Full list of 19 peerages handed out by Rishi Sunak as Theresa May lands a seat in the Lords

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has handed peerages to Theresa May and the former chairman of the influential Conservative backbench 1922 committee Sir Graham Brady just a matter of minutes before polls closed before the general election.

Previously, when discussing her decision to step back from politics, the former prime minister Theresa May told the Maidenhead Advertiser she had taken the decision to “focus on causes close to her heart."

Liam Booth-Smith has also been rewarded with a peerage in a dissolution honours list announced less than an hour before polls closed in the general election. Booth-Smith ran Sunak’s unsuccessful leadership campaign having previously been his chief of staff during his time at the Treasury, heading the joint economic unit. For the latest analysis of the biggest stories, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here

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The former deputy speaker Eleanor Laing, the former head of Cop26 Alok Sharma, and the MP Craig Mackinlay—who suffered from sepsis and became a quadriplegic—are among the other candidates put forward by Sunak. The full list of nominations is as follows:

Nominations from the Leader of the Conservative Party

1. The Rt Hon Sir Graham Brady PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West, and Chairman of the 1922 Committee.

2. The Rt Hon Chris Grayling PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell, and former Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Leader of the House of Commons.

3. The Rt Hon Dame Eleanor Laing DBE PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Epping Forest, lately Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.

4. Craig Mackinley JP - Lately Member of Parliament for South Thanet.

5. The Rt Hon Theresa May PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Maidenhead, former Prime Minister and Home Secretary.

6. The Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma KCMG PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Reading West and former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Secretary of State for International Development and President for COP26.

7. Liam Booth-Smith - Lately No10 Downing Street Chief of Staff.

Nominations from the Leader of the Labour Party

1. The Rt Hon Dame Margaret Beckett GBE PC - Former Foreign Secretary and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

2. John Cryer - Lately Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead.

3. The Rt Hon Harriet Harman KC PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham, and formerly Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

4. The Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge DBE PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Barking and former Minister of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

5. The Rt Hon Kevan Jones PC - Lately Member of Parliament for North Durham and former Minister for Veterans at the Ministry of Defence.

6. Barbara Keeley - Lately Member of Parliament for Worsley and Eccles South and formerly Shadow Minister for Music and Tourism.

7. The Rt Hon John Spellar PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Warley and formerly Comptroller of the Household in the Whips’ Office.

8. The Rt Hon Dame Rosie Winterton DBE PC - Lately Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central and former Deputy Speakers in the House of Commons.

Nominations from the Liberal Democrat Party

1. Caroline Pidgeon MBE - Lately Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly.

Nominations from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

1. Thomas Elliott MLA - Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone and former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.

Nominations for Crossbench Peerages

1. Minette Batters - Former President of the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales.

2. Dr Hilary Cass OBE FRCN FRCGP - Former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

All individuals nominated for peerages have gone through vetting checks, and the Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission has confirmed to the Prime Minister that all individuals are supported by the Commission.