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Queen confers Peerages: 18 May 2018

皇冠体育app Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention of conferring the following Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life.

From:
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon 皇冠体育appresa May
Published
18 May 2018
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

皇冠体育app Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention of conferring the following Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life:

Nominations from the Leader of the Conservative Party

  1. Diana Barran MBE 鈥� founder and lately chief executive of SafeLives

  2. 皇冠体育app Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Garnier QC 鈥� lately Member of Parliament for Harborough and former Solicitor General

  3. 皇冠体育app Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Haselhurst 鈥� lately Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons

  4. 皇冠体育app Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley 鈥� lately Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden and former Secretary of State for Social Security

  5. Catherine Meyer CBE 鈥� founder and lately chief executive of Action Against Abduction

  6. 皇冠体育app Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Pickles 鈥� lately Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar and former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

  7. 皇冠体育app Rt. Hon. Sir John Randall 鈥� former Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Treasurer of HM Household and Deputy Chief Whip. Vice-Chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister

  8. Amanda Sater, JP 鈥� lately Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. Chairman of StreetGames and of 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Club Foundation

  9. 皇冠体育app Rt. Hon. Andrew Tyrie 鈥� lately Member of Parliament for Chichester and former Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee

Nominations from the Leader of the Labour Party

  1. Martha Osamor - campaigner on immigration, employment rights and racial discrimination

  2. Pauline Bryan 鈥� author and campaigner

  3. Iain McNicol 鈥� lately General Secretary of the Labour Party

Nomination from the Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party

  1. Dr. William McCrea 鈥� lately Member of Parliament for South Antrim

Privy Council Appointments

皇冠体育app Queen has been pleased to approve that Baroness Chakrabarti be sworn of Her Majesty鈥檚 most Honourable Privy Council.

Knighthoods

皇冠体育app Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon 皇冠体育app Rt. Hon. David Evennett MP.

Updates to this page

Published 18 May 2018