The 1997 Dissolution Honours List was gazetted on 18 April 1997 following the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister , John Major . The only honours in this list were 21 life peerages .[1] [2]
Outgoing Prime Minister John Major in 1996
The recipients are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.
Conservative
Rt Hon. Kenneth Wilfred Baker CH , Member of Parliament for Mole Valley , 1983–97; (Acton , 1968–70; St Marylebone , 1970–83); Secretary of State for the Environment , 1985–86; for Education and Science , 1986–89; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , 1989–90; Chairman of the Conservative Party , 1989–90; Secretary of State for the Home Department , 1990–92.
Rt Hon. William John Biffen DL , Member of Parliament for Shropshire North , 1983–97; (Oswestry Division of Salop , 1961–83); Chief Secretary to the Treasury , 1979–81; Secretary of State for Trade , 1981–82; Lord President of the Council , 1982–83; Leader of the House of Commons , 1982–87 and Lord Privy Seal , 1983–87.
Rt Hon. Henry Paul Guinness Channon , Member of Parliament for Southend West , 1959–97; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, 1986–87; for Transport , 1987–89.
Rt Hon. David Arthur Russell Howell , Member of Parliament for Guildford , 1966–97; Secretary of State for Energy , 1979–81; for Transport, 1981–83; Chairman, Select Committee on Foreign Affairs , 1987–97.
Rt Hon. Richard Douglas Hurd CH CBE , Member of Parliament for Witney , 1983–97; (Mid-Oxon , 1974–83); Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , 1984–85; for the Home Department, 1985–89; Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , 1989–95.
Rt Hon. Thomas Michael Jopling DL , Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale , 1983–97; (Westmorland , 1964–83); Parliamentary Secretary to H.M. Treasury and Chief Whip , 1979–83; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , 1983–87.
Rt Hon. Sir Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew QC , Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells , 1974–97; Solicitor General , 1983–87; Attorney General , 1987–92; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , 1992–97.
Rt Hon. John Haggitt Charles Patten , Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon , 1983–97; (City of Oxford , 1979–83); Secretary of State for Education, 1992–94.
Rt Hon. Ronald Timothy Renton , Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex , 1974–97; Parliamentary Secretary to H.M. Treasury and Government Chief Whip, 1989–90; Minister of State, Privy Council Office (Minister for the Arts ), 1990–92; Vice Chairman, British Council , since 1992.
Rt Hon. Richard Andrew Ryder OBE , Member of Parliament for Mid-Norfolk , 1983–97; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1988–89; Economic Secretary to H.M. Treasury , 1989–90; Paymaster General , 1990; Parliamentary Secretary to H.M. Treasury and Government Chief Whip, 1990–95.
Labour
Rt Hon. Donald Dixon , Member of Parliament for Jarrow , 1979–97; Deputy Chief Opposition Whip, 1987–96.
John Evans , Member of Parliament for St Helens North , 1983–97; Newton , 1974–83); UK Member of European Parliament , 1975–78; Labour Whip, 1978–79; Opposition Whip, 1979–80; Chairman, Labour Party, 1991–92; Opposition spokesman on employment, 1983–87.
Rt Hon. Roy Sydney George Hattersley , Member of Parliament for Sparkbrook Division of Birmingham , 1964–97; Minister of Defence (Administration) , 1969–70; Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office , 1974–76; Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection , 1976–79; Principal Opposition spokesman on Environment , 1979–80; on Home Affairs , 1980–83; on Treasury and Economic Affairs , 1983–87; on Home Affairs, 198792; Deputy Leader of the Labour Party , 1983–92.
Doug Hoyle , Member of Parliament for Warrington North , 1983–97; (Nelson and Colne , 1974–79; Warrington , 1981–83); Chairman, Parliamentary Labour Party , 1992–97.
Joan Lestor , Member of Parliament for Eccles , 1987–97; (Eton and Slough , 1966–83); Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State , Department for Education and Science, 1969–70; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974–75; Department for Education and Science, 1975–76; National Executive, Labour Party , 1967–82 (Chairman, 1977–78) and 1987–; frontbench spokesperson on overseas aid and development co-operation, 1988–89, on children's affairs, young offenders and race relations, 1989–92, on children and the family, 1993–94, on overseas development, 1994–96.
Sir Geoffrey Lofthouse , Member of Parliament for Pontefract and Castleford , 1978–97; Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, House of Commons , 1992–97.
Rt Hon. Peter David Shore , Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Stepney , 1983–97; (Stepney , 1964–74, Stepney and Poplar , 1974–83); Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , 1967–69; Minister Without Portfolio , 1969–70; Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, 1969–70; Opposition spokesman on Europe , 1971–74; Secretary of State for Trade, 1974–76; Secretary of State for the Environment , 1976–79; Opposition spokesman on Foreign Affairs , 1979–80; on Treasury and Economic Affairs, 1980–83; on Trade and Industry , 1983–84; Shadow Leader of the House of Commons , 1984–87.
Other
David Patrick Paul Alton , Member of Parliament for Mossley Hill Division of Liverpool , 1983–97; (Edge Hill Division , 1979–83); Liberal Party spokesman on the environment and race relations, 1979–81; Home Affairs, 1981–82; Northern Ireland, 1987–88 (Alliance spokesman on Northern Ireland, 1987); Chief Whip, Liberal Party , 1985–87.
Sir David Russell Johnston , Member of Parliament for Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber , 1983–97; (Inverness , 1964–83); Chairman, Scottish Liberal Party , 1970–74; Leader, Scottish Liberal Party, 1974–88; President, Scottish Liberal Democrats , 1988–94.
Rt Hon. Sir James Henry Molyneaux KBE , Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley , 1983–97; (Antrim South , 1970–83); Leader, Ulster Unionist Party , 1979–95.
Rt Hon. Sir David Martin Scott Steel KBE DL , Member of Parliament for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale , 1983–97; (Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles , 1965–83); Leader of the Liberal Party , 1976–88; President of Liberal International , 1994–96.