Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year 2023, in pictures

Looking back, 2023 didn’t have all of the fireworks that the previous 12 months brought. As December fast approaches, both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer remain in post – a change from 2022 and the year of four Chancellors, three premiers and two monarchs as well. But at this year’s Spectator Parliamentarian Awards, the gossip was in full flow this evening as the great and the good descended on London’s Rosewood Hotel to mix and mingle.

Among those in attendance were Home Secretary James Cleverly and his recently-axed predecessor Suella Braverman, with Jon Ashworth, Peter Kyle and Grant Shapps among those spotted by Mr S. ‘All political careers end in hosting The Spectator awards,’ began Sajid Javid as tonight’s Master of Ceremonies. Suella Braverman stole the headlines with an intriguing acceptance speech in which she took aim at No. 10 for disrupting her migration plans.

A full list of the winners can be found below:

Survivor of the Year: Grant Shapps