1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

Life peerages

• Norman Roy Blackwell, lately Head of the Policy Unit, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
• Dame Janet Evelyn Fookes, DBE, lately Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Drake. Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons, 1992-97.
• The Right Honourable Roger Norman Freeman, lately Member of Parliament for Kettering. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1995-97.
• The Right Honourable Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Q.C., lately Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West. Minister, Scottish Office, 1987-97; Minister of State for Home Affairs and Health, Scottish Office,.
• The Right Honourable Sir Terence Langley Higgins, K.B.E., D.L., lately Member of Parliament for Worthing. Minister of State, Treasury, 1970-72; Financial Secretary, Treasury, 1972-74; Chairman, House of Commons Liaison Select Committee, 1984-97; Chairman, Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee, 1984-92.
• The Right Honourable David James Fletcher Hunt, M.B.E., lately Member of Parliament for Wirral West. Secretary of State for Wales, 1990-93; for Employment, 1993-94; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Public Service and Science, 1994-95. Senior Partner, Beachcroft Stanleys.
• Dame Joan Christabel Jill Knight, D.B.E., lately Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Edgbaston. Vice Chairman, 1922 Committee, 1987-97.
• The Right Honourable Ian Bruce Lang, lately Member of Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale. Secretary of State for Scotland, 1990-95; President of the Board of Trade, 1995-97.
• The Right Honourable Antony Harold Newton, O.B.E., lately Member of Parliament for Braintree. Secretary of State for Social Security, 1989-92; Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, 1992-97.
• The Right Honourable Sir Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow, K.C.M.G., lately Member of Parliament for Woking.Chairman, 1922 Committee, 1984-92.

  Conservative "working peers"

• The Right Honourable Sir John Ambrose Cope, lately Member of Parliament for Northavon; Deputy Chairman, Conservative Party, 1990-92; Paymaster General, 1992-94.
• The Right Honourable William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, lately Member of Parliament for Watford; Deputy Chief Whip, 1989-90; Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1990-93.
• The Right Honourable Sir Hector Seymour Peter Monro, A.E., D.L., lately Member of Parliament for Dumfries; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office, 1971-74; Department of the Environment, 1979-81; Scottish Office, 1992-95.
• The Right Honourable Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, lately Member of Parliament for Northampton South; Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, House of Commons, 1992-97.
• The Right Honourable Sir leuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts, lately Member of Parliament for Conwy; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, 1979-87; Minister of State, 1987-94, Welsh Office.

  Labour "working peers"

• Miss Valerie Amos, Director, Amos Fraser Bernard
• Steven Bassam, Leader, Brighton and Hove Council, Head of Environmental Health and Consumer Issues, Local Government Association; lately Assistant Secretary, AMA.
• Clive Brooke, Joint General Secretary, Public Services Tax and Commerce Union.
• Tom Burlison, Deputy General Secretary, GMB and Treasurer, Labour Party.
• Bryan Davies, lately Member of Parliament for Oldham Central and Royton; Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party 1979-92.
• David Garfield Davies, C.B.E., General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.
• James Stuart Gordon, C.B.E., Chairman, Scottish Radio Holdings plc.
• Peter Hardy, lately Member of Parliament for Wentworth; Leader, Labour Delegation to the Council of Europe and WEU 1983-95 and of Labour Delegation to OSCE, 1990-97.
• Norman Hogg, lately Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth; Deputy Chief Opposition Whip, 1983-87.
• Robert Hughes, lately Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North; Opposition spokesperson, Agriculture, 1983-84; Transport, 1985-88; Shadow Cabinet, 1985-88.
• Royston John Hughes, D.L., lately Member of Parliament for Newport East; Opposition spokesperson of Welsh Affairs, 1984-88; Member of the Council of Europe, 1990-97.
• Philip Alexander Hunt, O.B.E., Chief Executive, National Health Service Confederation.
• The Honourable Greville Ewan Janner, Q.C., lately Member of Parliament for Leicester West; Honorary Vice President, World Jewish Congress.
• Helena Ann, Mrs. Kennedy, Q.C., Queen's Counsel.
• Michael Abraham Levy, Director, M and G Records; President, Jewish Care
• Michael Jacob Montague, C.B.E., Chairman, Superframe plc; Chairman Montague Multinational Ltd; formerly Chairman, English Tourist Board, created Baron Montague of Oxford, of Oxford in the County of Oxfordshire)
• The Right Honourable Alfred Morris, A.O., Q.S.O., lately Member of Parliament for Manchester ; Opposition spokesman on Social Services, 1970-74 and 1979-92; Minister for the Disabled, 1974-79.
• The Right Honourable Stanley Orme, lately Member of Parliament for Salford East; Minister of State for Social Security and Member of the Cabinet, 1977- 79; Opposition spokesman, Health and Social Services, 1979-80, on Industry, 1980-83, on Energy, 1983-87; Chairman, Parliamentary Labour Party, 1987-92.
• Jill Elizabeth, Mrs. Pitkeathley, O.B.E., Chief Executive, Carers National Association; Member, Health Advisory Service.
• Sir David Terence Puttnam, C.B.E., Film Producer; Chairman Enigma Productions Ltd.
• Stuart Randall, lately Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull West; Opposition spokesman on Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Affairs, 1985-87; on Home Affairs, 1987-92.
• Ruth Barbara, Mrs. Rendell, C.B.E., Author.
• Sir Robin William Renwick, K.C.M.G., Director Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd; Chairman, Save & Prosper Group; H.M. Ambassador, South Africa, 1987-91, United States of America, 1991-95.
• David John Sainsbury, Chairman and Chief Executive, J. Sainsbury plc.
• Miss Patricia Janet Scotland, Q.C., Queen's Counsel.
• George Simpson, Managing Director, General Electric Company plc
• Andrew Zelig Stone, Joint Managing Director, Marks and Spencer plc
• Terence James Thomas, C.B.E., Managing Director, The Co-operative Bank
• The Right Honourable Sir Harold Walker, lately Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central; Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, House of Commons, 1983-92
• Michael Goodall Watson, lately Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central; Chairman, Parliamentary Labour Party Overseas Development Aid Committee, 1991-97
• Miss Barbara Scott Young, Chief Executive, Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds

