- Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale
Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale (born
2 April 1945 ) is a British politician and Conservative member of theHouse of Lords .Lord Skelmersdale succeeded to the peerage in 1973 on the death of
Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Baron Skelsmerdale . He was made a House of Lords whip inMargaret Thatcher 's government in 1981, holding that position until 1986. He then moved to theDepartment of Environment as aParliamentary Under Secretary of State and then to theDepartment of Health and Social Security in 1987 before that department was split in 1988.Lord Skelmersdale continued at the
Department of Social Security until 1989 when he was assigned to theNorthern Ireland Office , serving until the end of Thatcher's premiership in November 1990. He was not reappointed byJohn Major .With the passage of the
House of Lords Act 1999 , Lord Skelmersdale along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords. He was however elected as one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform.Lord Skelmersdale is, as of 2006, a Conservative Shadow Minister for the
Department of Work and Pensions as a member ofDavid Cameron 's front bench team.References
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