This is a list of
life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the D ...
ages in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...
created under the
Life Peerages Act 1958
The Life Peerages Act 1958 ( 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 21) established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
Background
This Act was passed during the Conservative governments of 1957–1964, when H ...
from 1997 to 2010, during the tenures of the Labour
prime ministers
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but rat ...
Tony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader ...
and
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British 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. Previously, he was Chancellor of the Ex ...
.
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Tony Blair (1997–2007)
† recommended by
House of Lords Appointments Commission ‡ former MP
# former MEP
Gordon Brown (2007–2010)
† recommended by
House of Lords Appointments Commission ‡ former MP
# former MEP
See also
*
List of life peerages
{{UK Peerages, barn
More than 1,600 life peerages have been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom under the Life Peerages Act 1958.
* List of life peerages (1958–1979)
**Created under the premierships of Harold Macmillan, Sir Alec Dou ...
(complete list of life peerages granted since 1958)
*
List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Life Peerages (1997-2010)
1997–2010
1990s in the United Kingdom
2000s in the United Kingdom