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| Michael Gove gets peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list | Michael Gove gets peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list |
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| Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list. | Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list. |
| The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July's general election. | The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July's general election. |
| Meanwhile, former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods. | Meanwhile, former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods. |
| Now editor of the Spectator magazine, Gove was MP for Surrey Heath for nearly 20 years. | Now editor of the Spectator magazine, Gove was MP for Surrey Heath for nearly 20 years. |
| A key ally of Sunak, Gove was appointed his secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities in October 2022, a role he also held under Boris Johnson. | A key ally of Sunak, Gove was appointed his secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities in October 2022, a role he also held under Boris Johnson. |
| Other cabinet roles he has held include environment secretary, justice secretary and education secretary, when he brought in major changes to exams and the curriculum under David Cameron's coalition government. | Other cabinet roles he has held include environment secretary, justice secretary and education secretary, when he brought in major changes to exams and the curriculum under David Cameron's coalition government. |
| A leading figure in the Brexit campaign alongside Johnson, the pair had a fraught relationship. | A leading figure in the Brexit campaign alongside Johnson, the pair had a fraught relationship. |
| In 2016 Gove derailed his friend's leadership hopes by running against him. Later, in the dying days of Johnson's premiership he was sacked after urging the PM to resign. | In 2016 Gove derailed his friend's leadership hopes by running against him. Later, in the dying days of Johnson's premiership he was sacked after urging the PM to resign. |
| Outside of politics, England fast bowler James Anderson and filmmaker Matthew Vaughn have also been given knighthoods. | |
| Sir Jeremy was brought in by Liz Truss as chancellor after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng following her disastrous mini-Budget. | |
| His moves to scrap almost all the tax cuts his predecessor had promised helped to calm financial markets. | |
| He continued the role under Sunak but returned to the backbenches when Kemi Badenoch took over as Conservative leader. | |
| The MP for Godalming and Ash, who first joined the Commons in 2005, has also served as culture secretary in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics, foreign secretary and health secretary. | |
| Cleverly held the role of foreign secretary under Truss and Sunak, before moving to home secretary. | |
| He ruled out serving in the shadow cabinet of Sunak's successor, after he was unexpectedly knocked out of the leadership contest before the final round. | |
| Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, who was first elected in 1987, has been appointed a knight commander. | |
| Others to be honoured include former Northern Ireland Secretary and Brexit campaigner Theresa Villiers, who is made a dame. | |
| The former MP for Chipping Barnet lost her seat in last year's general election. | |
| Former Chief Whip Simon Hart and former Scottish Secretary Sir Alister Jack, who stepped down as MPs ahead of last summer's general election, are among those to get peerages. | |
| Sir Alister served as Scottish secretary from 2019 until he stood down, later receiving a knighthood in Sunak's previous round of honours in July 2024. | |
| During the election campaign, he was the most senior politician to be caught up in the row over government insiders gambling on the date of the poll. | |
| The former MP for Dumfries and Galloway admitted placing three bets but has previously said he did not breach any rules and has not been investigated by the Gambling Commission. | |
| Hart spent nearly two years as Sunak's chief whip, responsible for party discipline and ensuring MPs vote with the government. | |
| The publication of his parliamentary diaries last month, which included stories of an MP being trapped in a brothel and politicians demanding knighthoods, caused a stir in Westminster and were criticised by some Tories for revealing the secrets of his time in government. |