The National Conservative Convention (NCC),is the most senior body of the Conservative Party's voluntary wing. The National Convention effectively serves as the Party's internal Parliament,and is made up of its 800 highest-ranking Party Officers.
Martin John Callanan,Baron Callanan is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England from 1999 to 2014 and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group from 2011 to 2014. Callanan failed his bid to win re-election in the 2014 European Parliament elections,becoming the first sitting chairman of a European parliamentary group to lose his seat. On 8 August 2014,it was announced that he would be made a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) is an independent advisory non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom with oversight of some aspects of the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It has two roles:
Sir James Philip Duddridge,is a British politician and former banker. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochford and Southend East from 2005 to 2024. Duddridge previously held several ministerial positions under prime ministers David Cameron,Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
Syed Salah Kamall,Baron Kamall is a British politician and academic,who from September to October 2022 served in HM Government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care (2021–22).
David Gifford Leathes Prior,Baron Prior of Brampton is the former chairman of NHS England and chairman of University College Hospital. He served as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk from 1997 until the 2001 general election,when he lost his seat to Norman Lamb of the Liberal Democrats by 483 votes. In 2015,he was appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords.
John Derek Taylor,Baron Taylor of Holbeach,is a British Conservative politician and former Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords.
David Henry Rutley is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield from 2010 until 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean from October 2022 until July 2024.
James Edward George Younger,5th Viscount Younger of Leckie,is an elected hereditary peer who sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.
Nicholas Francis Markham,Baron Markham,is a member of the UK's upper house of parliament,The House of Lords. He was formerly a government junior minister [unpaid] at the UK's Department of Health and Social Care. Markham was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to the economy and government.
Dame Amanda Anne Milling is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase from the 2015 general election until losing her seat in 2024. 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.
Paul Stuart Scully is a former British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton and Cheam from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Minister for London from February 2020 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy from October 2022. He was sacked from both roles in November 2023.
Andrew John Griffith is a British Conservative Party politician and former senior media executive who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs since 2019.
The second Johnson ministry began on 16 December 2019,three days after Boris Johnson's audience with Queen Elizabeth II where she invited him to form a government following the 2019 general election. The Conservative Party was returned to power with a majority of 80 seats in the House of Commons. Initially the ministers were largely identical to those at the end of the first Johnson ministry,but changed significantly in cabinet reshuffles in February 2020 and September 2021.
Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore,7th Baron Harlech,is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords. He has been serving as a Lord in Waiting since September 2022.
Malcolm Ian Offord,Baron Offord of Garvel,is a Scottish financier and Conservative Party politician in the House of Lords. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports until his party lost the 2024 General Election.
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.
William James Timpson,Baron Timpson,,is a British businessman and politician who has served as Minister of State for Prisons,Probation and Reducing Reoffending since 2024. He was the chief executive of the Timpson Group,owned by his father John Timpson,from 2002 to July 2024.
Darren James Mott,Baron Mott,is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. In November 2022,he stood down as chief executive of the Conservative Party,after having worked for the party for more than 30 years.
Robert Peter Douglas-Miller,Baron Douglas-Miller,is a British landowner and life peer. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Biosecurity,Animal Health and Welfare from 2023 to 2024 in the Sunak ministry.
