The 2010

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was issued on 28 May 2010 at the advice of the outgoing

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Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chance ...

. The list was

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on 15 June.

Life Peerages

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

* Timothy Eric Boswell - former Whip and Parliamentary secretary at the

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

. * Angela Frances Browning - former Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. * Rt Hon. John Selwyn Gummer - former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and held other senior posts in government and opposition. * Rt Hon.

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet posi ...

- former

Home Secretary The secretary of state for the Home Department, otherwise known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. The home secretary leads the Home Office, and is responsible for all national ...

, Leader of the Conservative Party, and held other senior posts in government and opposition. * John Craddock Maples - former Economic Secretary, and held other senior posts in government and opposition. * Sir

Michael Spicer William Michael Hardy Spicer, Baron Spicer, (22 January 1943 – 29 May 2019) was a British politician and life peer who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 2010 until 2019. He served as Member of Parliament for West Worcest ...

- former Government Minister for Housing and Chairman of

Parliamentary and Scientific Committee The UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (P&SC) is a United Kingdom parliamentary organization established in 1939. It is an all-party parliamentary group. Overview The P&SC provides a forum for scientific and technological issues in the UK. ...

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

* Rt Hon. Hilary Jane Armstrong - former

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. The position is the second highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the Prime Minister, and senior to the Minist ...

and

Minister for Social Exclusion The Minister for Social Exclusion was a ministerial position within the cabinet of the British government. It was first created as a position outside the cabinet by Tony Blair in 1999 and charged with "tackling social exclusion". From May 2006 u ...

, and held other senior posts in government. * Rt Hon. Desmond (Des) Henry Browne - former

Secretary of State for Defence The secretary of state for defence, also referred to as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Ministry of Defence. The incumbent is a membe ...

and held other senior posts in government. * Rt Hon.

Quentin Davies John Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 29 May 1944) is a British Labour politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987 to 2010. He served as a junior defence minister in t ...

- former Government Minister, Defence. * Rt Hon.

Beverley Hughes Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford (born 30 March 1950) is a British politician serving as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, Hughes was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford an ...

- former Minister of State, Children, Schools and Families. * Rt Hon. John Hutton - former

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, and held other senior posts in government. * Rt Hon. James (Jim) Philip Knight, Former

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. * Rt Hon.

Tommy McAvoy Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy, Baron McAvoy, (born 14 December 1943) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords since 2010. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Rutherglen from ...

- former Government Deputy Chief Whip. * Rt Hon. John McFall - former Chair of

Treasury Select Committee The House of Commons Treasury Committee (often referred to as the Treasury Select Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administr ...

and MP for

West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire ( sco, Wast Dunbairtonshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar, ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's commuter town ...

. * Rt Hon. John Leslie Prescott - former

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

and

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, and held other senior posts in government. * Rt Hon. Dr John Reid - former Home Secretary, and held other senior posts in government. * Rt Hon. Angela Evans Smith (of Basildon) - former Minister of State,

Cabinet Office The Cabinet Office is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objecti ...

. * Rt Hon. James Donnelly (Don) Touhig - former Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans), Ministry of Defence. * Rt Hon. Michael David Wills - former Minister of State,

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

. Liberal Democrats * Richard Allan - former MP for Sheffield Hallam and Chair of the Information Select Committee. * Matthew Owen John Taylor - former MP for Truro and St Austell, Chair of

National Housing Federation The National Housing Federation (NHF) is a trade association for member social housing providers in England. Function The National Housing Federation (NHF) is a trade or industry body representing providers of social housing in England. The Fede ...

. * George Philip (Phil) Willis - former MP for

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, Former Chair of

Science and Technology Select Committee The Science and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The original Science and Technology Committee was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Sci ...

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. Currently led by J ...

* Rt Hon. Ian R K Paisley - former

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and DUP Leader.

Crossbench A crossbencher is an independent or minor party member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia. They take their name from the crossbenches, between and perpendicular to the government and oppositi ...

* Sir

Ian Blair Ian Warwick Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, (born 19 March 1953) is a British retired policeman who held the position of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2005 to 2008 and was the highest-ranking officer within the Metropolitan Pol ...

- former

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Sir Mark Rowley was appointed to the post on 8 July 2022 after Dame Cressida Dick announced her resignation in February. The rank of Commissioner ...

Working Peers

* Guy Vaughan Black - former Director of Press Complaints Commission and Executive Director of Telegraph Media Group. * Dame Margaret Eaton - Chairman of Local Government Association. * Edward Peter Lawless Faulks - barrister, leading practitioner, crime and personal injuries practice. * John Gardiner - Deputy Chief Executive of Countryside Alliance. * Helen Margaret Newlove - campaigner against anti-social behaviour. * Doral Amarshi Popat - businessman, Chief Executive of TLC Group, specialising in healthcare and hospitality. * Shireen Olive Ritchie - Local Government Councillor, specialises in areas of adult and children's social care. * Deborah Stedman-Scott - Chief Executive of Tomorrow's People, national employment charity working in deprived areas of UK. * Nat Wei - a member of Teach First's founding team and also a founder of Future Leaders. * Hon Simon Adam Wolfson - Chief Executive of NEXT plc.

* Sir Jeremy Hugh Beecham - senior figure in English local government and first Chairman of the Local Government Association. * Rt Hon.

Paul Boateng Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng (born 14 June 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appo ...

