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by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Clark,_Baron_Clark_of_Windermere" title="David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere">David Clark</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mo_Mowlam" title="Mo Mowlam">Mo Mowlam</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food" title="Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food">Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hogg" title="Douglas Hogg">Douglas Hogg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Brown" title="Nick Brown">Nick Brown</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; ;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Shadow Cabinet positions</div></th> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_National_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage">Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />19 October 1995 – 2 May 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury" title="Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury">Chris Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Bottomley" title="Virginia Bottomley">Virginia Bottomley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Trade_and_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry">Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />20 October 1994 – 19 October 1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Cook" title="Robin Cook">Robin Cook</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Foreign_Secretary" title="Shadow Foreign Secretary">Shadow Foreign Secretary</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 July 1992 – 20 October 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Kaufman" title="Gerald Kaufman">Gerald Kaufman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Cook" title="Robin Cook">Robin Cook</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Shadow Leader of the House of Commons">Shadow Leader of the House of Commons</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 November 1989 – 24 July 1992</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Dobson" title="Frank Dobson">Frank Dobson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment">Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 October 1983 – 2 November 1989</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Kaufman" title="Gerald Kaufman">Gerald Kaufman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Gould" title="Bryan Gould">Bryan Gould</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Energy_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department of Energy (United Kingdom)">Under Secretary of State for Energy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Oakes" title="Gordon Oakes">Gordon Oakes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lamont" title="Norman Lamont">Norman Lamont</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 September 1976 – 21 February 1977</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Tomlinson,_Baron_Tomlinson" title="John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson">John Tomlinson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Stott" title="Roger Stott">Roger Stott</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Copeland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)">Copeland</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Whitehaven_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitehaven</a> (1970–1983)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 June 1970 – 11 April 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Symonds" title="Joseph Symonds">Joseph Symonds</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Reed" title="Jamie Reed">Jamie Reed</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname"><span class="nowrap">John Anderson Cunningham</span></div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1939-08-04</span>) </span>4 August 1939<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 85)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">UK</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a></span></span> (born 4 August 1939)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> who was a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for over 30 years, serving for <a href="/wiki/Whitehaven_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitehaven</a> from <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a> to <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Copeland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)">Copeland</a> until the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, and had served in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His father was <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cunningham_(politician)" title="Andrew Cunningham (politician)">Andrew Cunningham</a>, leader of the Labour Party in the Northern Region in the 1970s, who was disgraced in the 1974 <a href="/wiki/John_Poulson" title="John Poulson">Poulson</a> scandal. Dr Cunningham was first elected as member for <a href="/wiki/Whitehaven_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitehaven</a> in 1970, and the renamed Copeland constituency, which was the same as Whitehaven, in 1983. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was educated at Jarrow Grammar School (now <a href="/wiki/Jarrow_School" title="Jarrow School">Jarrow School</a>) in the same class as <a href="/wiki/Doug_McAvoy" title="Doug McAvoy">Doug McAvoy</a>, future general secretary of the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Teachers" title="National Union of Teachers">National Union of Teachers</a>. Cunningham then studied at <a href="/wiki/College_of_St_Hild_and_St_Bede" class="mw-redirect" title="College of St Hild and St Bede">Bede College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham University</a>, receiving a <a href="/wiki/BSc" class="mw-redirect" title="BSc">BSc</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a> in 1962, and a <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> in 1967. He stayed at the university to become a research fellow from 1966 to 1968, whilst working as an officer for the <a href="/wiki/General_and_Municipal_Workers%27_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="General and Municipal Workers' Union">General and Municipal Workers' Union</a>. </p><p>He was a district councillor for <a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street">Chester-le-Street</a> Rural & Parish Council, prior to becoming an MP and continued to live in the Garden Farm area of the town, bringing up his family there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cunningham joined the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_cabinet" title="Shadow cabinet">Shadow cabinet</a> in 1983, and was appointed to be a <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">Deputy Lieutenant</a> of the County of Cumbria in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">general election campaign in 1992</a>. He also appeared on many television election programmes as one of the main spokesmen of the Labour Party. