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*[[Geoffrey Russell|The Lord Ampthill]] Crossbench
 
*[[Geoffrey Russell|The Lord Ampthill]] Crossbench
 
*[[Donald Anderson|The Lord Anderson of Swansea]] Labour
 
*[[Donald Anderson|The Lord Anderson of Swansea]] Labour
*[[Baroness Andrews]] Labour
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*[[Elizebeth Andrews|Baroness Andrews]] Labour
 
*The [[Joyce Anelay|Baroness Anelay of St Johns]] Conservative
 
*The [[Joyce Anelay|Baroness Anelay of St Johns]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Archer of Sandwell]] Labour
 
*The [[Lord Archer of Sandwell]] Labour
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*[[John Astor|Lord Astor of Hever]] Conservative
 
*[[John Astor|Lord Astor of Hever]] Conservative
 
*[[William Waldorf Astor|Viscount Astor]] Conservative
 
*[[William Waldorf Astor|Viscount Astor]] Conservative
*[[Richard Attenborough|Lord Attenborough]] Labour
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*The [[Richard Attenborough|Lord Attenborough]] Labour
*[[John Attlee|Earl Attlee]] Conservative
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*The [[John Attlee|Earl Attlee]] Conservative
*[[Eric Lubbock|Lord Avebury]] Liberal Democrat
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*The [[Eric Lubbock|Lord Avebury]] Liberal Democrat
  
 
===B===
 
===B===
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*[[The Lord Barnett]] Labour
 
*[[The Lord Barnett]] Labour
 
*The [[Steve Bassam|Lord Bassam of Brighton]] Labour
 
*The [[Steve Bassam|Lord Bassam of Brighton]] Labour
*[[Lord Bates]] Conservative
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*[[Michael Bates|Lord Bates]] Conservative
 
*[[Bishop of Bath and Wells]] Bishops
 
*[[Bishop of Bath and Wells]] Bishops
 
*[[Tim Bell|Lord Bell]] Conservative
 
*[[Tim Bell|Lord Bell]] Conservative
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*[[Lord Borrie]] Labour
 
*[[Lord Borrie]] Labour
 
*[[Lord Boston of Faversham]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Boston of Faversham]] Crossbench
*[[The Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone]] Conservative
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*[[Virginia Bottomley|The Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone]] Conservative
 
*[[Lord Bowness]] Conservative
 
*[[Lord Bowness]] Conservative
 
*[[Michael Boyce|Lord Boyce]] Crossbench
 
*[[Michael Boyce|Lord Boyce]] Crossbench
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*The [[Lord Carrington]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Carrington]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Carswell]] Crossbench
 
*The [[Lord Carswell]] Crossbench
*Lord [[Carter of Barnes]] Labour
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*[[Lord Carter of Barnes]] Labour
 
*[[Patrick Carter|Lord Carter of Coles]] Labour
 
*[[Patrick Carter|Lord Carter of Coles]] Labour
 
*[[Earl Cathcart]] Conservative
 
*[[Earl Cathcart]] Conservative
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===G===
 
===G===
 
*[[Baroness Gale]] Labour
 
*[[Baroness Gale]] Labour
*[[Baroness Garden of Frognal]] Liberal Democrat
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*[[Susan Garden|Baroness Garden of Frognal]] Liberal Democrat
 
*[[Baroness Gardner of Parkes]] Conservative
 
*[[Baroness Gardner of Parkes]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Garel-Jones]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Garel-Jones]] Conservative
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*[[Lord Hameed]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Hameed]] Crossbench
 
*The [[Lord Hamilton of Epsom]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Hamilton of Epsom]] Conservative
*[[Baroness Hamwee]] Liberal Democrat
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*[[Sally Hamwee|Baroness Hamwee]] Liberal Democrat
 
*[[Baroness Hanham]] Conservative
 
*[[Baroness Hanham]] Conservative
 
*[[David Hannay|Lord Hannay of Chiswick]] Crossbench
 
*[[David Hannay|Lord Hannay of Chiswick]] Crossbench
*[[Lord Hanningfield]] Other
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*[[Paul White, Lord Hanningfield|Lord Hanningfield]] Other
 
*[[The Lord Hardie]] Other
 
*[[The Lord Hardie]] Other
 
*[[Lord Harries of Pentregarth]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Harries of Pentregarth]] Crossbench
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*[[Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth]] Conservative
 
