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The 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the July 2016 resignation of
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. The
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ages and other honours were issued as two separate lists by the Cabinet Office on 4 August 2016 and all honours were
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as one list on 16 August 2016. This was the first
Prime Minister's Resignation Honours The Prime Minister's Resignation Honours in the United Kingdom are honours granted at the behest of an outgoing prime minister following their resignation. In such a list, a prime minister may ask the monarch to bestow peerages, or lesser honours, ...
since 1997. On 22 July 2016, it was alleged that officials in the Cabinet Office and the
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had blocked the list, citing ethical concerns about some of the intended recipients of honours, particularly those destined for the peerage. Many of the names of those honoured were leaked and published in the press on 31 July. On 1 August,
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spokesperson said that the incoming prime minister,
Theresa May Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cabi ...
, would not intervene in Cameron's resignation honours.


Life peerages


Conservative nominations

* Gabrielle Bertin, lately director of external relations, the Prime Minister's Office, to be ''Baroness Bertin'', ''of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth'' *
Olivia Bloomfield Olivia Caroline Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (born 30 June 1960) is a British life peer and member of the House of Lords. Education She was educated at Atlantic College, United World College of the Atlantic and read Philo ...
, lately partner at Atlantic Superconnection Corporation, and Chairman of the Pump House Project, to be ''Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist'', ''of Hinton Waldrist in the County of Oxfordshire'' * Jonathan Caine, lately special adviser to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to be ''Baron Caine'', ''of Temple Newsam in the City of Leeds'' *
Camilla Cavendish Hilary Camilla Cavendish, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice (born 20 August 1968) is a British journalist, Senior Fellow at Harvard University and former Director of Policy for Prime Minister David Cameron. Cavendish became a Conservative Me ...
, lately head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit, to be ''Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice'', '' of Mells in the County of Somerset'' *The Hon (Alexander) Andrew Fraser, treasurer, Conservative Party, to be ''Baron Fraser of Corriegarth'', ''of Corriegarth in the County of Inverness'' * Jitesh Gadhia, lately senior managing director, Blackstone Advisory Partners, and board member of UK Financial Investments and UK Government Investments, to be ''Baron Gadhia'', ''of Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon'' *
Timothy Kirkhope Timothy John Robert Kirkhope, Baron Kirkhope of Harrogate (born 29 April 1945) is a British lawyer and politician who previously served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. Afte ...
, ,
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for
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, and former
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for Leeds North East, to be ''Baron Kirkhope of Harrogate'', ''of Harrogate in the County of North Yorkshire'' *The Right Honourable Edward David Gerard Llewellyn, , lately chief of staff to the prime minister, to be ''Baron Llewellyn of Steep'', ''of Steep in the County of Hampshire'' *Councillor Mark McInnes, , Conservative Councillor for the Meadows/Morningside Ward, Edinburgh and director, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, to be ''Baron McInnes of Kilwinning'', ''of Kilwinning in the County of Ayrshire'' *Councillor Philippa Marion Roe, Leader,
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, to be ''Baroness Couttie'', ''of Downe in the County of Kent'' * Elisabeth Grace Sugg, , lately Head of Operations, the Prime Minister's Office, to be ''Baroness Sugg'', ''of Coldharbour in the London Borough of Lambeth'' * Charlotte Vere, executive director of the Girls’ Schools Association, and lately executive director, Conservatives In, to be ''Baroness Vere of Norbiton'', ''of Norbiton in the Royal London Borough of Kingston upon Thames'' * Laura Wyld, formerly head, the Prime Minister's Appointments Unit, to be ''Baroness Wyld'', ''of Steep in the County of Hampshire''


Labour nomination

*
Shami Chakrabarti Sharmishta "Shami" Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti, (born 16 June 1969) is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, she served as the director of Liberty, a major advocacy group which promote ...
, , to be ''Baroness Chakrabarti'', ''of Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth''


Crossbench nominations

*
Sir Nicholas Macpherson Nicholas Ian Macpherson, Baron Macpherson of Earl's Court, (born 14 July 1959) is a former senior British civil servant. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 2005 to 2016. Macpherson was Permanent Secretary to three Chan ...
, , to be ''Baron Macpherson of Earl's Court'', ''of Earl's Court in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea'' * Sir Peter Ricketts, , to be ''Baron Ricketts'', ''of Shortlands in the County of Kent''


Order of the Companions of Honour


Companion (CH)

*The Rt Hon
George Osborne George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the ...
MP, for political and public service.


