James Norwich Arbuthnot,Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom,,is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997,and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015.
Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind is a British politician who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1986 to 1997,and most recently as chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament from 2010 to 2015. He is also known for his advocacy of a pro-European stance within his party's policies.
Stephen Daniel Twigg is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. He served as Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005,and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019.
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.
Sir Peter James Bottomley is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1975 until 2024,last representing Worthing West. First elected at a by-election in the former constituency of Woolwich West,he served as its MP until its abolition at the 1983 general election,and then for the Eltham constituency which replaced it,until 1997. He moved to his last constituency at the 1997 general election,which he lost to Labour's Beccy Cooper in the 2024 general election.
Henry Campbell Bellingham,Baron Bellingham is a British Conservative politician who sits in the House of Lords and former barrister. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Norfolk in 1983. He lost his seat in 1997,but regained it in 2001 and retained it until standing down in 2019.
William Michael Hardy Spicer,Baron Spicer,was a British politician and life peer who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 2010 until 2019. He served as Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire from 1974 to 2010 and was a minister from 1984 to 1990. He later served as chairman of the 1922 Committee from 2001 to 2010.
Kenneth Wilfred Baker,Baron Baker of Dorking,is a British politician,Conservative Member of Parliament from 1968 to 1997,and a cabinet minister,including holding the offices of Home Secretary,Education Secretary and Conservative Party Chairman. He is a life member of the Tory Reform Group.
Sir Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cotswolds,formerly Cirencester and Tewkesbury,since 1992.
Jacques Arnold DL is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham in Kent from 1987,when he succeeded Tim Brinton,until he lost his seat in the landslide 1997 election. He is now a consultant and lecturer on Latin American Affairs as well as the author of a two-book series on political and genealogical subjects. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent in January 2013.
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour,Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar,was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour,3rd Baronet from 1977,having succeeded to his father's baronetcy,until he became a life peer in 1992. He was Secretary of State for Defence in 1974,in the government of Edward Heath. In the government of Margaret Thatcher,he was Lord Privy Seal from 1979 to 1981.
David Arthur Russell Howell,Baron Howell of Guildford,is a British Conservative Party politician,journalist,and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher,Howell has more recently been a Minister of State in the Foreign Office from the election in 2010 until the reshuffle of 2012. He has served as Chair of the House of Lords International Relations Committee since May 2016. Along with William Hague,Sir George Young and Kenneth Clarke,he is one of the few Cabinet ministers from the 1979–97 governments who continued to hold high office in the party,being its deputy leader in the House of Lords until 2010. His daughter,Frances,was married to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer,George Osborne.
Richard Napier Luce,Baron Luce,is a British politician. He is a former Lord Chamberlain to the Queen,serving from 2000 to 2006,and has been Governor of Gibraltar,a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1971 to 1992,and government minister,and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Sir Robert Michael Marshall,,usually known as Michael Marshall,was a British businessman,politician,cricketer and author.
Sir John Anthony Kershaw was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for 32 years,from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister,World War II cavalry officer,amateur rugby player and company director.
Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle,Baron Fanshawe of Richmond,,was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman.
The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to The London Gazette of 1 August 1997 and marked the May 1997 resignation of the Prime Minister,John Major.
The 2005 Dissolution Honours List was issued after the General Election of the same year on the advice of the Prime Minister,Tony Blair.
The February 1974 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 2 April 1974 following the dissolution of the United Kingdom parliament in preparation for a general election.
The 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the July 2019 resignation of the Prime Minister,Theresa May. The life peerages and other honours were issued as two separate lists by the Cabinet Office on 10 September 2019,while the honours were gazetted as one list on 28 October 2019.