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister">Minister</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the Labour landslide victory at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, he became <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food" title="Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food">Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food</a> and embarked on a modernisation programme for the Ministry. He worked to secure the lifting of the <a href="/wiki/EU" class="mw-redirect" title="EU">EU</a> <a href="/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy" title="Bovine spongiform encephalopathy">ban on the export of UK beef</a>, and achieved some limited success on this.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet">Cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was shifted in 1998 to <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a>. The media dubbed him <i>cabinet enforcer</i>, claiming that his role was effectively to sell the Government and its policies to the public and the media.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also led the government's work on modernising government, and chaired the Ministerial Committee on genetically modified foods and crops.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backbenches">Backbenches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Backbenches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He retired from the Cabinet in 1999, and returned to the backbenches. He stood down from Parliament at the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>. Having represented the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary constituency">parliamentary constituency</a> that includes <a href="/wiki/Sellafield" title="Sellafield">Sellafield</a>, the UK's largest nuclear facility for 35 years; he is a strong proponent of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear power</a> and is the founding European legislative Chairman of the Transatlantic Nuclear Energy Forum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Lords">House of Lords</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: House of Lords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2005_Dissolution_Honours" title="2005 Dissolution Honours">2005 Dissolution Honours</a>, he was raised to the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">peerage</a> as <b>Baron Cunningham of Felling</b>, <i>of Felling in the County of Tyne and Wear</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lord Cunningham of Felling is still active in politics and chairs an all-party parliamentary committee to review the powers of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lobbyist_allegations">Lobbyist allegations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lobbyist allegations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cunningham was suspended from the Labour Party whip, and the party, in June 2013 pending an investigation over claims he had offered to work for lobbyists.<sup id="cite_ref-Syal_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syal-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing by the parliamentary standards authorities, and had the Labour whip restored. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expenses_claimed_in_the_House_of_Lords">Expenses claimed in the House of Lords</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Expenses claimed in the House of Lords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Research conducted by the <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">Guardian</a> newspaper revealed that Lord Cunningham claimed a total of £75,122 for 154 days' attendance in 2017–2018.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the largest claim for attendance and travel expenses out of all the sitting members in the House of Lords. £23,108 of the £75,122 was claimed for air travel expenses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He lives with his wife near <a href="/wiki/Stocksfield" title="Stocksfield">Stocksfield</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a> and is an avid <a href="/wiki/Fly_fisherman" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly fisherman">fly fisherman</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2016 Cunningham was awarded with the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/dr-jack-cunningham/index.html">"Dr Jack Cunningham"</a>. <i>Hansard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Hansard&rft.atitle=Dr+Jack+Cunningham&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.parliament.uk%2Fhistoric-hansard%2Fpeople%2Fdr-jack-cunningham%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Cunningham%2C+Baron+Cunningham+of+Felling" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette52695" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52695/page/16312">"No. 52695"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 25 October 1991. p. 16312.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+52695&rft.pages=16312&rft.date=1991-10-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F52695%2Fpage%2F16312&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Cunningham%2C+Baron+Cunningham+of+Felling" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcSmith1999" class="citation news cs1">McSmith, Andy (28 February 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/feb/28/uk.politicalnews">"So what exactly does Jack the Enforcer do?"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Peer+who+never+spoke+in+Lords+last+year+claims+%C2%A350%2C000+expenses&rft.date=2019-05-30&rft.issn=0261-3077&rft.aulast=Duncan&rft.aufirst=Pamela&rft.au=Pegg%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2Fmay%2F30%2Flabour-peer-never-spoke-house-of-lords-claims-50000-expenses&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Cunningham%2C+Baron+Cunningham+of+Felling" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000152721.pdf">https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000152721.pdf</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation of this PDF document is required to prevent link rot. (March 2022)">bare URL PDF</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/minutes/051011/ldminute.htm">Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords</a> House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 11 October 2005</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i> 1803–2005: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/dr-jack-cunningham">contributions in Parliament by Jack Cunningham</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Symonds" title="Joseph Symonds">Joseph Symonds</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Whitehaven_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitehaven</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Copeland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)">Copeland</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a>–<a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Reed" title="Jamie Reed">Jamie Reed</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Kaufman" title="Gerald Kaufman">Gerald Kaufman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment">Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment</a> </b><br />1983–1989 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Gould" title="Bryan Gould">Bryan Gould</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Dobson" title="Frank Dobson">Frank Dobson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Shadow Leader of the House of Commons">Shadow 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