Dame Priti Patel and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg: Boris's honours list rewards allies as Labour condemns 'sickening insult'

9 June 2023, 17:11 | Updated: 9 June 2023, 19:09

Boris Johnson's resignation honours list includes Dame Priti Patel and Sir Jacob Rees Mogg.
Boris Johnson's resignation honours list includes Dame Priti Patel and Sir Jacob Rees Mogg. Picture: Alamy/Getty

By Jenny Medlicott

Boris Johnson's resignation honours list rewards key allies, with Priti Patel made a Dame Commander and Jacob Rees-Mogg given a knighthood.

The former prime minister's resignation honours list was published this afternoon and the full list features a number of Boris Johnson's allies and close friends, including some of those involved in the Partygate scandal.

Those on the list include: Dame Priti Patel, Sir Jacob Rees Mogg, Sir Michael Fabricant and Sir Guto Harri.

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Also on the list is Sir Martin Reynolds, Mr Johnson's former private secretary and a key figure in Partygate scandal. Nicknamed 'Party Marty', he was responsible for sending out the email invites for "socially distanced drinks" during lockdown.

Nominated for life peerages in the House of Lords include: Lord Shaun Bailey, the former Tory mayor of London candidate, Lord Benjamin Houchen and Lord Ross Kempsell.

Lord Houchen has come under fire in recent months amid accusations of corruption during the Teesworks project.

The list finally arrived after months of to and fro with the current government, which had to approve the nominations made.

It comes just an hour after former culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, announced that she would be stepping down from her role as MP with immediate effect.

She said: "It has been an honour to serve as the MP for such a wonderful constituency but it is now time for someone younger to take the reins."

Ms Dorries was reportedly previously nominated for the honours list before being dropped.

Dame Priti Patel was among those named on the honours list.
Dame Priti Patel was among those named on the honours list. Picture: Getty

Also dropped for nomination was Stanley Johnson, the former Prime Minister's father.

Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said of the list: “Instead of tackling the cost-of-living crisis, the Tories are spending their time doling out rewards for those who tried to cover up rule-breaking and toadied to a disgraced former prime minister.

“It’s a sickening insult that those who planned Covid parties and held boozy lockdown bashes while families were unable to mourn loved ones are now set to be handed gongs by Rishi Sunak.”

Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: "Boris Johnson has been allowed to hand out gongs to his partygate pals, and Rishi Sunak has just waved it through."

She added: "The fact that one of the most scandal-ridden prime ministers is now allowed to stuff his cronies in the Lords after a failed premiership tells the British public everything they need to know about this Conservative Party."

Individuals nominated for a peerage must resign from their role as MP, but this does not apply to those awarded with damehoods and knighthoods.

Read more: Nadine Dorries to stand down as MP with 'immediate effect' setting up tricky by-election for Rishi Sunak

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Sir Jacob Rees Mogg was also included on the list.
Sir Jacob Rees Mogg was also included on the list. Picture: Alamy

Those online have highlighted Rishi Sunak's limited involvement in approving the list, as one wrote: "As Johnson’s honours list published, Sunak trying to distance. This just released from PM press sec: PM had not involvement or input into the approved list."

The Prime Minister's press secretary described Mr Sunak's involvement: “As is convention, the Prime Minister forwarded the former Prime Minister’s peerage list to HOLAC [House of Lords Appointments Commission] unaltered.

“HOLAC then passed back their approved list. The Prime Minister then accepted HOLAC’S approved list and forwarded it unamended to the Sovereign for their approval.

"He had no involvement or input into the approved list."

Stephen Kinnock, Labour MP for Aberavon, said: "The honours list reads like a carousel of Boris Johnson’s cronies, including some very dubious names.

"It is astonishing that the Prime Minister has caved in yet again because of the warring factions in the Conservative Party."

Honours list in full:

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour

Sir William Nigel Paul Cash Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee. For political and public service.

