The 2010 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 28 May 2010 at the advice of the outgoing

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. Previously, he was Chancellor of the Ex ...

. The list was

gazetted A gazette is an official journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper. In English and French speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name ''Gazette'' since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers ...

on 15 June.

Life peerages

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

* Timothy Eric Boswell, former Whip and Parliamentary secretary at the

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

. * Angela Frances Browning, former Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. * Rt Hon. John Selwyn Gummer, former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. * Rt Hon.

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposi ...

, , former

Home Secretary The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office. The position is a Great Office of State, maki ...

, Leader of the Conservative Party. * John Craddock Maples, former Economic Secretary. * Sir

Michael Spicer William Michael Hardy Spicer, Baron Spicer, (22 January 1943 – 29 May 2019) 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 Worces ...

, former Government Minister for Housing and Chairman of

Parliamentary and Scientific Committee The UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (P&SC) is a United Kingdom parliamentary organization established in 1939. It is an all-party parliamentary group. Overview The P&SC provides a forum for scientific and technological issues in the UK. ...

. Labour * Rt Hon. Hilary Jane Armstrong, former

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Excluding the prime minister, the chancellor is the highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the prime minister ...

and

Minister for Social Exclusion Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

. * Rt Hon. Desmond (Des) Henry Browne, former

Secretary of State for Defence The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence. As a senior minister, the incumbent is a member of the ...

. * Rt Hon.

Quentin Davies John Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (29 May 1944 – 13 January 2025) was a British Labour politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987 to 2010. He served as a junior defe ...

, former Government Minister, Defence. * Rt Hon.

Beverley Hughes Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford (born 30 March 1950) is a British politician who most recently served as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime between 2017 and 2023. A member of the Labour Party, Hughes ...

, former Minister of State, Children, Schools and Families. * Rt Hon. John Hutton, former Secretary of State for Business. * Rt Hon. James (Jim) Philip Knight, Former

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. * Rt Hon.

Tommy McAvoy Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy, Baron McAvoy, (14 December 1943 – 8 March 2024) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords from 2010 until his death in 2024. He served as Member of Parliament ...

, former Government Deputy Chief Whip. * Rt Hon. John McFall, former Chair of

Treasury Select Committee The House of Commons Treasury Committee (often referred to as the Treasury Select Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee is responsible for examining and scrutinizing the ...

and MP for

West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire (; , ) is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland, local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the north-west of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages. ...

. * Rt Hon. John Leslie Prescott, former

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

and

First Secretary of State First Secretary of State is an office that is sometimes held by a minister of the Crown Minister of the Crown is a formal constitutional term used in Commonwealth realms to describe a minister of the reigning sovereign or viceroy. The term ...

. * Rt Hon. Dr John Reid. * Rt Hon. Angela Evans Smith (of Basildon), former Minister of State,

Cabinet Office The Cabinet Office is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for supporting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister and Cabinet ...

. * Rt Hon. James Donnelly (Don) Touhig, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans), Ministry of Defence. * Rt Hon. Michael David Wills, former Minister of State,

Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

. Liberal Democrats *

Richard Allan Richard Beecroft Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam (born 11 February 1966), is a British politician. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from 1997 to 2005. He was made a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honour ...

, former MP for Sheffield Hallam and Chair of the Information Select Committee. * Matthew Owen John Taylor, former MP for

Truro and St Austell Truro and St Austell was a county constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from its 1997 creation to its 2010 abolition by Matthew Taylor of the Liberal Democrats, who was appointed a life peer in the ...

, Chair of

National Housing Federation The National Housing Federation (NHF) is a trade association for member housing associations in England. Function The National Housing Federation (NHF) is a trade or industry body representing providers of social housing in England. The Federati ...

. * George Philip (Phil) Willis, former MP for

Harrogate and Knaresborough Harrogate and Knaresborough () is a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in North Yorkshire which has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, ...

, Former Chair of

Science and Technology Select Committee The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The original Science and Technology Committee was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Univ ...

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist, Ulster loyalism, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who ...

* Rt Hon. Ian R K Paisley, former

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and DUP Leader.

Crossbench A crossbencher is a minor party or independent politician, independent member of some legislatures, such as the Parliament of Australia. In the British House of Lords the term refers to members of the parliamentary group of non-political peers. ...

* Sir

Ian Blair Ian Warwick Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, (born 19 March 1953) is a British retired police officer who held the position of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2005 to 2008. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1974 under a gra ...