*[[Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth]] Conservative
 
*The [[Robert Maclennan|Lord Maclennan of Rogart]] Liberal Democrat
 
*The [[Robert Maclennan|Lord Maclennan of Rogart]] Liberal Democrat
*[[Baroness Maddock]] Liberal Democrat
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*[[Diana Maddock|Baroness Maddock]] Liberal Democrat
 
*[[Ken Maginnis|Lord Maginnis of Drumglass]] Ulster Unionist Party
 
*[[Ken Maginnis|Lord Maginnis of Drumglass]] Ulster Unionist Party
 
*[[Baroness Mallalieu]] Labour
 
*[[Baroness Mallalieu]] Labour
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*The [[Lord Millett]] Crossbench
 
*The [[Lord Millett]] Crossbench
 
*[[Parry Mitchell|Lord Mitchell]] Labour
 
*[[Parry Mitchell|Lord Mitchell]] Labour
*[[Lord Mogg]] Crossbench
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*[[John Mogg|Lord Mogg]] Crossbench
*The [[Lord Molyneaux of Killead]] Crossbench
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*The [[James Molyneaux|Lord Molyneaux of Killead]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Monson]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Monson]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]] Conservative
 
*[[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]] Conservative
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*[[Bishop of Ripon and Leeds]] Bishops
 
*[[Bishop of Ripon and Leeds]] Bishops
 
*[[Lord Rix]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Rix]] Crossbench
*The [[Lord Roberts of Conwy]] Conservative
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*The [[Wyn Roberts|Lord Roberts of Conwy]] Conservative
 
*[[Lord Roberts of Llandudno]] Liberal Democrat
 
*[[Lord Roberts of Llandudno]] Liberal Democrat
 
*The [[George Robertson|Lord Robertson of Port Ellen]] Labour
 
*The [[George Robertson|Lord Robertson of Port Ellen]] Labour
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*[[Earl of Selborne]] Conservative
 
*[[Earl of Selborne]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Selkirk of Douglas]] Conservative
 
*The [[Lord Selkirk of Douglas]] Conservative
*[[Lord Selsdon]] Conservative
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*[[Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson|Lord Selsdon]] Conservative
 
*[[Lord Sewel]]  Labour
 
*[[Lord Sewel]]  Labour
 
*[[Lord Sharman]] Liberal Democrat
 
*[[Lord Sharman]] Liberal Democrat
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*[[Lord Walpole]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Walpole]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Walton of Detchant]] Crossbench
 
*[[Lord Walton of Detchant]] Crossbench
*[[The Lord Warner]] Labour
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*[[Lord Warner]] Labour
 
*[[Mary Warnock|Baroness Warnock]] Crossbench
 
*[[Mary Warnock|Baroness Warnock]] Crossbench
 
*[[Baroness Warsi]] Conservative
 
*[[Baroness Warsi]] Conservative
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*[[Guy Black|Guy Vaughan Black]] – former Director [[Press Complaints Commission]], Executive Director [[Telegraph Media Group]]
 
*[[Guy Black|Guy Vaughan Black]] – former Director [[Press Complaints Commission]], Executive Director [[Telegraph Media Group]]
 
*Dame [[Margaret Eaton]] OBE – Chairman of [[Local Government Association]]
 
*Dame [[Margaret Eaton]] OBE – Chairman of [[Local Government Association]]
*[[Edward Peter Lawless Faulks]] QC – barrister, leading practitioner, crime and personal injuries practice
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*[[Edward Faulks|Edward Peter Lawless Faulks]] QC – barrister, leading practitioner, crime and personal injuries practice
 
*[[John Gardiner]] – Deputy Chief Executive of [[Countryside Alliance]]
 
*[[John Gardiner]] – Deputy Chief Executive of [[Countryside Alliance]]
 
*[[Helen Margaret Newlove]] – campaigner against anti-social behaviour
 
*[[Helen Margaret Newlove]] – campaigner against anti-social behaviour
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*[[Mike German]] OBE AM – former Deputy First Minister (Wales)
 
*[[Mike German]] OBE AM – former Deputy First Minister (Wales)
 
*[[Meral Hussein Ece]] OBE – Local Government Councillor in Islington, advocate of equality issues
 
