2010 Dissolution Honours
Encyclopedia
The 2010 Dissolution Honours List
was issued on 28 May 2010 at the advice of outgoing Prime Minister
Gordon Brown
. The list was gazetted
on 15 June.
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Democratic Unionist Party
Crossbench
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Dissolution Honours List
The Dissolution Honours List names those individuals receiving Honours from the Monarch at a time following the Dissolution of the United Kingdom Parliament. Typically, the list will include retiring MPs who are to be Life Peers. Sometimes the list will also include knighthoods for others who...
was issued on 28 May 2010 at the advice of outgoing Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
. The list was gazetted
London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published...
on 15 June.
Life Peerages
ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
- Timothy BoswellTim BoswellTimothy Eric "Tim" Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho is an English Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Daventry from 1987 until he retired at the 2010 general election.-Education:...
- Angela BrowningAngela BrowningAngela Frances Browning, Baroness Browning is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton from 1997 to 2010, having previously been MP for Tiverton from 1992 to 1997....
- John Gummer
- Michael HowardMichael HowardMichael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, CH, QC, PC is a British politician, who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005...
- John Maples
- Michael Spicer
Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
- Hilary ArmstrongHilary ArmstrongHilary Jane Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 1987 to 2010.-Early life:...
- Des BrowneDes BrowneDesmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010...
- Quentin Davies
- Beverley HughesBeverley HughesBeverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010. In 2004, she was appointed to the Privy Council...
- John Hutton
- Jim KnightJim KnightJames Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for South Dorset from 2001 until 2010, when he lost his seat. Knight held several ministerial posts during his time as an MP including Minister for the South West and Minister for...
- Tommy McAvoyTommy McAvoyThomas McLaughlin McAvoy, Baron McAvoy PC is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2005 to 2010, having previously been MP for Rutherglen from 1987 to 2005...
- John McFall
- John PrescottJohn PrescottJohn Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott is a British politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour Member of Parliament from 1970 to 2010...
- John Reid
- Angela Smith
- Don TouhigDon TouhigJames Donnelly Touhig, Baron Touhig, PC, KSS is a British Labour Co-operative politician from Wales. He was the Member of Parliament for Islwyn from 1995 until his retirement in 2010.-Early life:...
- Michael WillsMichael WillsMichael David Wills, Baron Wills is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Swindon North from 1997 to 2010. He was a Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice, a position he held from 29 June 2007....
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
- Richard Allan
- Matthew Taylor
- Phil Willis
Democratic Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
- Ian PaisleyIan PaisleyIan Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007.In addition to co-founding...
Crossbench
- Ian BlairIan BlairIan Warwick Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, QPM is a retired British Police officer who held the position of commissioner of police of the metropolis from 2005 to 2008 and was the highest ranking officer within the Metropolitan Police Service.On 2 October 2008 Blair announced that he would...
Working Peers
ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
- Guy Black
- Margaret EatonMargaret Eaton, Baroness EatonMargaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton , DBE, DL is a Conservative Party life peer in the British House of Lords. She has been a Councillor with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council since 1986 and was the Chairman of the Local Government Association until June 2011.She was appointed a Dame Commander of...
- Edward FaulksEdward Faulks, Baron FaulksEdward Peter Lawless Faulks QC, Baron Faulks of Donnington in the Royal County of Berkshire, is an English barrister and Queen's Counsel. He was born 19 August 1950. He is the son of His Honour Peter Ronald Faulks, MC and Pamela Faulks and is the brother of the novelist Sebastian Faulks...
- John GardinerJohn Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of KimbleJohn Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble has been appointed a Conservative life peer in the Dissolution Honours List 2010.He is Deputy Chief Executive of Countryside Alliance....
- Helen Newlove
- Dolar PopatDolar PopatDolar Popat, Baron Popat is a British Asian businessman and politician. In July 2010 he became a Member of the House of Lords as a life peer and is the first Gujarati to represent the Conservative party in the House of Lords. He emigrated to Britain in 1971 during the expulsion of Asians from...
- Shireen RitchieShireen Ritchie, Baroness RitchieShireen Olive Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton is a Councillor for the Brompton Ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and advocate for women in the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom...
- Deborah Stedman-ScottDeborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-ScottDeborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott, OBE, DL. cr 2010 , of Rolvenden in the County of Kent, OBE 2008;Daughter of Jack and Doreen Margaret Scott...
- Nat WeiNat Wei, Baron WeiNathanael Ming-Yan Wei, Baron Wei , also known as Nat Wei, is a social entrepreneur, interested in social reform, the youngest member of the House of Lords...
