Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr,13th Marquess of Lothian,Baron Kerr of Monteviot,,commonly known as Michael Ancram,is a British politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly styled Earl of Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004.
Alan Thomas Howarth,Baron Howarth of Newport,,is a British Labour Party politician and life peer who was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2005. First elected as a Conservative,he is one of few politicians in recent years to have served as a minister in both Labour and Conservative governments. He currently sits in the House of Lords as a Labour life peer.
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,Baron Young of Cookham,,known as Sir George Young,6th Baronet from 1960 to 2015,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015,having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions:as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997;as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2012 to 2014.
Patrick Thomas Cormack,Baron Cormack,is a British politician,historian,journalist and author. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years,from 1970 to 2010. Cormack is a member of the Conservative Party and is seen as a one-nation conservative.
John Roddick Russell MacGregor,Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market,,is a politician from the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk from 1974 to 2001. He served in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1985–87),Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food (1987–89),Secretary of State for Education and Science (1989–90),Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (1990–92),and Secretary of State for Transport (1992–94). He was made a life peer in 2001.
Robert Alexander Lindsay,29th Earl of Crawford,12th Earl of Balcarres,Baron Balniel,,known by courtesy as Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975,was a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician who was a member of Parliament from 1955 to 1974. Lord Crawford and Balcarres was chief of Clan Lindsay and also acted,from 1975 to 2019,as Premier Earl of Scotland.
Charles Lamb Allen,Baron Allen of Kensington,is a British businessman,broadcaster,and chairman of THG plc,Global Radio,2 Sisters Food Group,ISS and Advisory chairman at Moelis &Company. Lord Allen was chief executive of Granada Group from 1996 to 2000,executive chairman of Granada Media plc from 2000 to 2004,chief executive of ITV plc from its formation in 2004 until 2007,and chairman of the music company EMI. He was chairman of Endemol,a non-executive director of Tesco plc and Virgin Media. In March 2012,he was appointed by Ed Miliband,the leader of the Labour Party,to the position of chairman of the executive board of the party. He has been chairman of the British Red Cross.
Robert Antony Hayward,Baron Hayward,is a British Conservative Party politician and media commentator.
Richard Mark Newby,Baron Newby is a British politician who has been the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords since September 2016. He served as the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords,and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 2012 and 2015,and the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2012 to 2016.
Peter Selwyn Gummer,Baron Chadlington FCIPR FIoD FCinstM FRSA is an English businessman and former head of Huntsworth,one of the largest lobbying firms in the United Kingdom.
Kulveer Singh Ranger,Baron Ranger of Northwood,is an English strategy and communications executive,TechUK board member,and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Edward David Gerard Llewellyn,Baron Llewellyn of Steep,is a British diplomat and former political adviser serving as the British Ambassador to Italy since 2022. He previously served as the British Ambassador to France from 2016 to 2021 and as the Downing Street Chief of Staff under former prime minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2016.
Henry Byron Davies,Baron Davies of Gower is a Welsh Conservative politician,life peer and former police officer. He was a Member of the Welsh Assembly from 2011 to 2015,a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2017,and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2019. He served as a Lord in Waiting between September 2022 and November 2023. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport from 14 November 2023.
Raminder Singh Ranger,Baron Ranger,is a British businessman,and the founder of Sun Mark and Sea Air &Land Forwarding,an international marketing and distribution company. He is also chairman and managing director of Sea Air and Land Forwarding Ltd.
Dame Amanda Anne Milling is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase since the 2015 general election. She served as Minister without Portfolio in the UK cabinet and,alongside Ben Elliot,as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party from February 2020 to September 2021. She also served as Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East from September 2021 to September 2022. She previously worked in market research.
Aamer Ahmad Sarfraz,Baron Sarfraz is a British-Pakistani businessman and politician. He was previously a Conservative Party Treasurer,before being nominated for a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the 2019 Dissolution Honours List.
Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe,Baron Sharpe of Epsom,is a British broker and politician based in Surrey,serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office since September 2022. He was the President of the National Conservative Convention from 2017 to 2018 and has been its Chairman since July 2018. He is also Vice Chair of the Policy Forum. He has worked to promote voluntary involvement in senior levels of the Conservative Party's organisation.
As part of the British honours system,Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative,operational honours,political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
Benjamin Alexander Gascoigne,Baron Gascoigne,is a British political adviser and life peer. He served as Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2020 and the deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2021 to 2022. Gascoigne had also been his private secretary when Johnson was Mayor of London,and also served as an adviser when Johnson was Foreign Secretary.
Ross John Kempsell,Baron Kempsell,is a British political adviser and life peer. He was Political Director of the Conservative Party and Director of the Conservative Research Department. He was nominated for a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours,and was created Baron Kempsell,of Letchworth in the County of Hertfordshire,on 11 July 2023. He was introduced to the House of Lords on 20 July,where he sits for the Conservative Party.