, former

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Sir Mark Rowley was appointed to the post on 8 July 2022 after Dame Cressida Dick announced her resignation in February 2022. The rank of Comm ...

Working peers

* Guy Vaughan Black, former Director of Press Complaints Commission and executive director of Telegraph Media Group. * Dame Margaret Eaton, , Chairman of Local Government Association. * Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, , barrister, leading practitioner, crime and personal injuries practice. * John Gardiner, Deputy Chief Executive of Countryside Alliance. * Helen Margaret Newlove, campaigner against anti-social behaviour. * Doral Amarshi Popat, businessman, Chief Executive of TLC Group, specialising in healthcare and hospitality. * Shireen Olive Ritchie, Local Government Councillor, specialises in areas of adult and children's social care. * Deborah Stedman-Scott, , Chief Executive of Tomorrow's People, national employment charity working in deprived areas of UK. *

Nat Wei Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei, Baron Wei (; born 19 January 1977), also known as Nat Wei, is an English social entrepreneur and advisor on technology, with an interest in social reform. He is the first British-born person of Hong Kong origin to have ...

, a member of Teach First's founding team and also a founder of Future Leaders. * Hon Simon Adam Wolfson, Chief Executive of NEXT plc. Labour * Sir Jeremy Hugh Beecham, ,- senior figure in English local government and first Chairman of the Local Government Association. * Rt Hon.

Paul Boateng Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng, (born 14 June 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, a former civil rights lawyer and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister in M ...

, former Government Minister and MP for Brent South. * Rita Margaret Donaghy, , former Chair Conciliation and Arbitration Service. * Jeannie Drake, former Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union. * Dr

Dianne Hayter Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (born 7 September 1949) is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lord ...

, Chair of Legal Services Consumer Panel. *

Anna Healy Anna Mary Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 10 May 1955) is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. Career She graduated with a BA in Modern History & Politics from Royal Holloway College in 1976 and has work ...

, former Government and political adviser, serving in numerous government departments. * Roy Kennedy, Labour Party's Director of Finance and Compliance, long serving member of the Labour Party. * Rt Hon.

Helen Liddell Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke PC (' Reilly; born 6 December 1950) is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2003 and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2005 t ...

, former Secretary State of Scotland. * Roger John Liddle, former Special Adviser on Europe. * Rt Hon. Dr Jack Wilson McConnell, former First Minister of Scotland. *

John Monks John Stephen Monks, Baron Monks (born 5 August 1945) is a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords and former trade unionist leader, who served as the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003. ...

, General Secretary, European Trades Union Confederation. * Sue Nye, former Director of Government Relations, Prime Minister's Office. *

Maeve Sherlock Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock, (born 10 November 1960) is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she is an ordained priest of the Church of England. Early lif ...

, former Chief Executive of the Refugee Council and Former Special Advisor to Chancellor. * Robert Wilfrid (Wilf) Stevenson, former Director of the Smith Institute and Special Adviser to the PM. * Margaret Wheeler, , Director of Organisation and Staff Development for the public service union UNISON. * Michael Williams, former Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs. Liberal Democrats *

Floella Benjamin Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin (born 23 September 1949), is a Trinidadian-British actress, singer, presenter, author and politician. She is known as presenter of children's programmes such as ''Play School (British TV series), ...

, , actor, presenter and campaigner for children's issues. *

Mike German Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documen ...

, , former Deputy First Minister (Wales). * Meral Hussein Ece, , Local Government Councillor in Islington, advocate of equality issues. * Sir Kenneth (Ken) Macdonald, , former Director of Public Prosecutions. * Kathryn (Kate) Jane Parminter, former Chief Executive of Campaign to Protect Rural England. * John Shipley, , leading Local Government Councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Knights Bachelor

* William O’Brien, formerly MP for Normanton. * The Right Honourable

Ian McCartney Sir Ian McCartney (born 25 April 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield from 1987 to 2010. McCartney served in Tony Blair's Cabinet from 2003 until 2007, when Gordon Brown became Prim ...

, formerly Minister of State for the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. The office was created on 2 ...

and for the

Department of Trade and Industry Department of Trade and Industry may refer to: Current * Department of Trade and Industry (Isle of Man) * Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) * Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (South Africa) Former * Department of Trade ...

Refusals

Outgoing Labour MP Keith Hill claimed he was offered a knighthood but declined it, saying he would find the title "embarrassing".

References

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