*[[Meral Hussein Ece]] OBE – Local Government Councillor in Islington, advocate of equality issues
*Sir [[Kenneth (Ken) Macdonald]] QC – former Director of Public Prosecutions
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*Sir [[Ken MacDonald|Kenneth (Ken) Macdonald]] QC – former Director of Public Prosecutions
 
*[[Kathryn (Kate) Jane Parminter]] – former Chief Executive of Campaign to Protect Rural England
 
*[[Kathryn (Kate) Jane Parminter]] – former Chief Executive of Campaign to Protect Rural England
 
*[[John Shipley]] OBE – leading Local Government Councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne
 
*[[John Shipley]] OBE – leading Local Government Councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne
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*Rt Hon [[Hillary Armstrong|Hillary Jane Armstrong]] – former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Social Exclusion, and held other senior posts in government
 
*Rt Hon [[Hillary Armstrong|Hillary Jane Armstrong]] – former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Social Exclusion, and held other senior posts in government
 
*Rt Hon [[Des Browne|Desmond (Des) Henry Browne]] – former Secretary of State for Defence and held other senior posts in government
 
*Rt Hon [[Des Browne|Desmond (Des) Henry Browne]] – former Secretary of State for Defence and held other senior posts in government
*[[Quentin Davies]] – former Government Minister, Defence
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*[[John Quentin Davies|John Davies]] (Lord Davies of Stamford) – former Government Minister, Defence, Labour<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-davies-of-stamford/346 Lord Davies of Stamford], www.parliament.uk </ref>
 
*Rt Hon [[Beverley Hughes]] – former Minister of State, Children, Schools and Families
 
*Rt Hon [[Beverley Hughes]] – former Minister of State, Children, Schools and Families
 
*Rt Hon [[John Hutton]] – former Secretary of State for Business, and held other senior posts in government
 
*Rt Hon [[John Hutton]] – former Secretary of State for Business, and held other senior posts in government
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*[[Elizabeth Berridge]] – Director of the [[Conservative Christian Fellowship]]
 
*[[Elizabeth Berridge]] – Director of the [[Conservative Christian Fellowship]]
 
*Sir [[Michael Bishop]] CBE – career in civil aviation, Chairman of The Michael Bishop Foundation a charitable foundation
 
*Sir [[Michael Bishop]] CBE – career in civil aviation, Chairman of The Michael Bishop Foundation a charitable foundation
*[[Alistair Cooke]] OBE – career in education, authorship and politics
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*[[Alistair Cooke, Lord Lexden|Alistair Cooke]] OBE – career in education, authorship and politics
 
*Sir [[Patrick Cormack]] – former Conservative MP
 
*Sir [[Patrick Cormack]] – former Conservative MP
 
*[[Michael Dobbs]] – author, presenter and adviser to [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[John Major]]
 
*[[Michael Dobbs]] – author, presenter and adviser to [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[John Major]]
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===Crossbenchers===
 
===Crossbenchers===
 
*Sir [[Richard Dannatt]] GCB CBE MC DL, Former Chief of the General Staff.
 
