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This is a list of life peerages in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 since 2024, during the tenure of Labour prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Date of creation | Name | Title | Territorial qualification | Party affiliation when taking seat | Date of retirement (if applicable) | Date of extinction (if applicable) | |
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17 July 2024 (a.m.) | Patrick Vallance | Baron Vallance of Balham | of Balham in the London Borough of Wandsworth | Labour | |||
17 July 2024 (p.m.) | Jacqui Smith ‡ | Baroness Smith of Malvern | of Malvern in the County of Worcestershire | Labour | |||
18 July 2024 (a.m.) | James Timpson | Baron Timpson | of Manley in the County of Cheshire | Labour | |||
18 July 2024 (p.m.) | Richard Hermer | Baron Hermer | of Penylan in the City of Cardiff | Labour | |||
19 July 2024 | David Hanson ‡ | Baron Hanson of Flint | of Flint in the County of Flintshire | Labour | |||
12 August 2024 (a.m.) | Caroline Pidgeon | Baroness Pidgeon | of Newington in the London Borough of Southwark | Liberal Democrats | |||
12 August 2024 (p.m.) | John Spellar ‡ | Baron Spellar | of Smethwick in the County of the West Midlands | Labour | |||
13 August 2024 (a.m.) | Rosie Winterton ‡ | Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | of Doncaster in the County of South Yorkshire | Labour | |||
13 August 2024 (p.m.) | Barbara Keeley ‡ | Baroness Keeley | of Worsley in the City of Salford | Labour | |||
14 August 2024 (a.m.) | Margaret Hodge ‡ | Baroness Hodge of Barking | of Great Massingham in the County of Norfolk | Labour | |||
14 August 2024 (p.m.) | Margaret Beckett ‡ | Baroness Beckett | of Old Normanton in the City of Derby | Labour | |||
15 August 2024 (a.m.) | Kevan Jones ‡ | Baron Beamish | of Beamish in the County of Durham | Labour | |||
15 August 2024 (p.m.) | John Cryer ‡ | Baron Cryer | of Leyton in the London Borough of Waltham Forest | Labour | |||
16 August 2024 (a.m.) | Minette Batters | Baroness Batters | of Downton in the County of Wiltshire | Crossbench | |||
16 August 2024 (p.m.) | Tom Elliott ‡ | Baron Elliott of Ballinamallard | of Ballinamallard in the County of Fermanagh | Ulster Unionist | |||
19 August 2024 (a.m.) | Harriet Harman ‡ | Baroness Harman | of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark | Labour | |||
19 August 2024 (p.m.) | Graham Brady ‡ | Baron Brady of Altrincham | of Birch-in-Rusholme in the County of Greater Manchester | Conservative | |||
20 August 2024 (a.m.) | Alok Sharma ‡ | Baron Sharma | of Reading in the Royal County of Berkshire | Conservative | |||
20 August 2024 (p.m.) | Chris Grayling ‡ | Baron Grayling | of Ashtead in the County of Surrey | Conservative | |||
21 August 2024 (a.m.) | Liam Booth-Smith | Baron Booth-Smith | of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the County of Staffordshire | Conservative | |||
21 August 2024 (p.m.) | Theresa May ‡ | Baroness May of Maidenhead | of Sonning in the Royal County of Berkshire | Conservative | |||
22 August 2024 (a.m.) | Eleanor Laing ‡ | Baroness Laing of Elderslie | of Epping Forest in the County of Essex | Conservative | |||
22 August 2024 (p.m.) | Hilary Cass | Baroness Cass | of Barnet in Greater London | Crossbench | |||
23 August 2024 | Craig Mackinlay ‡ | Baron Mackinlay of Richborough | of Rochester in the County of Kent | Conservative |
‡ former MP
It has been announced that the following people are to be created life peers, but their titles have not yet been created: [1]
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