- former Government Minister and MP for Brent South. * Rita Margaret Donaghy - former Chair Conciliation and Arbitration Service. * Jeannie Drake - former Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union. * Dr

Dianne Hayter Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (born 7 September 1949) is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lor ...

- Chair of Legal Services Consumer Panel. *

Anna Healy Anna Mary Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 10 May 1955) is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. She graduated with a BA in Modern History & Politics from Royal Holloway College in 1976 and has worked for ...

- former Government and political adviser, serving in numerous government departments. * Roy Kennedy - Labour Party's Director of Finance and Compliance, long serving member of the Labour Party. * Rt Hon.

Helen Liddell Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke PC (' Reilly; born 6 December 1950) is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2003 and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2005 to ...

- former Secretary State of Scotland. * Roger John Liddle - former Special Adviser on Europe. * Rt Hon. Dr Jack Wilson McConnell - former First Minister of Scotland. *

John Monks John Stephen Monks, Baron Monks (born 5 August 1945) is a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords and former trade unionist leader, who served as the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003. ...

- General Secretary, European Trades Union Confederation. * Sue Nye - former Director of Government Relations, Prime Minister's Office. *

Maeve Sherlock Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock, (born 10 November 1960) is a Labour Party life peer. Biography Born in Finsbury Park, north London, Sherlock was educated at Our Lady's Abingdon in Abingdon on Thames before going on to study ...

- former Chief Executive of the Refugee Council and Former Special Advisor to Chancellor. * Robert Wilfrid (Wilf) Stevenson - former Director of the Smith Institute and Special Adviser to the PM. * Margaret Wheeler - Director of Organisation and Staff Development for the public service union UNISON. * Michael Williams - former Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs. Liberal Democrats *

Floella Benjamin Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, (born 23 September 1949GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1980 14 0207 LAMBETH – Keith D. Taylor=Floella K.Y. Benjamin) is a Trinidadian-British actress, singer, presenter, author, businesswoman, ...

- actor, presenter and campaigner for children's issues. *

Mike German Michael James German, Baron German, OBE (born 8 May 1945) is a British politician, serving currently as a member of the House of Lords and formerly as a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the South Wales East region. He was leader ...

- former Deputy First Minister (Wales). * Meral Hussein Ece - Local Government Councillor in Islington, advocate of equality issues. * Sir Kenneth (Ken) Macdonald - former Director of Public Prosecutions. * Kathryn (Kate) Jane Parminter - former Chief Executive of Campaign to Protect Rural England. * John Shipley - leading Local Government Councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Knights Bachelor

* William (Bill) O’Brien - former MP for Normanton 1983-2005. * Rt Hon.

Ian McCartney Sir Ian McCartney (born 25 April 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield from 1987 and 2010. McCartney served in Tony Blair's Cabinet from 2003 until 2007, when Gordon Brown became Pri ...

- former Minister of State, FCO and DTI and held other senior posts in government.

Privy Council

Dominic Grieve Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve (born 24 May 1956) is a British barrister and former politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2010 to 2014. He served as the Member of Parl ...

- Attorney-General. * Greg Clark - Minister of State, Department of Communities and Local Government. *

Alan Duncan Sir Alan James Carter Duncan (born 31 March 1957) is a British former Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for International Development from 2010 to 2014 and as Minister of State for Europe and the Americas from 201 ...

- Minister of State, Department for International Development. *

Chris Grayling Christopher Stephen Grayling (born 1 April 1962) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician and author who served as Secretary of State for Transport from 2016 to 2019. He has served as Member of Parliament (United King ...

- Minister of State, Department of Work and Pensions. *

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 Police ...

- Minister of State, Ministry of Justice and the Home Office. * Baroness Neville-Jones of Hutton Roof - Minister of State, Home Office. *

Grant Shapps Grant Shapps (born 14 September 1968) is a British politician who is serving as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since October 2022. He previously served as Secretary of State for Transport in the Premiership of Bo ...

- Minister of State, Department of Communities and Local Government. *

Theresa Villiers Theresa Anne Villiers (born 5 March 1968) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet since 2005, having previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2005. A member of the ...

- Minister of State, Department for Transport. *

David Willetts David Linsay Willetts, Baron Willetts, (born 9 March 1956) is a British politician and life peer. From 1992 to 2015, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire. He served as Minister of State for ...

- Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. *

David Mundell David Gordon Mundell, (born 27 May 1962) is a Scottish politician and solicitor who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Du ...

- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scotland Office. * John Randall - Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household). *

Mark Francois Mark Gino Francois (; born 14 August 1965) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rayleigh and Wickford, previously Rayleigh, since the 2001 general election. Francois serve ...

- Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household). *

Nigel Dodds Nigel Alexander Dodds, Baron Dodds of Duncairn, (born 20 August 1958), is a British unionist politician who has been the Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the House of Lords since 2021, and was the deputy leader of the DUP ...

Joan Ruddock Dame Joan Mary Ruddock, (née Anthony; born 28 December 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham Deptford from 1987 to 2015. Ruddock was Minister of State for Energy at the Departmen ...

* Lord West of Spithead *

Carwyn Jones Carwyn Howell Jones (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the S ...

- First Minister for Wales. * Alex Fergusson

Rejections

Outgoing Labour MP Keith Hill claimed he was offered a knighthood but declined it, saying he would find the title "embarrassing".

References

External links

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