Sentences with phrase «awarding peerages»

In 2005, he was awarded a peerage, becoming a government minister without ever having been elected to parliament.

Of all Gordon Brown's decisions — both good and bad — the most questionable, perhaps the oddest, and certainly the most irritating, was to award a peerage to Digby Jones and invite him into his government as trade minister.

Oates, who was recently awarded a peerage in the dissolution honours list, confirmed to us that he was «writing something».

But after Dave recently awarded him a peerage, where will the top Tory possibly find the time to make it to the House of Lords?

«Whilst I would expect former party leaders departing the Commons to be awarded a peerage automatically on leaving the Commons, it is nonetheless worth making the case for the ennoblement of Michael Howard.

So with that in mind, which of the retiring Conservative MPs should be awarded a peerage?

Now we discover that at around that time he learnt his deputy chairman and billionaire donor Lord Ashcroft had broken a promise made to his party and the public when he was awarded his peerage.

But Prescott - who is widely expected to be awarded a peerage in the coming days - is showing no sign of wanting to leave the political stage.

The rebellion was quashed, and a month later new Labour founder - and long - time Brown enemy - Peter Mandelson was awarded a peerage and brought back into the government as Brown's right - hand man.

Not exact matches

Sugg, awarded a CBE last year for her service, was another spad to get an honour in the wake of Cameron's departure, being given a life peerage.

In the late 19th century, peerages began to be awarded to industrialists with increasing frequency.

The discussions involving Mr Martin are believed to be around him taking a peerage rather than the Chiltern Hundreds — meaning he would be in line for the expenses awarded to peers.

Lord Alton of Liverpool was Liberal (later Liberal Democrat) MP in Liverpool between 1979 and 1997, when he stood down from the Commons and was awarded a life peerage.

Mr Cameron reportedly intends to award 29 peerages to Tory donors and other political allies, with 15 for Mr Clegg's Liberal Democrats.

Mark Field MP wrote yesterday that the next Conservative Government should restrict the awarding of any future peerages to those taking up ministerial appointments - or at the very least to stop any retiring MP tainted by the expenses scandal from being ennobled - in advance of creating an elected second chamber.

Jeremy Corbyn wants to hand the nominations for Labour awards and peerages to local party members in a shake - up of the honours system, according to a report.

She has also been regularly selected for The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibitions and was awarded the Burke's Peerage Foundation Prize for Classically Inspired Portraiture in 2015.

Speakers Traditionally, peerages are awarded to former Speakers of the House of Commons.

The new judge has not been given a peerage, but he has been awarded the courtesy title of «Lord», as occurs in Scotland when judges are appointed to the Court of Session.