Nigel Farage issues rattled response to Keir Starmer’s list of peerages

The full list of peerages given out by Keir Starmer has been revealed as the outgoing prime minister makes Mayor of London Sadiq Khan a lord.

Khan is one of 26 people to be nominated by Starmer for a peerage and a seat in the House of Lords as the King has already signed off on the nominations.

As is tradition, the prime minister submits a list of people he wants to receive a peerage when they are leaving Downing Street.

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The King gets the final say, but rarely denies the nominations.

Khan becoming a Lord does allow him to become a minister, but there has been no rumour of such a move under Andy Burnham’s incoming government.

There were nominations from the Labour Party, Lib Dems and Conservatives.

Sadiq Khan has been given a peerage. Credit: Getty.

Retired judge known for leading the Leveson Inquiry, Sir Brian Leveson, also received a peerage.

This clearly irked Reform leader Nigel Farage who bitterly posted on X: “The House of Lords appointments are the uniparty writ large.

“Once again there is nothing for Reform and we get an even more unrepresentative upper house.”

The full list of nominations published by Downing Street

Nominations from the Leader of the Labour Party:

1. Alison Garnham – Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group.
2. Alison Lowe OBE – Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in West Yorkshire.
3. Barbara Mills KC – Chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales (2025), family law barrister and Joint Head of Chambers at 4PB.
4. Cathy Ashley OBE – Chief Executive of Family Rights Group and former Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
5. Christina McAnea – Former General Secretary of UNISON.
6. June Sarpong OBE – Broadcaster, charity campaigner and social equity advocate.
7. The Rt Hon Ken Macintosh DL – Former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
8. Kitty Ussher – British economist, former Member of Parliament for Burnley and former Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
9. Marcus Davey CBE – Former CEO and Artistic Director of the Roundhouse.
10. Martin McTague OBE – National Chair of the Federation of Small Businesses.
11. Nick Stace OBE – Chief Global Impact Officer at Howden Group.
12. Parvais Jabbar MBE – Human rights expert, co-founder and Co-Executive Director of The Death Penalty Project.
13. Roberto Neri – CEO of The Ivors Academy and a Director of UK Music.
14. The Rt Hon Sir Sadiq Khan – Mayor of London and former Member of Parliament for Tooting.
15. Saul Lehrfreund MBE – Human rights expert, co-founder and Co-Executive Director of The Death Penalty Project.
16. Tim J Smith CBE – Former Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency.

Nominations from the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party:

1. Dave McCobb – Liberal Democrat Director of Field Campaigns. Former Hull City Councillor of 22 years.
2. Hannah Kitching – Chair of the Yorkshire Liberal Democrats and Town Mayor of Penistone. Former NHS physiotherapist and Barnsley councillor.
3. Julia Aglionby – Executive Director of the Foundation for Common Land. Agricultural valuer and former Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate.
4. Mark Petterson – Director of Warwick Energy Limited. Pioneer of UK offshore wind and long-standing adviser to the Liberal Democrats.
5. Dr Tim Leunig – Chief Economist at Nesta and Visiting Professor at LSE. Former senior civil servant and economic adviser.

Nominations from the Leader of the Conservatives:

1. David Ross – Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Co-Founder of Carphone Warehouse, Sponsor and Chair of David Ross Education Trust, Founder of the Nevill Holt Festival and former Chair of the National Portrait Gallery.
2. General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO – Lately Chief of the General Staff, British Army.
3. Professor Swaran Singh – Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry, University of Warwick; Consultant Psychiatrist, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust and former Equality and Human Rights Commissioner.

Nominations for Crossbench Peerages:

1. The Rt Hon Sir Brian Leveson – Investigatory Powers Commissioner. Former President of the Queen’s Bench Division and Lord Justice of Appeal. Former Chair of the Sentencing Council and Chair of the Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press.
2. Sir Chris Wormald KCB – Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service.