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Lord Porter was the Leader of South Holland District Council from 2003 to 2023. In 2013, he was made a CBE for services to local government and in 2015 he was elevated to the Lords. He was formerly the vice chairman and then…
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Lord Gascoigne was Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) from 14 November 2023 to 5 July 2024.
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Lord Geidt was the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests.
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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park was the Minister for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from October 2022 to June 2023. He was pre…
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Lord Green was appointed Minister of State for Trade and Investment on 11 January 2011 and leads on FCO relations with British Business. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Political career Lord Green began hi…
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Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt was unpaid Minister for Investment jointly at the Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy between 18 March 2020 and 7 July 2022. Befo…
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Lord Harlech was Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) from 22 September 2022 to 5 July 2024.
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Richard Harrington was Minister of State (Minister for Refugees) jointly in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Home Office between 8 March 2022 and 6 September 2022. He was previously Parliament…
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Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Transport on 8 July 2024.
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Lord Robin Hodgson has more than 40 years’ experience in the private equity, securities and investment banking industries. He co-founded the private equity and investment banking specialist group Granville in 1979, and spear…
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Lord Hogan-Howe, of Sheffield served as Commissioner for the London Metropolitan police between 2011-2017. Prior to this he was HM Inspector of Constabulary (2009-2011) and Chief Constable of Merseyside police (2004-2009). H…
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Lord Jeremy Heywood stood down as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service in October 2018. Lord Jeremy Heywood was appointed Cabinet Secretary following the announcement of Sir Gus O’Donnell’s retirement in December …
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Lord John Alderdice was appointed as a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 1 September 2010 and was reappointed on 1 September 2013. His term will end on 31 August 2016. He has been a Liberal Democrat memb…
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Lord John Russell 1st Earl Russell served as Prime Minister between 1846 to 1852 and 1865 to 1866. Read more about the life and achievements of Lord John Russell 1st Earl Russell in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Lord Dominic Johnson of Lainston CBE was Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade between 7 February 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State (Minister for Investment) in the Department for…
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Lord Evans of Weardale was appointed as Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 25 October 2018 for a five year term. He replaces Lord (Paul) Bew, who has chaired the Committee since August 2013. Jonathan Evans…
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Lord Evans of Weardale spent 33 years in the UK Security Service, six as Director General. During his career he has worked on counter-espionage and counter-terrorism, both international and domestic, including initiatives ag…
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Lord Justice Edis was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1980 and took Silk in 1997. Bencher of Middle Temple 2004. Between 2000 and 2006 he was Head of Chambers at Atlantic Chambers, Liverpool. Senior Treasury Counsel at …
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Lord Justice Fulford was appointed Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales on 1 January 2016. Sir Adrian Fulford was made a Recorder of the Crown Court in 1995 (reappointed in 2001). Sir Adrian became a High Court judge…
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Lord Justice Gross was appointed Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales in January 2013. He is also a Master of the Bench at the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. His previous roles include: Deputy Senior Presiding Jud…
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Lord Justice Haddon-Cave was called to the Bar in 1978 (G) and called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1980. He specialised in shipping and aviation law and acted in a number of notable UK aviation and marine disaster cases such as M…
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Lord Justice Sullivan was appointed Senior President of Tribunals in June 2012. Sir Jeremy Sullivan has specialised in administrative law throughout his career. As Chairman of the Tribunals Committee of the Judicial Studies …
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Lord Kamall was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business and Trade between May 2023 and August 2024. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media a…
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The Lord Katz MBE was appointed as a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) on 11 April 2025.
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Lord Khan of Burnley was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 9 July 2024.
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Lord (Larry) Whitty is a Labour peer. He was a member of the House of Lords EU Select Committee and Chair of its Sub Committee on the internal market, dealing intensively with Brexit and related matters until July 2019. Lord…
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Lord Lemos CMG CBE was appointed as Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) on 22 July 2025. Lord Lemos joined HMPPS as Lead Non-Executive Board Member on 1 May 2018. He chairs the Agency Board. He is Chair of English Heritage, Na…
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Lord Leong CBE was appointed Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) on 11 July 2024.
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Lord Livermore was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 8 July 2024.
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Lord Livingston was appointed Minister of State for Trade and Investment on 11 December 2013 and leads on FCO relations with British Business. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Career outside politics Lord L…
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Lord Markham was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care between 22 September 2022 and 5 July 2024. He has extensive experience across the public, private and voluntary sectors. Pre…
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Lord (Michael) German led the Liberal Democrat group on Cardiff City Council for 12 years between 1983 and 1995. In 1997 he was awarded the OBE for political and community service in Wales. In 1999 he was elected to represen…
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Lord Moraes OBE was Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) from 10 February 2025 to 22 July 2025.
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Lord Mott was Lord in Waiting between 2 June 2023 and 14 November 2023.
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Simon, Lord Murray, was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office between 30 October 2022 and 14 November 2023. He was previously Minister of State at the Home Office between 7 October 2022 and 30 October 202…
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In July 2020, Lord Nash was appointed to the role of Government Lead Non-Executive Director, for a three-year term. Lord Nash is also a Cabinet Office Non-Executive Director. He became a life peer as Baron Nash on 21 January…
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Neil Mendoza is Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal and Provost of Oriel College, Oxford University. In 2017 he led two government reviews, ‘The Mendoza Review: an independent review of museums in England’ and a s…
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Lord Newby was appointed as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard in May 2012. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Education He was educated at Rothwe…
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Malcolm Offord is a Scottish businessman who was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Business and Trade from 24 April 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was also previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of S…
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Jim O’Neill worked for Goldman Sachs from 1995 until April 2013, spending most of his time there as Chief Economist. He chaired the Cities Growth Commission in the UK until October 2014 when it provided its final recommendat…
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Lord O’Shaughnessy was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health between 2016 and 2018 and a Government Whip (Lord in Waiting) between 2016 and 2017. Lord O’Shaughnessy was a senior fellow at the Leg…
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 30 September 2021 to 20 September 2022 and from 29 October 2022 to 5 July 2024. He was also a Lord …
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Lord Bew was Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life from 2013 - 2018.
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Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) on 9 July 2024.
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In January 2013, Lord Popat was appointed to become a Minister of the Crown and Government Whip in the House of Lords. He was also appointed to become a Lord-in-Waiting. Lords Whip for: Department for Business, Skills and In…
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Lord Price was appointed Minister of State at the Department for International Trade on 16 July 2016. He was originally appointed to the same ministerial role at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and t…
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Lord Prior of Brampton was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 21 December 2016 to 27 October 2017. Previously he served at the Department of Health as M…
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Lord Roborough was Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) from 1 December 2023 to 5 July 2024.
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Lord Sassoon was appointed as the first Commercial Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010 and appointed to the House of Lords in the same year. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education He was educated at E…
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Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Home Office between 20 September 2022 and 5 July 2024. Andrew was previously a Government Whip (Lord in Waiting) between 8 October 2021 and 20 Septe…