*Sir [[Richard Dannatt]] GCB CBE MC DL, Former Chief of the General Staff.
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==August 1 2013 Peerages==
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===Conservative Party===
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*[[Richard Balfe]] – former MEP and Conservative Party Envoy to the Trade Unions and Cooperative movement
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*Sir [[Anthony Bamford]] DL - Chairman and Managing Director of JCB
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*[[Nicholas Bourne]] – former Leader of the Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales
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*[[Matthew Carrington]] – former Conservative MP
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*[[Daniel Finkelstein]] OBE – Associate Editor of The Times and former Head of Policy for the Conservative party
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*[[Annabel Goldie]] DL MSP – Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament; former Leader of the Scottish Conservatives
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*[[Fiona Hodgson|Lady (Fiona) Hodgson]] CBE – campaigner on women’s issues; senior member of the Conservative voluntary Party; former Chairman of the Conservative Women’s Organisation
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*[[Christopher (Chris) Holmes]] MBE – former Paralympic swimmer; Director of Paralympic Integration at London 2012; Non-Executive Director of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and a former Non-Executive Director of the Disability Rights Commission
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*[[John Horam]] – former MP; Conservative representative on the Electoral Commission
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*[[Howard Leigh]] - senior corporate finance professional; Conservative Party Treasurer; former Chairman and current President of Westminster Synagogue; former Trustee of Jewish Care and current Chairman of Jewish Care’s Business Group; Trustee of the Jerusalem Foundation in the UK
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*Dame [[Lucy Neville-Rolfe]] CMG – former senior civil servant, including Number 10 Policy Unit; former leading Executive at Tesco Plc
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*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]] – longstanding political career in Westminster and public affairs, including former Political Secretary to the then Prime Minister (Margaret Thatcher), and former Chief of Staff to the then Leader of the Opposition (Michael Howard)
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*[[Michael (Mike) Whitby]] – Conservative Councillor in Birmingham; former Leader of Birmingham City Council
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*[[Susan Williams]] – former Councillor and Leader of Trafford Council
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===Green party===
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*[[Jenny Jones]] AM – member of the London Assembly; former Chair of the Green party of England and Wales and former Deputy Mayor of London
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===Labour Party===
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*Sir [[Charles Allen]] CBE - Non-Executive Director of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games; Chairman of Global Radio Group
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*Sir [[William Haughey]] OBE - prominent Scottish businessman and CEO of City Refrigeration Holdings
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*[[Alicia Kennedy]] - former Deputy General Secretary of the Labour party
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*[[Doreen Lawrence]] OBE - campaigner for justice, race equality and better policing
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*[[Jon Mendelsohn|Jonathan (Jon) Mendelsohn]] - business advisor and co-founder of [[LLM Communications]]
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===Liberal Democrat Party===
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*[[Catherine (Cathy) Mary Bakewell]] MBE - former leader of Somerset County Council
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*[[Rosalind (Olly) Grender]] MBE - former Director of Communications for Shelter; former Director of Communications for the Liberal Democrats
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*[[Christine Mary Humphreys]] - President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats; former Member of the National Assembly for Wales
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*[[Zahida Manzoor]] CBE - former Legal Services Ombudsman; former Deputy Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality
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*[[Brian Paddick]] - former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service
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*[[James Palumbo]] - co-founder and chairman of Ministry of Sound Group, the international music and entertainment business
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*[[Jeremy Purvis]] - former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
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*[[Alison Suttie]] - former Press Secretary to the President of the European Parliament; former Deputy Chief of Staff to Nick Clegg and Election Manager for the 2010 General Election
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*[[Rumi Verjee]] CBE - entrepreneur and philanthropist
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*Sir [[Ian Wrigglesworth]] - Liberal Democrat Treasurer; former MP for Teeside Thornaby and for Stockton South<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/working-peerages-announced Working peerages announced], Prime Minister's Office, 1 August 2013.</ref>
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==8 August 2014 Peerages==
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===Conservative Party===
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*[[Karren Brady]] CBE – Vice-Chairman of West Ham FC; Senior Non-Executive Director of the Syco and Arcadia Brands; Small Business Ambassador for the Conservative Party; and member of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Women in Sport Advisory Board
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*[[Martin Callanan]] – former Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the North East of England; former Leader of the Conservative MEPs and of the European Conservatives and Reformists group
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*[[Carlyn Chisholm]] – senior volunteer in the Conservative Party; Co-Chairman of the Conservative Candidates Committee; former nurse
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*[[Andrew Cooper]] – former Director of Political Operations to the Conservative Party; founder and Board Director of Populus
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*[[Natalie Evans]] – Director of New Schools Network, an independent educational charity established to provide free advice and support for groups wanting to set up free schools
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*[[Michael Farmer]] – Founding Partner of RK Mine Finance Group; Trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust; Treasurer of the Conservative Party
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*[[Dido Harding]] – Chief Executive of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
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*[[Arminka Helic]] – government special adviser; leading adviser to government on preventing sexual violence in conflict
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*[[Nosheena Mobarik]] CBE – businesswoman; former Chairman of CBI Scotland; founder and convener of the Scotland Pakistan Network; Chairman of the Pakistan Britain Trade and Investment Forum
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*Sir [[Stuart Rose]] – former Chief Executive and Chairman of Marks and Spencer PLC
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*[[Joanna Shields]] OBE – leading technology industry executive and entrepreneur; the Prime Minister’s Digital Adviser; Chair of Tech City UK; and Non-Executive Director of the London Stock Exchange
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*[[Ranbir Suri]] – businessman; former General Secretary of the Board of British Sikhs<ref name="August2014">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/working-peerages-announced-2014 Working peerages announced: 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 8 August 2014.</ref>
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===Labour Party===
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*[[Michael Cashman]] CBE – Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands constituency; equality rights campaigner; former actor
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*[[Chris Lennie]] – political strategist; former Deputy Secretary General of the Labour Party
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*Dame [[Gail Rebuck]] – businesswoman, publisher, chairman of Penguin Random House UK<ref name="August2014">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/working-peerages-announced-2014 Working peerages announced: 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 8 August 2014.</ref>
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===Liberal Democrat Party===
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*[[Chris Fox]] - Director of Group Communications for [[GKN]]; former Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats
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*Cllr [[David Goddard]] – elected Member of Stockport Metropolitan Council; former Leader of Stockport Council; former Member of the Greater Manchester Police Authority; former Non-Executive Director of Manchester International Airport
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*Cllr [[Barbara Janke]] – elected Member and former Leader of Bristol City Council; former teacher
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*Cllr [[Kath Pinnock]] – elected Member and former Leader of Kirklees Council
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*[[Paul Scriven]] – managing partner for [[Scriven Consulting]]; former elected Member and Leader of Sheffield City Council; former senior NHS manager
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*Cllr Dr [[Julie Smith]] – elected Member of Cambridge City Council; Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University; Fellow of Robinson College<ref name="August2014">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/working-peerages-announced-2014 Working peerages announced: 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 8 August 2014.</ref>
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===Democratic Unionist Party===
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*[[William Hay]] MLA – Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. NB – Mr Hay has elected to sit on the crossbenches.<ref name="August2014">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/working-peerages-announced-2014 Working peerages announced: 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 8 August 2014.</ref>
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==21st October 2014 peerages==
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===Cross-Benchers===
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*Sir [[Jonathan Evans]] KCB was Director-General of the British Security Service from April 2007 to April 2013. He served for over 3 decades in the Service.
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*Sir [[Robert Rogers]] KCB was the Clerk of the House of Commons from October 2011 until his retirement in August 2014. He served the House for more than 4 decades.
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*Professor [[Alison Wolf]] CBE is an expert on vocational education and training and on the relationship between education, gender and the labour market. She is currently the ‘Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management’ at King’s College London.
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*Sir [[Andrew Green]] KCMG was the British Ambassador to Syria from 1991 to 1994, and to Saudi Arabia, 1996 to 2000. He served for over 35 years in the Diplomatic Service. Since retirement in 2000, he has carried out a wide range of voluntary work. This includes MigrationWatch UK which he co-founded in 2001 and still chairs.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peerages-conferred Peerages conferred], Prime Minister's Office, 21 October 2014.</ref>
  