- Simon WolfsonSimon WolfsonSimon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise is a British businessman and currently chief executive of the clothing retailer Next and a Conservative life peer...
Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
- Jeremy BeechamJeremy BeechamJeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, Kt, DL is a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was leader of Newcastle City Council and the first Chairman of theLocal Government Association...
- Paul BoatengPaul BoatengPaul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury...
- Rita Donaghy
- Jeannie Drake
- Dianne Hayter
- Anna HealyAnna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose HillAnna Mary Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill is a former British Government and political adviser, serving in numerous government departments. She was raised to the peerage as Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, of Primrose Hill in the London Borough of Camden, in 2010...
- Roy KennedyRoy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of SouthwarkRoy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark, is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. Appointed a full time official in 1990, he took up the post of organiser for the party in Coventry in 1991. He was instrumental in the defeat of the Militant MP Dave Nellist, who had been deselected as a...
- Helen Liddell
- Roger Liddle
- Jack McConnellJack McConnellJack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale is a British Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He was third First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007, making him the longest serving First Minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament...
- John Monks
- Sue Nye
- Maeve Sherlock
- Wilf Stevenson
- Margaret Wheeler
- Michael Williams
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
- Floella BenjaminFloella BenjaminFloella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin OBE DL is a British actress, author, television presenter, businesswoman and politician...
- Mike German
- Meral Hussein-Ece
- Ken Macdonald
- Kate ParminterKathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminterthumb|right|250px|Baroness Parminter in 2011Kathryn Jane Parminter, Baroness Parminter of Godalming is a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom...
- John ShipleyJohn Shipley, Baron ShipleyJohn Warren Shipley, Baron Shipley, OBE, is a Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords.Contested Blyth February and October 1974, Hexham 1979, Newcastle North 1983 and 1987 general elections....
Knights Bachelor
- Keith Hill - Hill later declined his honour saying he would find the title "embarrassing".
- Bill O'Brien
- Ian McCartneyIan McCartneySir Ian McCartney is a former politician, who was the British Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Makerfield constituency between 1987 to 2010, and served in the Cabinet, from 2003 to 2007, when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister...
Privy Council
- Dominic GrieveDominic GrieveDominic Charles Roberts Grieve, QC MP is a British Conservative politician, barrister and Queen's Counsel.He is the Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield and the Attorney General for England and Wales and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.-Early life:Grieve was born in Lambeth, the son of...
MP QC - Greg ClarkGreg ClarkRt. Hon. Gregory David Clark is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells since 2005. Clark is currently a Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government, with responsibility for overseeing decentralisation, a key...
MP - Alan DuncanAlan DuncanAlan James Carter Duncan is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton, and a Minister of State in the Department for International Development....
MP - Chris GraylingChris GraylingChristopher Stephen "Chris" Grayling, PC, MP , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Shadow Cabinet from 2005 to 2010 and was the party's Shadow Home Secretary from 2009 to 2010. Following the 2010 general election, he was appointed a Minister of State in the...
MP - Nick HerbertNick HerbertNicholas Le Quesne "Nick" Herbert is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs...
MP - Baroness Neville-Jones
- Grant ShappsGrant ShappsGrant V Shapps MP is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield in the United Kingdom and Minister of State for Housing and Planning...
MP - Theresa VilliersTheresa VilliersTheresa Anne Villiers is a British Conservative Party politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet and the Minister of State for Transport.She was appointed as a Privy Counsellor on 9 June 2010.-Early life:...
MP - David WillettsDavid WillettsDavid Linsay Willetts is a British Conservative Party politician and the Minister of State for Universities and Science. He is the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire.-Education:...
MP - David MundellDavid MundellDavid Gordon Mundell is a British Conservative politician and, since 2005, he has been the only Conservative Member of Parliament representing a Scottish Westminster constituency...
MP - John RandallJohn Randall (UK politician)Alexander John Randall, known as John Randall, is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and is the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.-Early life:...
MP - Mark FrancoisMark FrancoisMark Gino Francois is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Rayleigh and Wickford.-Early life:...
MP - Nigel DoddsNigel DoddsNigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, BL is a barrister and Northern Irish unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP...
MP MLA - Joan RuddockJoan RuddockJoan Mary Ruddock is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford since 1987. She is a feminist and is the wife of Frank Doran, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North...
MP - Lord West of SpitheadAlan West, Baron West of SpitheadAdmiral Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead GCB DSC PC was, from June 2007 to May 2010, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office with responsibility for Security and a Security Advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
- Carwyn JonesCarwyn JonesCarwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of...
AM - Alex Fergusson MSP