Political peerages are out. Starmer is trying hard to eliminate all opposition in the Lords…
After a string of defeats on the Employment Rights Bill Labour is attempting to stuff the upper chamber with 25 new peers. Ex-Comms director Matthew Doyle, Reeves’ SpAd Katie Martin, and party turncoat Richard Walker get in…
The LibDems have been given five. See how long they keep up their opposition to Rayner’s bill now…
Reform gets zero, despite Farage asking for a modest number. Quelle surprise…
Read the full list below:
Nominations from the Leader of the Labour Party:
- Andy (Andrew) Roe KSFM – Chair of the national Building Safety Regulator and former London Fire Commissioner
- Dame Ann Limb DBE DL – Former Further Education College Principal and former Chair, The Scouts. Pro Chancellor, University of Surrey, and Chair of City & Guilds Foundation, Lloyds Bank Foundation, and The King’s Foundation
- Brenda Dacres OBE – Mayor of Lewisham
- Carol Linforth OBE – Lately Labour Party Chief of Staff – Operations
- Catherine MacLeod – Former journalist and political adviser, Visiting Professor at King’s College London and Non-Executive Director at the Scotland Office
- David Isaac CBE – Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, Chair of the University of the Arts London, Chair of the Henry Moore Foundation, and a trustee of Cumberland Lodge
- David Pitt-Watson – Responsible Investment Expert. Co-founder and former CEO of the Equity Ownership Service and Focus Funds at Federated Hermes
- Farmida Bi CBE – Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Vice-Chair of the Disasters Emergency Committee
- Professor Geeta Nargund – Founder and former Medical Director of Create Fertility. Founder and Trustee of Health Equality Foundation
- Katie Martin – Lately, Chief of Staff to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Joe Docherty – Chair of Northern Powergrid Foundation and Trustee, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, former Chair of Council, Durham University
- Len (Leonard) Duvall OBE – Chair of the London Assembly and Leader of the London Assembly Labour Group
- Matthew Doyle – Former Director of Communications to the Prime Minister and for the Labour Party
- Sir Michael Barber – Chancellor, University of Exeter and adviser to the Prime Minister on effective delivery
- Neena Gill CBE – Former Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands
- Nick (Nicholas) Forbes CBE – Chair, Breaking Down Barriers Commission and former Labour Leader, Newcastle City Council
- Peter Babudu – Executive Director of Impact on Urban Health, former councillor in Southwark
- Peter John OBE – Former Southwark Leader and former Chair of London Councils.
- Richard Walker OBE – Founder and Chairman, Bywater and Executive Chairman, Iceland Foods
- Russell Hobby CBE – CEO, The Kemnal Academies Trust, former CEO, Teach First and former General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers
- Cllr. Dr Sara Hyde – Fabian Society Chair and Islington council’s Executive Member for Health and Social Care
- Cllr. Shama Tatler – Brent Councillor and Vice-Chair of the London Labour Regional Executive, Patron of the Labour Housing Group and Head of the Labour Group Office at the Local Government Association
- Dr Sophy Antrobus MBE – Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Freeman Air and Space Institute at King’s College London
- Tracey Paul – Chief Communications Officer at Pool Reinsurance and former policy advisor
- Uday Nagaraju – Technology Consultant, Politician and Founder of AI Policy Labs
Nominations from the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party:
- Mike Dixon – CEO of the Liberal Democrats
- Dominic Hubbard (Lord Addington) – Lately Liberal Democrat hereditary Peer, President of the British Dyslexic Association and Vice President, the UK Sports Association
- Rhiannon Leaman – Former Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Liberal Democrats
- John Russell (Earl Russell) – Lately Liberal Democrat hereditary Peer, photographer
- Sarah Teather – Former MP, former minister and Charity CEO
Nominations from the Leader of the Conservatives:
- Sharron Davies MBE – Campaigner for Women’s Rights & Olympic Swimming Silver Medallist for Great Britain
- Simon Heffer – Professor of Modern British History at the University of Buckingham and a historian, journalist, author and political commentator
- The Rt Hon Sir John Redwood – Former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament for Wokingham
Nominations for Crossbench Peerages:
1. Charles Kinnoull (The Earl of Kinnoull) DL – Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, former Chair of the House of Lords European Union Committee
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