2015 Dissolution Honours

The 2015 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 27 August 2015 upon the advice of the Prime Minister, David Cameron. The Life Peerages were announced separately from the other appointments, while it was gazetted as a single list on 22 September 2015.^[1]

Life Peerages[edit]

Conservative Party[edit]

Rt Hon. James Arbuthnot, to be Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, of Edrom in the County of Berwick
Rt Hon. Gregory Barker, to be Baron Barker of Battle, of Battle in the County of East Sussex
Catherine Fall, to be Baroness Fall, of Ladbroke Grove in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Simone Finn, to be Baroness Finn, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan
Stephen Gilbert, to be Baron Gilbert of Panteg, of Panteg in the County of Monmouthshire
Rt Hon. William Hague , to be Baron Hague of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire
Robert Hayward , to be Baron Hayward, of Cumnor in the County of Oxfordshire
Rt Hon. The Viscount Hailsham , to be Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe, of Kettlethorpe in the County of Lincolnshire
Rt Hon. Andrew Lansley , to be Baron Lansley, of Orwell in the County of Cambridgeshire
James Lupton , to be Baron Lupton, of Lovington in the County of Hampshire
Ruby McGregor-Smith , to be Baroness McGregor-Smith, of Sunninghill in the Royal County of Berkshire
Anne McIntosh, to be Baroness McIntosh of Pickering, of the Vale of York in the County of North Yorkshire
Michelle Mone , to be Baroness Mone, of Mayfair in the City of Westminster
James O'Shaughnessy, to be Baron O'Shaughnessy, of Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire
Emma Pidding , to be Baroness Pidding, of Amersham in the County of Buckinghamshire
Stuart Polak , to be Baron Polak, of Hertsmere in the County of Hertfordshire
Cllr Gary Porter, to be Baron Porter of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire
Cllr Liz Redfern, to be Baroness Redfern, of the Isle of Axholme in the County of Lincolnshire
Rt Hon. Andrew Robathan, to be Baron Robathan, of Poultney in the County of Leicestershire
Kate Rock, to be Baroness Rock, of Stratton in the County of Dorset
Cllr Jane Scott , to be Baroness Scott of Bybrook, of Upper Wraxall in the County of Wiltshire
Kevin Shinkwin, to be Baron Shinkwin, of Balham in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Philip Smith , to be Baron Smith of Hindhead, of Hindhead in the County of Surrey
Philippa Stroud, to be Baroness Stroud, of Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Rt Hon. David Willetts, to be Baron Willetts, of Havant in the County of Hampshire
Rt Hon. Sir George Young , to be Baron Young of Cookham, of Cookham in the Royal County of Berkshire

Liberal Democrats[edit]

Rt Hon. Sir Alan Beith, to be Baron Beith, of Berwick-upon-Tweed in the County of Northumberland
Sharon Bowles, to be Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted, of Bourne End in the County of Hertfordshire
Rt Hon. Sir Malcolm Bruce, to be Baron Bruce of Bennachie, of Torphins in the County of Aberdeenshire
Lorely Burt, to be Baroness Burt of Solihull, of Solihull in the County of West Midlands
Rt Hon. Sir Menzies Campbell , to be Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, of Pittenweem in the County of Fife
Rt Hon. Lynne Featherstone, to be Baroness Featherstone, of Highgate in the London Borough of Haringey
Rt Hon. Don Foster, to be Baron Foster of Bath, of Bath in the County of Somerset
Jonny Oates, to be Baron Oates, of Denby Grange in the County of West Yorkshire
Shas Sheehan, to be Baroness Sheehan, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Rt Hon. Sir Andrew Stunell , to be Baron Stunell, of Hazel Grove in the County of Greater Manchester
Dorothy Thornhill , to be Baroness Thornhill, of Watford in the County of Hertfordshire

Labour Party[edit]

Rt Hon. David Blunkett, lately Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough; former Home Secretary, 2001-2004. to be Baron Blunkett, of Brightside and Hillsborough in the City of Sheffield
Rt Hon. Alistair Maclean Darling, lately Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West; former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2007-2010, to be Baron Darling of Roulanish, of Great Bernera in the County of Ross and Cromarty
Rt Hon. Peter Gerald Hain, lately Member of Parliament for Neath; former Secretary of State for Wales, 2009-2010, to be Baron Hain, of Neath in the County of West Glamorgan
Rt Hon. Dame Tessa Jane Jowell , lately Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood and former Minister for the Olympics, 2005-2010, to be Baroness Jowell, of Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth
Spencer Livermore, senior Campaign Strategist for the Labour Party, to be Baron Livermore, of Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark
Rt Hon. Paul Peter Murphy, lately Member of Parliament for Torfaen; former Secretary of State for Wales, 2008- 2009, to be Baron Murphy of Torfaen, of Abersychan in the County of Gwent
Rt Hon. Dame Dawn Primarolo , lately Member of Parliament for Bristol South and Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, to be Baroness Primarolo, of Windmill Hill in the City of Bristol
David Leonard Watts, lately Member of Parliament for St Helens North; Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, to be Baron Watts, of Ravenhead in the County of Merseyside

Knights Bachelor[edit]

Rt Hon. Danny Alexander
Rt Hon. Vince Cable
Cllr Barry Norton, Honorary Alderman, West Oxfordshire District Council
Anthony Ullman, Chairman & C.E.O., Shackletons Ltd.

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire[edit]

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)[edit]

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)[edit]

Oliver Dowden
Jean-Christophe Gray
Duncan Greenland
Rupert Harrison
Laurence Mann
Elizabeth Sugg
Ian Wright

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[edit]

Caroline Balcon
Ramesh Chhabra
Denzil Davidson
Richard Duncalf
Clare Foges
Ameetpal Gill
Matthew Hanney
Hilary Stephenson
Benjamin Williams

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)[edit]

Margaret Binks
Kate Marley
Shaffaq Mohammed
Lara Moreno-Pérez
Lalini Phoolchand
Steven Pooley
Phillipa Rudkin
Michael Salter
Andrew Sangar
Ian Sherwood

British Empire Medal (BEM)[edit]

Alison de Pass
Paul Schooling
Marjorie Wallace

References[edit]

^ "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17613.

External links[edit]

Downing Street announcement of Peerage creations
Downing Street announcement of other Honours

[1] "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17613.

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