  Liberal Democrat "working peers"

• Navnit Dholakia, O.B.E., Member, Liberal Democrat Federal Executive and Federal Policy Committee; Member, Police Complaints Authority.
• Sir William Howard Goodhart, Q.C., Queen's Counsel.
• Sir David Anthony Jacobs, Vice President, Social and Liberal Democrats, 1988; Chairman, Federal Executive, Social and Liberal Democrats, 1988.
• Veronica, Mrs. Linklater, Chairman, The New School Butterstone; Trustee, Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust; Trustee, Cancer Care, Western General Hospital.
• Sarah Ann, Mrs. Ludford, Barrister; Councillor, Islington Local Borough Council; European Affairs Consultant.
• Diana Margaret, Mrs. Maddock, lately Member of Parliament for Christchurch. Liberal Democrat spokeswoman on Housing, Women's Issues and Family Policy, 1994-97.
• Richard Mark Newby, O.B.E., Director, Matrix Communications Consultancy Ltd; Chairman, Reform Publications Ltd; lately Director of External Communication, Liberal Democrat General Election Team, 1996-97.
• Emma Harriet, Mrs. Nicholson, lately Member of Parliament for Devon West and Torridge; Liberal Democrat spokeswoman on International Development, 1995-97.
• Edward Timothy Razzall,C.B.E., Liberal Democrat Councillor, Richmond Borough Council; Treasurer, Liberal Democrats.
• Sir Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg, C.B.E., Chairman, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 1977-86; The British Bank of the Middle East, 1980-86.
• Sir Trevor Arthur Smith, Vice Chancellor and Honorary Professor, University of Ulster.

  Knights Bachelor

• Robert Atkins, former Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Environment, Sport, Transport, Trade and Industry
• Peter Brown, constituency agent to John Major
• Michael Forsyth, former Scottish Secretary, 1995-7
• Anthony Garrett CBE, Director, Campaigning Department, Conservative Central Office
• Brian Mawhinney, former Transport Secretary, Chairman of the Conservative Party, later Shadow Home Secretary
• Richard Needham, former Minister for Northern Ireland and Trade
• Neville Trotter, former Conservative MP for Tynemouth
• John Ward, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1994–97

  Companion of Honour

• Michael Heseltine, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Henley

  Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• Alastair Goodlad, Former Conservative Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
• Jeremy Hanley, Former Chairman of the Conservative Party and Defence and Foreign Office Minister
• Malcolm Rifkind, Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Scotland, Transport and Defence.

  Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• John Holmes, Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office

  Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Jonathan Haslam, Former Chief Press Secretary, Number 10
• Howell James, Former Political Secretary, Number 10
• Professor Lord McColl of Dulwich, Former Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1995–97
• Michael Trend, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1995–2000.

  Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Mark Adams, Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
• John Bridge, Constituency chairman to John Major
• Trevor Butler, Detective Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service
• Daniel Finkelstein, Director of Research, Conservative Central Office
• Gina Hearn, Constituency Secretary to John Major
• Charles Lewington, Former Director of Communications, Conservative Central Office
• Eileen, Lady Strathnaver, Former Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Heseltine
• William Geoffrey Thompson, Managing Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach
• Andrew Woods, Former agent to John Major
• Moira Wallace, Private Secretary, Number 10

  Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Deborah Ailes, Senior Personal Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
• Noelle Berney, Co-ordinator of Kurdish Life Aid
• Maureen Bick, Cleaner, Prime Minister's Office
• James Bridge, Former Assistant Political Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
• Penelope Brook, Head of Speakers' Department, Conservative Central Office
• Christine Ferns, Switchboard Supervisor, Prime Minister's Office
• Vanessa Ford, Head of Chairman's Office, Conservative Central Office
• Sheila Gunn, Press Officer, Conservative Central Office
• Leading Wren Linda Lalley, Stewardess at Chequers
• Judy Moorhouse, Former Secretary to the Political Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
• Lorne Roper-Caldbeck, Secretary to Prime Minister's wife, Norma Major
• Robert Rumble, Driver to Prime Minister John Major
• Arabella Warburton, Former Personal Assistant in the Prime Minister's Office
• Michael York, Messenger, Prime Minister's Office