Michael Gove is among several former cabinet ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list.
The former levelling up secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July’s general election.
A rare constant across the fourteen years of Conservative governance that came to an end in 2024, Gove also served as education secretary, chief whip, justice secretary, environment secretary and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Gove, who was MP for Surrey Heath for nearly 20 years, is now editor of the Spectator magazine.
Meanwhile, former chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods.
Mark Harper, former transport secretary; Simon Hart, former chief whip; Alister Jack, former Scottish secretary; and Victoria Prentis, former attorney general, are the four other onetime cabinet ministers to have been awarded a peerage in Sunak’s resignation honours list.
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