 
===Notes===
 
===Notes===

Latest revision as of 01:44, 20 October 2015

Members of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament following the election of 6 May 2010.[1] See also List of MPs, 55th UK Parliament.

Members as of 26 May 2010

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Dissolution Honours List

Working peerages and dissolution Honours announced on 28 May 2010.[4]

Working Peers List

Conservative Party

Liberal Democrat Party

Labour Party

Dissolution List

Conservative party

  • Timothy Eric Boswell – former Whip and Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
  • 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 QC – former Home Secretary, 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 – former Government Minister for Housing and Chairman of Parliamentary and Scientific Committee

Liberal Democrat Party

Labour Party

  • Rt Hon Hillary Jane Armstrong – former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Social Exclusion, and held other senior posts in government
  • Rt Hon Desmond (Des) Henry Browne – former Secretary of State for Defence and held other senior posts in government
  • John Davies (Lord Davies of Stamford) – former Government Minister, Defence, Labour[5]
  • Rt Hon Beverley Hughes – former Minister of State, Children, Schools and Families
  • Rt Hon John Hutton – former Secretary of State for Business, and held other senior posts in government
  • Rt Hon James (Jim) Philip Knight, Former Minister of State
  • Rt Hon Tommy McAvoy – former Government Deputy Chief Whip
  • Rt Hon John McFall – former Chair of Treasury Select Committee and MP for West Dunbartonshire
  • Rt Hon John Leslie Prescott – former Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State, 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 – former Minister of State, Cabinet Office
  • 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

