 Bishop was an assistant government whip from 1966 to 1967, and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1974 to 1979.After he lost his seat, he was created a life peer as Baron Bishopston, "of Newark in the County of Nottinghamshire" on 21 May 1981.He was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1977, Giving Him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" and after ennoblement the Post Nominal Letters "PC" for Life.