Keir Starmer honours: Full list of peerages awarded by outgoing prime minister
Sir Sadiq Khan will become a peer alongside 25 other new members of the House of Lords as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to leave office.
Labor will take his place on the red benches alongside the Mayor of London, former cabinet secretary Sir Chris Wormald and retired senior judge Sir Brian Leveson.
They appeared on a list of names published by Downing Street, at number 10, in which the King said he was “graciously pleased to indicate his intention to grant a judgement”.
A Government source said: “Sadiq was an excellent mayor who transformed London for the better, so this is fully deserved.
“He brought violent crime to record levels, cleaned up the capital’s air, delivered the Elizabeth Line and helped rebuild council houses in London.”
It is a long-established tradition for outgoing prime ministers to bestow peerages and other gongs on key allies after leaving office.
Here are the names that made Sir Keir Starmer’s honors list.
The Labor Party Leader’s candidacies are:
Alison Garnham – Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group.
Alison Lowe OBE – Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in West Yorkshire.
Barbara Mills KC – President of the Bar Council of England and Wales (2025), family law solicitor and Head of Joint Chamber at 4PB.
Cathy Ashley OBE – Chief Executive of the Family Rights Group and former Chair of the Holocaust Remembrance Day Foundation.
Christina McAnea – former General Secretary of UNISON.
June Sarpong OBE – Broadcaster, charity campaigner and social equality advocate.
Rt Hon Ken Macintosh DL – Former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
Kitty Ussher – British economist, former Member of Parliament for Burnley and former Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
Marcus Davey CBE – former CEO and Artistic Director of the Roundhouse.
Martin McTague OBE – National President of the Federation of Small Businesses.
Nick Stace OBE – Global Impact Officer at Howden Group.
Parvais Jabbar MBE – Human rights expert, co-founder and Executive Director of the Death Penalty Project.
Roberto Neri – CEO and UK Music Director of The Ivors Academy.
Rt Hon Sir Sadiq Khan – Mayor of London and former Member of Parliament for Tooting.
Saul Lehrfreund MBE – Human rights expert, co-founder and Executive Joint Director of the Death Penalty Project.
Tim J Smith CBE – Former Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency.
Candidates for the Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party:
Dave McCobb – Liberal Democrat Field Campaigns Director. Former Hull City Councilor for 22 years.
Hannah Kitching – Chairman of Yorkshire Liberal Democrats and Mayor of Penistone Town. Former NHS physiotherapist and Barnsley councillor.
Julia Aglionby – Executive Director, Joint Land Trust. Agricultural valuer and former Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate.
Mark Petterson – Director of Warwick Energy Limited. A pioneer of UK offshore wind and a long-time advisor to the Liberal Democrats.
Dr Tim Leunig – Chief Economist at Nesta and Visiting Professor at LSE. Former senior civil servant and economic advisor.
The Conservative Leader’s nominations are:
David Ross – Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Co-Founder of Carphone Warehouse, Sponsor and Chairman of the David Ross Education Trust, Founder of the Nevill Holt Festival and former Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery.
General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO – Lately Chief of Staff, British Army.
Professor Swaran Singh – Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry, University of Warwick; Consultant Psychiatrist, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust and former Equality and Human Rights Commissioner.
Crossbench Peerages Nominations:
Rt Hon Sir Brian Leveson – Investigatory Powers Commissioner. Former president of the Queen’s Bench Division and Lord Justice of Appeal. Former Chairman of the Sentencing Council and Chair of the Leveson Inquiry into Press Culture, Practices and Ethics.
Sir Chris Wormald KCB – Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service.
