2015 Dissolution Honours

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The 2015 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 27 August 2015 upon the advice of the Prime Minister, David Cameron. The Life Peerages were announced separately from the other appointments, while it was gazetted as a single list on 22 September 2015. [1]

Contents

Life Peerages

Conservative Party

Liberal Democrats

Labour Party

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Insignia of a Knight Bachelor

Knights Bachelor

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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References

  1. "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17613.