Democratic Unionist Party

Crossbenchers

November 2010 Peerages

Working Peerages announced on 19 November 2010.[6]

Conservative Party

Liberal Democrat Party

  • Dr Sarah (Sal) Brinton – Executive Director of the Association of Universities in the East of England
  • Dee Doocey OBE – Chair of the London Assembly
  • Qurban Hussain – Deputy Group Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Luton Borough Council
  • Judith Jolly – Chair of Executive Committee of Liberal Democrats in Devon and Cornwall
  • Susan Kramer – former Liberal Democrat MP
  • Raj Loomba – businessman and campaigner for widows’ rights
  • Jonathan Marks – commercial and family law QC with specialist interest in human rights and constitutional reform
  • Monroe Palmer OBE – Liberal Democrat Councillor and Chair of Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel
  • Jenny Randerson – Liberal Democrat Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff Central, former Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government
  • John Sharkey – Chairman of the Liberal Democrat 2010 General Election campaign
  • Nicol Stephen – Former Deputy First Minister of Scotland (2005 – 2007) and leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (2005 – 2008)
  • Ben Stoneham – Liberal Democrat HQ Operations Director
  • Mike Storey CBE – Primary School Head teacher, former Leader of Liverpool City Council, Liberal Democrat Councillor and former Lord Mayor of Liverpool;
  • Paul Strasburger – businessman and philanthropist
  • Claire Tyler – Chief Executive of Relate

Labour Party

Plaid Cymru

Crossbenchers

August 1 2013 Peerages

Conservative Party

  • Richard Balfe – former MEP and Conservative Party Envoy to the Trade Unions and Cooperative movement
  • Sir Anthony Bamford DL - Chairman and Managing Director of JCB
  • Nicholas Bourne – former Leader of the Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales
  • Matthew Carrington – former Conservative MP
  • Daniel Finkelstein OBE – Associate Editor of The Times and former Head of Policy for the Conservative party
  • Annabel Goldie DL MSP – Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament; former Leader of the Scottish Conservatives
  • Lady (Fiona) Hodgson CBE – campaigner on women’s issues; senior member of the Conservative voluntary Party; former Chairman of the Conservative Women’s Organisation
  • Christopher (Chris) Holmes MBE – former Paralympic swimmer; Director of Paralympic Integration at London 2012; Non-Executive Director of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and a former Non-Executive Director of the Disability Rights Commission
  • John Horam – former MP; Conservative representative on the Electoral Commission
  • Howard Leigh - senior corporate finance professional; Conservative Party Treasurer; former Chairman and current President of Westminster Synagogue; former Trustee of Jewish Care and current Chairman of Jewish Care’s Business Group; Trustee of the Jerusalem Foundation in the UK
  • Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG – former senior civil servant, including Number 10 Policy Unit; former leading Executive at Tesco Plc
  • Sir Stephen Sherbourne – longstanding political career in Westminster and public affairs, including former Political Secretary to the then Prime Minister (Margaret Thatcher), and former Chief of Staff to the then Leader of the Opposition (Michael Howard)
  • Michael (Mike) Whitby – Conservative Councillor in Birmingham; former Leader of Birmingham City Council
  • Susan Williams – former Councillor and Leader of Trafford Council

Green party

  • Jenny Jones AM – member of the London Assembly; former Chair of the Green party of England and Wales and former Deputy Mayor of London

Labour Party

Liberal Democrat Party

  • Catherine (Cathy) Mary Bakewell MBE - former leader of Somerset County Council
  • Rosalind (Olly) Grender MBE - former Director of Communications for Shelter; former Director of Communications for the Liberal Democrats
  • Christine Mary Humphreys - President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats; former Member of the National Assembly for Wales
  • Zahida Manzoor CBE - former Legal Services Ombudsman; former Deputy Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality
  • Brian Paddick - former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service
  • James Palumbo - co-founder and chairman of Ministry of Sound Group, the international music and entertainment business
  • Jeremy Purvis - former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  • Alison Suttie - former Press Secretary to the President of the European Parliament; former Deputy Chief of Staff to Nick Clegg and Election Manager for the 2010 General Election
  • Rumi Verjee CBE - entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Sir Ian Wrigglesworth - Liberal Democrat Treasurer; former MP for Teeside Thornaby and for Stockton South[7]

