Conservative Party

• Karren Brady CBE – Vice-Chairman of West Ham FC; Senior Non-Executive Director of the Syco and Arcadia Brands; Small Business Ambassador for the Conservative Party; and member of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Women in Sport Advisory Board

• Martin Callanan – former Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the North East of England; former Leader of the Conservative MEPs and of the European Conservatives and Reformists group

• Carlyn Chisholm – senior volunteer in the Conservative Party; Co-Chairman of the Conservative Candidates Committee; former nurse

• Andrew Cooper – former Director of Political Operations to the Conservative Party; founder and Board Director of Populus

• Natalie Evans – Director of New Schools Network, an independent educational charity established to provide free advice and support for groups wanting to set up free schools

• Michael Farmer – Founding Partner of RK Mine Finance Group; Trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust; Treasurer of the Conservative Party

• Dido Harding – Chief Executive of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC

• Arminka Helic – government special adviser to William Hague; leading adviser to government on preventing sexual violence in conflict

• Nosheena Mobarik CBE – businesswoman; former Chairman of CBI Scotland; founder and convener of the Scotland Pakistan Network; Chairman of the Pakistan Britain Trade and Investment Forum

• Sir Stuart Rose – former Chief Executive and Chairman of Marks and Spencer PLC

• Joanna Shields OBE – leading technology industry executive and entrepreneur; the Prime Minister’s Digital Adviser; Chair of Tech City UK; and Non-Executive Director of the London Stock Exchange

• Ranbir Suri – businessman; former General Secretary of the Board of British Sikhs

Labour Party

• Michael Cashman CBE – Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands constituency; equality rights campaigner; former actor

• Chris Lennie – political strategist; former Deputy Secretary General of the Labour Party

• Dame Gail Rebuck – businesswoman, publisher, chairman of Penguin Random House UK

Liberal Democrat Party

• Chris Fox – Director of Group Communications for GKN; former Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats

• Cllr David Goddard – elected Member of Stockport Metropolitan Council; former Leader of Stockport Council; former Member of the Greater Manchester Police Authority; former Non-Executive Director of Manchester International Airport

• Cllr Barbara Janke – elected Member and former Leader of Bristol City Council; former teacher

• Cllr Kath Pinnock – elected Member and former Leader of Kirklees Council

• Paul Scriven – managing partner for Scriven Consulting; former elected Member and Leader of Sheffield City Council; former senior NHS manager

• Cllr Dr Julie Smith – elected Member of Newnham City Council; Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University; Fellow of Robinson College

There are now over 850 peers in the House of Lords…