2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

David Cameron

The 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the July 2016 resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron.^[1][2][3] The life peerages and other honours were issued as two separate lists by the Cabinet Office on 4 August 2016 and all honours were gazetted as one list on 16 August 2016.^[4] This was the first Prime Minister's Resignation Honours since 1997.^[2][5]

On 22 July 2016, it emerged that officials in the Cabinet Office and the House of Lords Appointments Commission had blocked the list, citing ethical concerns about some of the intended recipients of honours, particularly those destined for the peerage.^[6] Many of the names of those honoured were leaked and published in the press on 31 July.^[7] On 1 August, Downing Street spokesperson said that the new prime minister, Theresa May, would not intervene in Cameron's resignation honours.^[8]

Life peerages

Conservative nominations

• Gabrielle Bertin
• Olivia Bloomfield
• Jonathan Caine
• Camilla Cavendish
• The Honourable Andrew Fraser
• Jitesh Gadhia
• Timothy Kirkhope MEP
• The Right Honourable Ed Llewellyn OBE
• Cllr Mark McInnes CBE
• Cllr Philippa Roe
• Liz Sugg CBE
• Charlotte Vere
• Laura Wyld

Labour nomination

• Shami Chakrabarti CBE

Crossbench nominations

• Sir Nicholas Macpherson GCB
• Sir Peter Ricketts GCMG GCVO

Order of the Companions of Honour

Companion (CH)

• The Right Honourable George Osborne MP, for political and public service.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Knight Commander (KCB)

• The Right Honourable Michael Fallon MP, for political and public service.

Companion (CB)

• Nicholas Howard OBE, for public service.

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• The Right Honourable Hugo Swire MP, for political and public service.

Knights Bachelor

• Andrew Cook CBE, for political service.
• The Right Honourable Oliver Letwin MP, for political and public service.
• The Right Honourable Patrick McLoughlin MP, for political and public service.
• Craig Oliver for political and public service.

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

• The Right Honourable Caroline Spelman MP, for political and public service.
• Arabella Warbuton MBE, for political and public service.

Commander (CBE)

• Helen Bower-Easton, for public service.
• The Right Honourable John Hayes MP, for political and public service.
• The Right Honourable Nick Herbert MP, for political and public service.
• Ramsay Jones, for political and public service.
• Tim Kiddell, for public service.
• Daniel Korski, for political and public service.
• The Right Honourable David Lidington MP, for political and public service.
• Will Straw, for political and public service.
• Graeme Wilson, for political and public service.
• The Right Honourable Gavin Williamson MP, for political and public service.

Officer (OBE)

• Julian Glover, for political and public service.
• Kathryn Jenkins, for political service.
• Neil O'Brien, for political and public service.
• Lena Pietsch, for political and public service.
• Thea Rogers, for political and public service.
• Alan Sendorek, for political and public service.
• Isabel Spearman, for political and public service.
• Sheridan Westlake, for political and public service.
• Natasha Whitmill, for political service.
• Eleanor Wolfson, for political and public service.

Member (MBE)

• Adam Atashzai, for political and public service.
• Jessica Cunniffe, for political and public service.
• Martha Gutierrez Velez, for public service.
• Richard Jackson, for political service.
• Giles Kenningham, for political and public service.
• David McFarlane, for political service.
• Richard Parr, for political and public service.
• Caroline Preston, for political and public service.
• Jane Robertson, for political service.
• Nick Seddon, for political service.
• Nikki Shale, for political service.
• Kate Shouesmith, for political and public service.
• Sean Storey, for public service.
• Charlotte Todman, for public service.
• Laura Trott, for political and public service.
• Martha Varney, for political and public service.

See also

• 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
• 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

References

1. "Research Briefings - Resignation Honours: Peerage Creations since 1958". researchbriefings.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
2. Hope, Christopher; Swinford, Steven (12 July 2016). "Number 10 aides Ed Llewellyn and Craig Oliver to top 'Dave's cronies' resignation honours list". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
3. "Resignation Honours 2016". Cabinet Office. 4 August 2016.
4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61678. p. RH1. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
5. Groves, David (12 July 2016). "Final act as Prime Minister... David Cameron honours for his pals". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
6. Hughes, Laura (22 July 2016). "Whitehall mandarins block "cronies" honours list over ethical concerns". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
7. Lyons, James (31 July 2016). "Revealed: Cameron's honours for cronies". Sunday Times online. Retrieved 4 August 2016. (subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries)
8. "Theresa May 'won't intervene' in David Cameron's honours list". BBC News. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.