2020 Political Honours

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2019

The 2020 Political Honours List^[1] was released concurrently with the delayed 2019 Dissolution Honours^[2] on 31 July 2020.

A second Political Honours List was released on 22 December 2020.^[3]

Life Peerage[]

Conservative[]

July

• Lorraine Fullbrook, to be Baroness Fullbrook, of Dogmersfield in the County of Hampshire^[4]
• Sir Edward Udny-Lister, to be Baron Udny-Lister, of Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth ^[5]
• Daniel Moylan, to be Baron Moylan, of Kensington in the Royal London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea^[6]
• Andrew Sharpe, OBE, to be Baron Sharpe of Epsom, of Epsom in the County of Surrey^[7]
• Michael Spencer, to be Baron Spencer of Alresford, of Alresford in the County of Hampshire^[8]
• Veronica Wadley, CBE, to be Baroness Fleet, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden^[7]
• James Wharton, to be Baron Wharton of Yarm, of Yarm in the County of North Yorkshire^[7]
• Dame Helena Morrissey, DBE, to be Baroness Morrissey, of Chapel Green in the Royal County of Berkshire ^[9]
• Neil Mendoza, to be Baron Mendoza, of King’s Reach in the City of London ^[10]

December

• The Rt Hon. Richard Benyon, to be Baron Benyon, of Englefield in the Royal County of Berkshire ^[11]
• Peter Cruddas, to be Baron Cruddas, of Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney ^[12]
• Dame Jacqueline Foster, DBE, to be Baroness Foster of Oxton, of Oxton in the County of Merseyside ^[13]
• Stephanie Fraser, to be Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie, of Craigmaddie in the County of Stirlingshire ^[11]
• Dean Godson, to be Baron Godson, of Thorney Island in the City of Westminster ^[14]
• Daniel Hannan, to be Baron Hannan of Kingsclere, of Kingsclere in the County of Hampshire ^[14]
• Syed Kamall, to be Baron Kamall, of Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield ^[15]

Labour[]

July

• Sue Hayman, to be Baroness Hayman of Ullock, of Ullock in the County of Cumbria ^[6]
• Prem Sikka, to be Baron Sikka, of Kingswood in Basildon in the County of Essex ^[16]
• Anthony Woodley, to be Baron Woodley, of Wallasey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ^[17]

December

• Cllr Judith Blake, CBE, to be Baroness Blake of Leeds, of Gledhow in the City of Leeds ^[18]
• Jennifer Chapman, to be Baroness Chapman of Darlington, of Darlington in the County of Durham ^[18]
• Vernon Coaker, to be Baron Coaker, of Gedling in the County of Nottinghamshire ^[19]
• Wajid Khan, to be Baron Khan of Burnley, of Burnley in the County of Lancashire ^[20]
• Gillian Merron, to be Baroness Merron, of Lincoln in the County of Lincolnshire ^[15]

Non-Affiliated[]

July

• Claire Fox, to be Baroness Fox of Buckley, of Buckley in the County of Flintshire ^[21]
• Charles Moore, to be Baron Moore of Etchingham, of Etchingham in the County of East Sussex ^[8]

Crossbench[]

July

• Sir Ian Botham, OBE, to be Baron Botham, of Ravensworth in the County of North Yorkshire ^[16]
• Dame Louise Casey, DBE CB, to be Baroness Casey of Blackstock, of Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington ^[22]
• Evgeny Lebedev, to be Baron Lebedev, of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and of Siberia in the Russian Federation ^[23]
• Dame Minouche Shafik, DBE, to be Baroness Shafik, of Camden in the London Borough of Camden and of Alexandria in the Arab Republic of Egypt ^[24]

December

• The Rt Hon. Sir Terence Etherton, QC, to be Baron Etherton, of Marylebone in the City of Westminster ^[25]
• Sir Simon McDonald, KCMG KCVO, to be Baron McDonald of Salford, of Pendleton in the City of Salford ^[12]
• Sir Andrew Parker, KCB, to be Baron Parker of Minsmere, of Minsmere in the County of Suffolk ^[13]
• The Rt Revd. and Rt Hon. Dr John Sentamu, to be Baron Sentamu, of Lindisfarne in the County of Northumberland and of Masooli in the Republic of Uganda ^[26]

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