Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling

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.He stayed at the university to become a research fellow from 1966 to 1968, whilst working as an officer for the General and Municipal Workers' Union.He was a district councillor for Chester-le-Street 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.Following the Labour landslide victory at the 1997 general election, he became Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and embarked on a modernisation programme for the Ministry.Research conducted by the Guardian newspaper revealed that Lord Cunningham claimed a total of £75,122 for 154 days' attendance in 2017–2018.
Jack Cunningham (disambiguation)The Right HonourableMinister for the Cabinet OfficeChancellor of the Duchy of LancasterTony BlairDavid ClarkMo MowlamMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and FoodDouglas HoggNick BrownShadow Secretary of State for National HeritageChris SmithVirginia BottomleyShadow Secretary of State for Trade and IndustryRobin CookMargaret BeckettShadow Foreign SecretaryJohn SmithGerald KaufmanShadow Leader of the House of CommonsNeil KinnockFrank DobsonShadow Secretary of State for the EnvironmentBryan GouldUnder Secretary of State for EnergyJames CallaghanGordon OakesNorman LamontParliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime MinisterJohn TomlinsonRoger StottMember of ParliamentCopelandWhitehavenJoseph SymondsJamie ReedDurhamEnglandLabourAlma materDurham UniversityBritishpolitician2005 general electionCabinetAndrew CunninghamPoulsonJarrow SchoolDoug McAvoyNational Union of TeachersBede CollegeChemistryGeneral and Municipal Workers' UnionChester-le-StreetShadow cabinetDeputy LieutenantLabour Partygeneral election campaign in 19921997 general electionban on the export of UK beefparliamentary constituencySellafieldnuclear power2005 Dissolution HonourspeerageHouse of LordsGuardianStocksfieldNorthumberlandfly fishermanOrder of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver StarThe London GazetteThe Edinburgh GazetteWayback MachineHansardParliament of the United KingdomOrders of precedence in the United KingdomThe Lord Smith of FinsburyGentlemenThe Lord Anderson of SwanseaMinisters for the Cabinet OfficeGus MacdonaldDouglas AlexanderAlan MilburnJohn HuttonJim MurphyHilary ArmstrongEd MilibandLiam ByrneTessa JowellFrancis MaudeMatt HancockBen GummerDamian GreenDavid LidingtonOliver DowdenMichael GoveSteve BarclayMichael EllisEdward ArgarChris PhilpJeremy QuinJohn GlenPaymaster GeneralFirst Secretary of StateShadow foreign secretaries of the United KingdomRobensHealeyWilsonGordon WalkerButlerMaudlingSoamesDouglas-HomeCallaghanRipponDaviesKaufmanHowardMaplesAncramMilibandCooperAlexanderThornberryMitchell