8 August 2014 Peerages

Conservative Party

  • Karren Brady CBE – Vice-Chairman of West Ham FC; Senior Non-Executive Director of the Syco and Arcadia Brands; Small Business Ambassador for the Conservative Party; and member of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Women in Sport Advisory Board
  • Martin Callanan – former Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the North East of England; former Leader of the Conservative MEPs and of the European Conservatives and Reformists group
  • Carlyn Chisholm – senior volunteer in the Conservative Party; Co-Chairman of the Conservative Candidates Committee; former nurse
  • Andrew Cooper – former Director of Political Operations to the Conservative Party; founder and Board Director of Populus
  • Natalie Evans – Director of New Schools Network, an independent educational charity established to provide free advice and support for groups wanting to set up free schools
  • Michael Farmer – Founding Partner of RK Mine Finance Group; Trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust; Treasurer of the Conservative Party
  • Dido Harding – Chief Executive of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
  • Arminka Helic – government special adviser; leading adviser to government on preventing sexual violence in conflict
  • Nosheena Mobarik CBE – businesswoman; former Chairman of CBI Scotland; founder and convener of the Scotland Pakistan Network; Chairman of the Pakistan Britain Trade and Investment Forum
  • Sir Stuart Rose – former Chief Executive and Chairman of Marks and Spencer PLC
  • Joanna Shields OBE – leading technology industry executive and entrepreneur; the Prime Minister’s Digital Adviser; Chair of Tech City UK; and Non-Executive Director of the London Stock Exchange
  • Ranbir Suri – businessman; former General Secretary of the Board of British Sikhs[8]

Labour Party

  • Michael Cashman CBE – Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands constituency; equality rights campaigner; former actor
  • Chris Lennie – political strategist; former Deputy Secretary General of the Labour Party
  • Dame Gail Rebuck – businesswoman, publisher, chairman of Penguin Random House UK[8]

Liberal Democrat Party

  • Chris Fox - Director of Group Communications for GKN; former Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats
  • Cllr David Goddard – elected Member of Stockport Metropolitan Council; former Leader of Stockport Council; former Member of the Greater Manchester Police Authority; former Non-Executive Director of Manchester International Airport
  • Cllr Barbara Janke – elected Member and former Leader of Bristol City Council; former teacher
  • Cllr Kath Pinnock – elected Member and former Leader of Kirklees Council
  • Paul Scriven – managing partner for Scriven Consulting; former elected Member and Leader of Sheffield City Council; former senior NHS manager
  • Cllr Dr Julie Smith – elected Member of Cambridge City Council; Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University; Fellow of Robinson College[8]

Democratic Unionist Party

  • William Hay MLA – Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. NB – Mr Hay has elected to sit on the crossbenches.[8]

21st October 2014 peerages

Cross-Benchers

  • Sir Jonathan Evans KCB was Director-General of the British Security Service from April 2007 to April 2013. He served for over 3 decades in the Service.
  • Sir Robert Rogers KCB was the Clerk of the House of Commons from October 2011 until his retirement in August 2014. He served the House for more than 4 decades.
  • Professor Alison Wolf CBE is an expert on vocational education and training and on the relationship between education, gender and the labour market. She is currently the ‘Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management’ at King’s College London.
  • Sir Andrew Green KCMG was the British Ambassador to Syria from 1991 to 1994, and to Saudi Arabia, 1996 to 2000. He served for over 35 years in the Diplomatic Service. Since retirement in 2000, he has carried out a wide range of voluntary work. This includes MigrationWatch UK which he co-founded in 2001 and still chairs.[9]

Notes

  1. Lists of Members of the House of Lords, www.parliament.uk, accessed 26 May 2010.
  2. Deceased Lords, www.parliament.co.uk acc 8 January 2011
  3. Lists of Members of the House of Lords, www.parliament.uk, accessed 26 May 2010.
  4. Peerages, honours and appointments, number10.gov.uk, 28 May 2010.
  5. Lord Davies of Stamford, www.parliament.uk
  6. Latest Peerages announced, number10.gov.uk, accessed 21 November 2010.
  7. Working peerages announced, Prime Minister's Office, 1 August 2013.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Working peerages announced: 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 8 August 2014.
  9. Peerages conferred, Prime Minister's Office, 21 October 2014.