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| Karren Brady and Sir Stuart Rose among new life peers | Karren Brady and Sir Stuart Rose among new life peers |
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| Football boss and Apprentice TV show star, Karren Brady, is among 22 new peers announced by the government. | Football boss and Apprentice TV show star, Karren Brady, is among 22 new peers announced by the government. |
| Ms Brady will take a seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords alongside former Marks & Spencer chief Sir Stuart Rose. | Ms Brady will take a seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords alongside former Marks & Spencer chief Sir Stuart Rose. |
| Other new working peers include former MEP and EastEnders actor Michael Cashman, who will become a Labour peer. | Other new working peers include former MEP and EastEnders actor Michael Cashman, who will become a Labour peer. |
| There are 12 new Tory peers, three new Labour ones, six Liberal Democrats and one DUP member of the Lords. | There are 12 new Tory peers, three new Labour ones, six Liberal Democrats and one DUP member of the Lords. |
| Conservative donor Ranbir Singh Suri is among those being lined up for a seat in the Lords. The jewellery tycoon and his company have given more than £300,000 to the party since 2006. | Conservative donor Ranbir Singh Suri is among those being lined up for a seat in the Lords. The jewellery tycoon and his company have given more than £300,000 to the party since 2006. |
| Another Conservative donor, Michael Farmer, who has given almost £6m to the party since 2001, is also set to sit in the Lords. | |
| Peers are nominated by the party leaders but are vetted by the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission. | Peers are nominated by the party leaders but are vetted by the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission. |
| 'Huge honour' | 'Huge honour' |
| Ms Brady is perhaps the best-known of the new House of Lords members and she has been tipped to be given a ministerial job by Prime Minister David Cameron. | Ms Brady is perhaps the best-known of the new House of Lords members and she has been tipped to be given a ministerial job by Prime Minister David Cameron. |
| She started her career in advertising but shot to prominence in 1993 when she was made a board member of Birmingham City Football Club at the age of 23 by its then owner, Sunday Sport tycoon David Sullivan. | She started her career in advertising but shot to prominence in 1993 when she was made a board member of Birmingham City Football Club at the age of 23 by its then owner, Sunday Sport tycoon David Sullivan. |
| In 2010 she was appointed vice-chairman of West Ham United and also joined the BBC's Apprentice, as one of Labour peer Lord Sugar's advisers. | |
| She was previously a board member of Mothercare, Channel 4 Television and Sport England and is currently a non-executive director of retail giant Arcadia. | She was previously a board member of Mothercare, Channel 4 Television and Sport England and is currently a non-executive director of retail giant Arcadia. |
| Sir Stuart - who worked his way up from a management trainee to head Britain's biggest High Street fashion retailer - has been advising the government on how to turn round failing NHS hospitals since February this year. | Sir Stuart - who worked his way up from a management trainee to head Britain's biggest High Street fashion retailer - has been advising the government on how to turn round failing NHS hospitals since February this year. |
| Mr Cashman found fame playing the first gay character on the BBC's Eastenders before going on to be a Labour member of the European Parliament and co-founding campaign group Stonewall. He stood down as an MEP earlier this year. | |
| Commenting on news of his elevation to the Lords, he told BBC News: "It's a huge and humbling honour. And it really takes me back to my roots. I just wish my old Mum and Dad were alive to see it. | Commenting on news of his elevation to the Lords, he told BBC News: "It's a huge and humbling honour. And it really takes me back to my roots. I just wish my old Mum and Dad were alive to see it. |
| "And it gives me a huge opportunity to continue the work that I am passionate about - international development, human rights and giving a voice to the voiceless." | "And it gives me a huge opportunity to continue the work that I am passionate about - international development, human rights and giving a voice to the voiceless." |
| Former Conservative MEP Martin Callanan said he was "very happy" to be being made a peer. | |
| Mr Callanan was leader of the Conservative group of MEP's before he lost his seat for the North East of England in the European elections. | |
| He said he was "happy to take up the offer" of a peerage because "I want to remain involved in politics". | |
| The full Conservative list is: | The full Conservative list is: |
| The new Labour peers are: | The new Labour peers are: |
| The new Liberal Democrat peers are: | The new Liberal Democrat peers are: |
| The Democratic Unionist Party has nominated William Hay MLA, the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, who has chosen to sit on the crossbenches. | The Democratic Unionist Party has nominated William Hay MLA, the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, who has chosen to sit on the crossbenches. |