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John Gummer

The Right Honourable
The Lord Deben
PC FRASE
Official portrait, 2023
Chairman, Climate Change Committee
In office
2012–2023
Preceded byAdair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
Succeeded byPiers Forster
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
In office
2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997
LeaderJohn Major
Preceded byJohn Prescott (Environment)
Succeeded byNorman Fowler
Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
27 May 1993 – 2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byMichael Howard
Succeeded byJohn Prescott (Environment, Transport and the Regions)
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
24 July 1989 – 27 May 1993
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byJohn MacGregor
Succeeded byGillian Shephard
Paymaster General
In office
11 September 1984 – 1 September 1985
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byCecil Parkinson
Succeeded byKenneth Clarke
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
11 June 1983 – 2 September 1985
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byCecil Parkinson
Succeeded byNorman Tebbit
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 June 2010
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Suffolk Coastal
Eye (1979–1983)
In office
3 May 1979 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byHarwood Harrison
Succeeded byThérèse Coffey
Member of Parliament
for Lewisham West
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byJames Dickens
Succeeded byChristopher Price
Personal details
Born (1939-11-26) 26 November 1939 (age 84)
Stockport, Cheshire, England
Political partyConservative
SpousePenelope Gardner
Children4, including Ben Gummer
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge

John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC FRASE (born 26 November 1939) is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and now a member of the House of Lords.[1][2] He was Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1983 to 1985 and held various government posts including Secretary of State for the Environment from 1993 to 1997.

Gummer stood down from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election and was appointed to the House of Lords as Lord Deben.[3]

Lord Deben was Chairman of the UK's independent Climate Change Committee. He also chairs the sustainability consultancy Sancroft International, recycler Valpak,[4] and PIMFA (Personal Investment & Financial Advice Association). He is a director of The Catholic Herald and the Castle Trust – a mortgage and investment firm.[5][6] He is a trustee of climate change charity Cool Earth,[7] alongside the ocean conservation charity, Blue Marine Foundation.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Castle_1995-08-27_Independent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Mr John Gummer (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Contact information for Lord Deben – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2014-03-16_Valpak was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Castle Trust: Discover more". castletrust.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2014-03-16_CastleTrust was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Homepage – Current". Cool Earth.
  8. ^ "Blue Marine Foundation – Creating partnerships for a healthy ocean". Blue Marine Foundation.

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