peter walker

Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, PC (born 1932), was Conservative MP for Worcester between March 1961 and April 1992, and the founder of the Tory Reform Group. He was a close ally of Edward Heath, and refused to serve in Margaret Thatcher's Shadow Cabinet because he objected to her social and economic policies. He rose very quickly through the ranks of the Conservative Party, and entered the Shadow Cabinet in 1965, and served as Secretary of State for the Environment (1970-72), President of the Board of Trade (1972-74), Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1979-83), Secretary of State for Energy (1983-87) and Secretary of State for Wales (1987-90). Like Edward Heath, he is a Pro-European Conservative and is a Patron of the Tory Reform Group. Upon his retirement from Parliament in 1992, he was appointed a Life Peer, as Lord Walker of Worcester.

idth="30%" align="center"\|Preceded by: —	width="40%" align="center"\|Secretary of State for the Environment 1970—1972	width="30%" align="center"\|Followed by: Geoffrey Rippon
idth="30%" align="center"\|Preceded by: John Davies	width="40%" align="center"\|President of the Board of Trade 1972—1974	width="30%" align="center"\|Followed by: Peter Shore
idth="30%" align="center"\|Preceded by: John Silkin	width="40%" align="center"\|Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1979—1983	width="30%" align="center"\|Followed by: Michael Jopling
idth="30%" align="center"\|Preceded by: Nigel Lawson	width="40%" align="center"\|Secretary of State for Energy 1983—1987	width="30%" align="center"\|Followed by: Cecil Parkinson
idth="30%" align="center"\|Preceded by: Nicholas Edwards	width="40%" align="center"\|Secretary of State for Wales 1987—1990	width="30%" align="center"\|Followed by: David Hunt

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