Peter Walker
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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 Minister of Housing and Local Government (1970), 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.
| Preceded by: — | Secretary of State for the Environment 1970—1972 | Followed by: Geoffrey Rippon |
| Preceded by: John Davies | President of the Board of Trade 1972—1974 | Followed by: Peter Shore |
| Preceded by: John Silkin | Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1979—1983 | Followed by: Michael Jopling |
| Preceded by: Nigel Lawson | Secretary of State for Energy 1983—1987 | Followed by: Cecil Parkinson |
| Preceded by: Nicholas Edwards | Secretary of State for Wales 1987—1990 | Followed by: David Hunt |