RISHI SUNAK'S RESIGNATION HONOURS LIST
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has named 36 people in his resignation honours list.
The list primarily is made up of former high-profile Conservative ministers, and a host of former advisers who worked for Sunak behind the scenes in No 10.
Peerages
Michael Gove - Held several cabinet roles under four prime ministers, including education, housing and justice. Now editor of the Spectator magazine.
Mark Harper - Former transport secretary and an ex-Tory chief whip.
Simon Hart - Served as Rishi Sunak's chief whip, and was previously Boris Johnson's Wales secretary.
Sir Alister William Jack - Served as Scotland secretary under three prime ministers.
Stephen Massey - Held the role of chief executive officer of the Conservative Party during Sunak's leadership.
Victoria Prentis - Served as attorney general and held other junior ministerial posts.
Eleanor Shawcross - Conservative adviser who ran Sunak's No 10 Policy Unit.
Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Andrew Mitchell - Former international development secretary who went on to serve as David Cameron's number two in the Foreign Office in Sunak's government.
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Theresa Villiers - Held the rural affairs and Northern Ireland posts under two prime ministers, and was a prominent early backer of the campaign to leave the EU.
Knighthood
James Anderson OBE - Cricketer who holds the all-time record for wickets taken for England. Sunak is a keen cricket fan.
James Cleverly - Former British Army soldier who served as foreign secretary and home secretary under Sunak.
Jeremy Hunt - Held several high-profile cabinet positions over 14 years, including foreign secretary and chancellor under Sunak.
Grant Shapps - Held ministerial or cabinet roles under four prime ministers, including as transport and defence Secretary.
Mel Stride - Served as Sunak's work and pensions secretary, and now holds the role of Tory shadow chancellor.
Matthew Vaughan - Film director known for the Kingsman series and X-Men reboots. A long-standing Conservative Party supporter.
Companion in the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
Elizabeth Perelman - Served as Sunak's principle private secretary, a senior civil service position working in Downing Street.
Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
John Bew - A foreign policy expert who advised three Conservative prime ministers, and continues to advise Sir Keir Starmer.
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Nerissa Chesterfield - Former director of communications at No 10.
Cassian Horowitz - Sunak's former special adviser.
Lisa Lovering - Ran operations in Downing Street during Sunak's premiership.
William Tanner - Sunak's former deputy chief of staff.
Rupert Yorke - Also a former deputy chief of staff.
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Eden Barnes - Former head of events and visits at No 10.
Aidan Corley - A former special adviser who ran research and messaging in No 10 under Sunak.
Douglas McNeill - Served as Sunak's chief economic adviser.
James Nation - Was the deputy director of the No 10 policy unit.
Jamie Njoku-Goodwin - A former special adviser who worked for Sunak and other Tory ministers.
Lucy Noakes - Sunak's former press secretary.
Timothy Pitt - Former special adviser.
Robert Trotter - Sunak's ex-official speechwriter.
Henry de Zoete - Advised Sunak on artificial intelligence.
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Ronald Kirk - A long-standing former Conservative councillor who served on Hambleton District Council.
Yvonne Peacock - A Conservative councillor who, like Mr Kirk, is based in North Yorkshire - where Sunak's Richmond seat is located.
George Livesey - Worked as Sunak's senior parliamentary assistant.
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
David McCormick - Collections manager at Chequers, the official country residence of the prime minister.
Emma Paterson - Head housekeeper at Chequers.
Well, well, well, say no more! If you lie and cheat nation you are rewarded as Rishi Sunak demonstrate with his honour list after he resigned from his duty as our Prime Minister.
Does my statement hold any water? Of course, hold a lot of water.
Rishi started fiddling with appointment of David Cameron as foreign minister, which gave him title “Lord”. Started and going further with Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords. The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers but stood down as an MP before last July's general election. Reward to do all the lies and mess with Boris Johnson and then serving under Rishi Sunak, Micheal Gove gets peerage for which he is entitle to tax-free allowance of £131,765 plus travel expenses on tax payers expenses. A key ally of Sunak, Gove was appointed his secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities in October 2022, a role he also held under Boris Johnson. Other cabinet roles he has held include environment secretary, justice secretary and education secretary. A leading figure in the Brexit campaign alongside Johnson, the pair had a fraught relationship. In 2016 Gove derailed his friend's leadership hopes by running against him. Later, in the dying days of Johnson's premiership he was sacked after urging the PM to resign.
Meanwhile, former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods. Sir Jeremy was brought in by Liz Truss as chancellor after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng following her disastrous mini-Budget. His moves to scrap almost all the tax cuts his predecessor had promised helped to calm financial markets. He continued the role under Sunak but returned to the backbenches when Kemi Badenoch took over as Conservative leader. The MP for Godalming and Ash, who first joined the Commons in 2005, has also served as culture secretary in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics, foreign secretary and health secretary.
Cleverly held the role of foreign secretary under Truss and Sunak, before moving to home secretary. He ruled out serving in the shadow cabinet of Sunak's successor, after he was unexpectedly knocked out of the leadership contest before the final round. The other Conservative figures knighted are former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and former Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride, who currently serves as Badenoch's shadow chancellor.
Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, who was first elected in 1987, has been appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Others to be honoured include former Northern Ireland Secretary and Brexit campaigner Theresa Villiers, who is made a dame.
Former Chief Whip Simon Hart and former Scottish Secretary Sir Alister Jack, who stepped down as MPs ahead of last summer's general election, are among those to get peerages. Sir Alister served as Scottish secretary from 2019 until he stood down, later receiving a knighthood in Sunak's previous round of honours in July 2024. During the election campaign, he was the most senior politician to be caught up in the row over government insiders gambling on the date of the poll.
The former MP for Dumfries and Galloway admitted placing three bets but has previously said he did not breach any rules and has not been investigated by the Gambling Commission. Hart spent nearly two years as Sunak's chief whip, responsible for party discipline and ensuring MPs vote with the government.
The publication of his parliamentary diaries last month, which included stories of an MP being trapped in a brothel and politicians demanding knighthoods, caused a stir in Westminster and were criticised by some Tories for revealing the secrets of his time in government.
Also joining the House of Lords are former Transport Secretary Mark Harper, former Attorney General Victoria Prentis, former Conservative Party chief executive Stephen Massey and Eleanor Shawcross, who ran Sunak's policy unit in Downing Street.
Meanwhile, it was confirmed former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has been given a peerage, after being nominated by Badenoch.
Make no mistake: Rewards for the failure of a dreadful and disgraceful Conservative government under Rishi Sunak is slap in to our faces. The same was under Boris Johnson and previous therefore was rightly kicked out of office. Fingers crossed not to come back ever again.
Other my articles on Rishi Sunak includes:
WHAT IS TORIES LEGACY AFTER BEING 14 YEARS IN POWER
TORY DOOM AND GLOOM DEEPENS AFTER DOUBLE POLL BLOW
RISHI SUNAK- FOOLISHNESS OR COMPLETE MADNESS?
RISHI SUNAK AND THE HOUSE OF CARDS