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Andrea Marie Jenkyns: MP, Former Assistant Whip and Minister for Skills. For political and public service.

The Right Honourable Amanda Anne Milling: MP, Former Minister without Portfolio. For political and public service.

The Right Honourable Priti Patel: MP, Former Home Secretary. For political and public service.

Ann Sindall: MP, Personal Assistant to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson. For political and public service.

Michelle Williams-Walker: Former Special Adviser and Head of Operations for the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

Knighthood

The Right Honourable Conor Burns: MP, Former Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. For political and public service.

The Right Honourable Simon Richard Clarke: MP, Former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Chief Secretary to the Treasury. For political and public service.

Benjamin William Elliot: Former Co-Chair of the Conservative Party. For political and public service.

Michael Louis David Fabricant: Conservative MP for Lichfield. For political and public service.

William John Lewis: Political Adviser to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.

The Right Honourable Jacob William Rees-Mogg: MP, Former Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency. For political and public service.

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Bath

Martin Alexander Baillie Reynolds: Former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. For public service.

Order of the British Empire

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Guto Harri Former Director of Communications at Downing Street and London City Hall. For political and public service.

Rosemary Bate-Williams Former Press Secretary to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

David Joseph Blair Former Foreign Affairs Speechwriter to the Prime Minister and Former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. For public service.

Colin Cromarty Bloom Former Faith Engagement Advisor to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

Henry Charles Rixar Cook Former Special Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

Jack Doyle Former Downing Street Director of Communications. For political and public service.

Roisha Maria Hughes Former Principal Private Secretary to the Mayor of London. For public service.

Ray Arthur Lewis Former Deputy Mayor of London. For political and public service.

Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

David Bruno John Canzini Former Political Advisor to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

Samantha Helen Cohen CVO Former Director of the Office of the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

Alexander Karczewski Crowley Former Political Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

Rebecca Rose Haggar Kaikitis Councillor, London Borough of Hillingdon. For political and public service.

Samantha Geraldine Harrison Former interim Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Office of the Prime Minister. For public service.

Benjamin Robert Mallet Former Strategy Director for the General Election and London Campaign Director. For political and public service.

Robert Mark Raymond Oxley Former Press Secretary at Downing Street. For political and public service.

Daniel James Ritterband Former Head of the Mayor of London Campaign. For political and public service.

Sarah Elizabeth Rebecca Vaughan-Brown Former Personal Adviser to Carrie Johnson. For political and public service.

Dr William Gerald Winter Warr Senior Vice President, Global Health Strategy at BioNTech, former Senior Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Health, Social Care and Life Sciences. For political and public service.

Catherine Grace Rostron OBE Senior Parliamentary Assistant and Special Adviser to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.

Order of the British Empire

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Kelly Jo Dodge Long-time Parliamentary hairdresser. For Parliamentary service.

Andrea Laybourne Former Parliamentary Secretary to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.

Richard John Mark Senior Parliamentary Assistant to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.

Gregory Alexander Munro Senior Assistant and Adviser to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.

Alexander Joseph Bryan Simpson Former Parliamentary and Constituency Secretary to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.

Lynda Teresa Summers Former London Borough of Hillingdon. For public service.

Peerages list in full:

Peerages for life

Mr Shaun Stephen Bailey: Current Conservative member of the London Assembly.

Mr Benjamin Gascoigne: Former Political Secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff to the former Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP.

Mr Benjamin Houchen: Current Tees Valley Mayor.

Mr Ross John Kempsell: Political Director of the Conservative Party and Director of the Conservative Research Department.

Miss Charlotte Katherine Tranter: Owen Former Special Advisor to the former Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP.

Mr Kulveer Singh: Ranger Formerly Director of Transport for Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP whilst Mayor of London, and Special Adviser to UK Government on digital strategy

Mr Daniel Robert Rosenfield: Former Downing Street Chief of Staff for the Former Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP.

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