The UK Government has published the list of new Political Peerages to be conferred in December 2025, spanning nominations from the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Conservative Party, and Crossbench appointments.[1]
Labour Party Nominations
The Leader of the Labour Party has nominated 25 individuals for life peerages. The list includes former public servants, political advisers, senior local government figures, and experts from sectors such as investment, education, technology and civil protection:
- Andy (Andrew) Roe KSFM – Chair of the National Building Safety Regulator and former London Fire Commissioner
- Dame Ann Limb DBE DL – Former Further Education College Principal and chair of multiple civic bodies
- Brenda Dacres OBE – Mayor of Lewisham
- Carol Linforth OBE – Former Labour Party Chief of Staff – Operations
- Catherine MacLeod – Former journalist and political adviser, and Non-Executive Director at the Scotland Office
- David Isaac CBE – Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, Chair of the University of the Arts London, Chair of the Henry Moore Foundation
- David Pitt-Watson – Responsible investment expert
- Farmida Bi CBE – Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
- Professor Geeta Nargund – Fertility specialist and health equality campaigner
- Katie Martin – Former Chief of Staff to the Chancellor
- Joe Docherty – Northern Powergrid Foundation Chair, former Chair of Council, Durham University
- Len (Leonard) Duvall OBE – Chair of the London Assembly and Leader of the London Assembly Labour Group
- Matthew Doyle – Former director of communications to the Prime Minister and for the Labour Party
- Sir Michael Barber – University of Exeter chancellor and Government adviser
- Neena Gill CBE – Former Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands
- Nick (Nicholas) Forbes CBE – Chair, Breaking Down Barriers Commission and former Labour Leader, Newcastle City Council
- Peter Babudu – Executive Director of Impact on Urban Health, former councillor in Southwark
- Peter John OBE – Former Southwark leader and former Chair of London Councils.
- Richard Walker OBE – Iceland Foods executive chairman
- Russell Hobby CBE – Education sector leader, former CEO of Teach First and former General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers
- Cllr. Dr Sara Hyde – Islington council’s Executive Member for Health and Social Care, and Fabian Society chair
- Cllr. Shama Tatler – Brent councillor and Vice-Chair of the London Labour Regional Executive, Patron of the Labour Housing Group and Head of the Labour Group Office at the Local Government Association
- Dr Sophy Antrobus MBE – Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Freeman Air and Space Institute at King’s College London
- Tracey Paul – Communications chief and former policy adviser
- Uday Nagaraju – Technology consultant and founder of AI Policy Labs
Liberal Democrat Nominations
The Liberal Democrats have put forward five nominees for life peerages:
- Mike Dixon – Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats
- Dominic Hubbard (Lord Addington) – Liberal Democrat spokesperson on disabilities in the House of Lords and Honorary President of the British Dyslexia Association
- Rhiannon Leaman – Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Liberal Democrats
- John Russell (Earl Russell) – Liberal Democrat spokesperson for energy and climate change in the House of Lords
- Sarah Teather – Charity leader, former MP for Brent East and Brent Central and former Minister of State at the Department for Education
Conservative Party Nominations
Three figures have been nominated by the Conservative Party:
- Sharron Davies MBE – Olympic swimmer and women’s rights campaigner
- Simon Heffer – Historian and author
- The Rt Hon Sir John Redwood – Former Cabinet minister and long-serving MP
Crossbench Nominee
One crossbench nominee has also been put forward:
- Charles Kinnoull (The Earl of Kinnoull) DL – Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and convenor of the Crossbench peers
These appointments are submitted to His Majesty The King for formal conferment as life peerages, entitling recipients to take seats in the House of Lords.
These peerages achieve a redressing of the party-political imbalance in the House of Lords, wherein The Labour Party has 209 members, as opposed to the 282 Conservative peers. As there are around 800 peers who are eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords,[2] Labour has been facing increasing resistance to its legislative agenda, including the Employment Rights Bill.[3]
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References:
[1] Gov UK, Political Peerages December 2025, 10 December 2025, link
[2] UK Parliament, Membership of the House of Lords, link
[3] The Financial Times, UK Government suffers fresh setback to flagship workers’ rights legislation, 10 December 2025, link
