Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst,Baron Haselhurst,,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017,having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to February 1974. Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010,and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014. The oldest Conservative MP to stand down at the 2017 general election,he was created a life peer on 22 June 2018,sitting in the House of Lords as Baron Haselhurst.
Michael Bruce Forsyth,Baron Forsyth of Drumlean,is a British financier and Conservative politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997.
David John Sainsbury,Baron Sainsbury of Turville,is a British politician,businessman and philanthropist. From 1992 to 1997,he served as chairman of Sainsbury's,the supermarket chain established by his great-grandfather John James Sainsbury in 1869.
Malcolm Newton Shepherd,2nd Baron Shepherd,Baron Shepherd of Spalding,was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
William Stephen Goulden "Willy" Bach,Baron Bach is a British Labour member of the House of Lords. He was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice from 2008 to 2010. He resigned from the opposition front bench when he was elected the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner on 6 May 2016. He did not stand again at the 2021 PCC election and was succeeded by the Conservative Rupert Matthews.
The General Secretary of the Labour Party is the most senior employee of the British Labour Party,and acts as the non-voting secretary to the National Executive Committee. When there is a vacancy the National Executive Committee selects a provisional replacement,subject to approval at the subsequent party conference.
Bryan Davies,Baron Davies of Oldham,PC is a Labour politician and former member of the House of Commons and House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010,and as usual for a holder of that position,also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Colin Berkeley Moynihan,4th Baron Moynihan,4th Baronet,is a British Olympic silver medalist,politician,businessman and sports administrator. Lord Moynihan served as the Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) from 2005 to 2012. A member of the Conservative Party,he was as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Lewisham East from 1983 to 1992,and was the Minister for Sport from 1987 to 1990. He became a member of the House of Lords in 1997.
Geoffrey Thompson is the former chairman of the Football Association,and a vice-president of both UEFA and FIFA. He has long been associated with football especially in South Yorkshire,having previously been general manager of Doncaster Rovers and held senior positions in the Sheffield &Hallamshire Football Association. He was elected chairman of the FA in 1999,a post he held until January 2008. He is a magistrate.
Leslie Arnold Turnberg,Baron Turnberg,,is a British medical professional and an author of many publications and books related to the medical and health services fields. His experience extends to areas of research in these fields,and maintaining a clinical practice. He has published five books and some 150 articles on medical and scientific research. He has written two books on the history of Israel:Beyond the Balfour Declaration;the 100 Year Quest for Israeli-Palestinian Peace was published in 2017,and Mandate:Britain's Palestinian Burden,1919–1939 was published in 2021. In May 2024,Patients First:How to Save the NHS was published.
Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood,Baron Greenwood of Rossendale,was a prominent British Labour Party politician in the 1950s and 1960s.
Anthony Paul Lester,Baron Lester of Herne Hill,QC was a British barrister and member of the House of Lords. He was at different times a member of the Labour Party,Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats. Lester was best known for his influence on race relations legislation in the United Kingdom and as a founder-member of groups such as the Institute of Race Relations,the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination and the Runnymede Trust. Lester was also a prominent figure in promoting birth control and abortion through the Family Planning Association,particularly in Northern Ireland.
John Edward Tomlinson,Baron Tomlinson was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He served as a life peer in the House of Lords from 1998 until his death,and had previously been a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979,and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 1999.
Norman Reginald Warner,Baron Warner,,is a British former civil servant and member of the House of Lords. A career civil servant from 1960,he was created a life peer in 1998. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Health from 2003 to 2007,and Minister of State at the Department of Health from 2005 to 2007. He has also been an adviser to a number of consulting companies. In October 2015,Warner resigned the Labour whip and became a non-affiliated and then crossbench member of the House of Lords,serving until his retirement in 2024.
John Donkin Dormand,Baron Dormand of Easington was a British educationist and Labour Party politician from the coal mining area of Easington in County Durham,in the north-east of England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Easington constituency from 1970 until his retirement in 1987.
Stanley Clinton Clinton-Davis,Baron Clinton-Davis,was a British politician and solicitor. A member of the Labour Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney Central from 1970 to 1983,and was a minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson,James Callaghan and Tony Blair. He was European Commissioner in the Delors Commission (1985–1989). In 1990,he became a life peer,sitting on the Labour benches in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2018.
Timothy Francis Clement-Jones,Baron Clement-Jones,is a Liberal Democrat peer and spokesman for the digital economy in the House of Lords.
Anthony Stephen Grabiner,Baron Grabiner,KC is a British barrister,academic administrator,and life peer. He is head of chambers at One Essex Court,a leading set of commercial barristers in the Temple,and was the Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn for 2013. From 2014 to 2021 he served as the Master of Clare College,Cambridge and,since 2015,he has served as the President of the University of Law. Grabiner was non-executive chairman of Taveta Investments Ltd,the holding company of Sir Philip Green behind Arcadia Group from 2002 to December 2015.
Guy Vaughan Black,Baron Black of Brentwood is Deputy Chairman of the Telegraph Media Group.
Worawi Makudi,also referred in the media as Bung Yee is a Thai former football official. He was a member of the FIFA Council from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Football Association of Thailand's General Secretary from 1996 to 2007,before being elected president in 2007.
