2010 Dissolution Honours

The 2010 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 28 May 2010 at the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The list was gazetted on 15 June.[1] Keith Hill was offered but declined a knighthood, saying he would find the title "embarrassing".[2]

Outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2009

Life Peerages

Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrats

Democratic Unionist Party

Crossbench

  • Sir Ian Blair - former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Working Peers

Conservative

  • Guy Vaughan Black - former Director of Press Complaints Commission and Executive Director of Telegraph Media Group.
  • Dame Margaret Eaton OBE - Chairman of Local Government Association.
  • Edward Peter Lawless Faulks QC - 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 OBE DL FRSA - Chief Executive of Tomorrow's People, national employment charity working in deprived areas of UK.
  • Nat Wei - 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 DL - senior figure in English local government and first Chairman of the Local Government Association.
  • Rt Hon. Paul Boateng - former Government Minister and MP for Brent South.
  • Rita Margaret Donaghy CBE - former Chair Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
  • Jeannie Drake - former Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union.
  • Dr Dianne Hayter - Chair of Legal Services Consumer Panel.
  • Anna Healy - 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 Lawrie Liddell - 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 Stephen Monks - General Secretary, European Trades Union Confederation.
  • Sue Nye - former Director of Government Relations, Prime Minister's Office.
  • Maeve Sherlock OBE - 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 MBE - Director of Organisation and Staff Development for the public service union UNISON.
  • Michael Williams - former Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs.

Liberal Democrats

  • Floella Benjamin OBE DL - actor, presenter and campaigner for children's issues.
  • Mike German OBE AM - former Deputy First Minister (Wales).
  • Meral Hussein Ece OBE - Local Government Councillor in Islington, advocate of equality issues.
  • Sir Kenneth (Ken) Macdonald QC - former Director of Public Prosecutions.
  • Kathryn (Kate) Jane Parminter - former Chief Executive of Campaign to Protect Rural England.
  • John Shipley OBE - leading Local Government Councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Knights Bachelor

Privy Council

References

  1. "No. 59459". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2010. p. 11151.
  2. "Former Streatham MP turns down knighthood". Streatham Guardian. 18 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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