Background
OAKES, Rt. Hon. Cordon James was born in 1931. Parents: the late James Oakes.
OAKES, Rt. Hon. Cordon James was born in 1931. Parents: the late James Oakes.
Wade Deacon Grammar School, Widnes. Liverpool University.
Chairman, Widnes Labour Party, 1952-1959. Mayor of Widnes, 1964-1965. Member of Parliament for Bolton West, 1964-1970, for Widnes, 197183, and for Haiton, since 1983.
PPS at the Home Office. 1965-1968 and at Department of Education, 1968-1970. Delegate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1966-1970.
Vice-President, Rural District Cncls. Ass., Vice-President, Association, of District Cncls., 1979. Vice-President, Association, of County Cncls., 1981.
Vice-Chairman, All-Party Chemical Industries Group, 1981. Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 1974-1976. Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy 1976.
Minister of State for Education. 1976-1979; Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on the Environment, 1979-1983. Treasurer, United Kingdom Branch, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Solicitor.
Clubs: Institut, of Environmental Health Officers (Vice-Pres.). Building Societies Association (Pres.).
Spouse Esther O’Neill, 1952. Children: three s.