John Horam

The Lord Horam
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
In office
29 November 1995 – 1 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byTom Sackville
Succeeded byPaul Boateng
Parliament Secretary to the Duchy of Lancaster Office
In office
6 March 1995 – 27 November 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byRobert Hughes
Succeeded byDavid Willetts
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office
12 September 1976 – 3 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Succeeded byKenneth Clarke
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
4 September 2013
Member of Parliament
for Orpington
In office
9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byIvor Stanbrook
Succeeded byJo Johnson
Member of Parliament
for Gateshead West
In office
18 June 1970 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byHarry Randall
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1939-03-07) 7 March 1939
PartyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Labour (until 1981)
SDP (1981–1987)
SpouseJudith Jackson
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
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John Rhodes Horam, Baron Horam (born 7 March 1939) is a British Conservative politician. He has represented three parties in Parliament—originally a Labour MP, he defected to the SDP on its foundation in 1981, then to the Conservatives in 1987, and has served as a minister in both Labour and Conservative governments. On 4 September 2013, he was created a working life peer as Baron Horam of Grimsargh in the County of Lancashire. He is a founder and vice chair of the Common Sense Group of Conservative parliamentarians.