Fourteen months after Liz Truss left Downing Street, her list of resignation honours has today finally been finally published. It contains eleven names, three of whom receive peerages and will take up seats in the House of Lords. Four of the recipients are, like Truss, sitting Conservative MPs in the House of Commons. Here is the full list of those who have received gongs:
Peerages:
Matthew Elliott
Political Strategist and formerly Chief Executive of Vote Leave.
Jon Moynihan
Formerly CEO and Executive Chairman of PA Consulting Group. Formerly Chairman of Vote Leave.
Ruth Porter
Deputy Chief of Staff to the former Prime Minister in 2022.
Order of the British Empire –Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire:
Shirley Conran
For services to mathematics education as founder of the Maths Anxiety Trust.
Jacqueline Doyle-Price MP
For public and political service as Minister of State for Industry and Member of Parliament for Thurrock.
Order of the British Empire – Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire:
Alec Shelbrooke MP
For public and political service as Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Member of Parliament for Elmet and Rothwell.
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