Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling
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The Right Honourable The Lord Cunningham of Felling PC DL |
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Minister for the Cabinet Office Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
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In office 27 July 1998 – 11 October 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | David Clark |
| Succeeded by | Mo Mowlam |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Douglas Hogg |
| Succeeded by | Nick Brown |
| Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage | |
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In office 19 October 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Chris Smith |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Bottomley |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 20 October 1994 – 19 October 1995 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Robin Cook |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 24 July 1992 – 20 October 1994 |
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| Leader |
John Smith Margaret Beckett (Acting) Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Gerald Kaufman |
| Succeeded by | Robin Cook |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 2 November 1989 – 24 July 1992 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Frank Dobson |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment | |
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In office 2 October 1983 – 2 November 1989 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Gerald Kaufman |
| Succeeded by | Bryan Gould |
| Under Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Jim Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Gordon Oakes |
| Succeeded by | Norman Lamont |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 10 September 1976 – 21 February 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Jim Callaghan |
| Preceded by | John Tomlinson |
| Succeeded by | Roger Stott |
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Member of Parliament for Copeland Whitehaven (1970–1983) |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Symonds |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Reed |
| Personal details | |
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John Anderson Cunningham 4 August 1939 Durham, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
John Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL (born 4 August 1939) is a British politician who was the Labour Member of Parliament for Copeland from the 1983 to the 2005 general elections, and had served in the Cabinet of Tony Blair.
His father was Andrew Cunningham, leader of the Labour Party in the Northern Region in the 1970s, who was disgraced in the 1974 Poulson scandal. Dr Cunningham was first elected as member for Whitehaven in 1970; and the renamed Copeland constituency, which was the same constituency as Whitehaven, in 1983.
He was educated at Jarrow Grammar School (now Jarrow School) in the same class as Doug McAvoy, future general secretary of the National Union of Teachers. Cunningham then studied at Bede College of Durham University, receiving a BSc in Chemistry in 1962, and a PhD in 1967. He stayed at the university to become a research fellow from 1966-8, whilst working as an officer for the General and Municipal Workers' Union.
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