The Most Honourable Order of the Bath


Knight Commander (KCB)

*The Rt Hon
Michael Fallon Sir Michael Cathel Fallon (born 14 May 1952) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 2014 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks from 1997 to 2019, ...
MP, for political and public service.


Companion (CB)

*Nicholas Howard OBE, for public service.


The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George


Knight Commander (KCMG)

*The Rt Hon
Hugo Swire Hugo George William Swire, Baron Swire, (born 30 November 1959) is a British politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Devon from 2001 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has had several ministerial roles, ...
MP, for political and public service.


Knights Bachelor

* Andrew Cook CBE, for political service. *The Rt Hon
Oliver Letwin Sir Oliver Letwin (born 19 May 1956) is a British politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dorset from 1997 to 2019. Letwin was elected as a member of the Conservative Party, but sat as an independent after having the whip removed in Se ...
MP, for political and public service. *The Rt Hon
Patrick McLoughlin Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, (born 30 November 1957) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he first became the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Derbyshire following the 1986 by-election. The constitu ...
MP, for political and public service. * Craig Oliver for political and public service.


The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire


Dame Commander (DBE)

*The Rt Hon
Caroline Spelman Dame Caroline Alice Spelman (' Cormack; born 4 May 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands from 1997 to 2019. From May 2010 to September 2012 she was the S ...
MP, for political and public service. *Arabella Warburton MBE, for political and public service.


Commander (CBE)

* Helen Bower-Easton, for public service. *The Rt Hon John Hayes MP, for political and public service. *The Rt Hon
Nick Herbert Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert, Baron Herbert of South Downs, (born 7 April 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs from 2005 to 2019. He was Minister of State for Polic ...
MP, for political and public service. *Ramsay Jones, for political and public service. *Tim Kiddell, for public service. * Daniel Korski, for political and public service. *The Rt Hon David Lidington MP, for political and public service. *
Will Straw William David John Straw, CBE (born 1980) works in the charitable sector. He worked as a civil servant, founded the political blog '' Left Foot Forward,'' was an associate director of the think-tank Institute for Public Policy Research, speci ...
, for political and public service. *Graeme Wilson, for political and public service. *The Rt Hon
Gavin Williamson Sir Gavin Alexander Williamson (born 25 June 1976) is a British politician who most recently served as Minister of State without Portfolio from 25 October to 8 November 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Staffordshire s ...
MP, for political and public service.


Officer (OBE)

*
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, for political and public service. *Kathryn Jenkins, for political service. * Neil O'Brien, for political and public service. *Lena Pietsch, for political and public service. *Thea Rogers, for political and public service. *Alan Sendorek, for political and public service. *Isabel Spearman, for political and public service. *Sheridan Westlake, for political and public service. *Natasha Whitmill, for political service. *Eleanor Wolfson, for political and public service.


Member (MBE)

*Adam Atashzai, for political and public service. *Jessica Cunniffe, for political and public service. *Martha Gutierrez Velez, for public service. *Richard Jackson, for political service. *Giles Kenningham, for political and public service. *David McFarlane, for political service. *Richard Parr, for political and public service. *Caroline Preston, for political and public service. *Jane Robertson, for political service. * Nick Seddon, for political service. * Nikki Shale, for political service. *Kate Shouesmith, for political and public service. *Sean Storey, for public service. *Charlotte Todman, for public service. *
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, for political and public service. *Martha Varney, for political and public service.


References

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