wakeham
Preceded by: Peter Walker	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1983–1987	Succeeded by: John MacGregor

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