Peter Booth, Baron Booth

Sydney John Peter Booth, Baron Booth^[1] is a British businessman and politician.

The Right Honourable The Lord Booth
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2024 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	Sydney John Peter Booth August 1955 (age 69–70) Houghton-le-Spring, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Kelvin Poplett-Booth
Alma mater	University of Essex
Occupation	Businessman

Early life

Booth was born in Houghton-le-Spring in the northeast of England, and lived there until attending the University of Essex where he took a bachelor's degree in government.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He has been a volunteer for the Conservative Party all of his adult life, having first being Chairman of his university Conservative Association. He has served as a constituency chairman twice - once when living in Brighton and then in Cornwall. He was Regional Chairman of South West Conservatives before serving nationally. He served on the Conservative Party Board from 2019-2024. He served as the Chairman of the National Conservative Convention from 2021 to September 2024, and was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Board, and Chairman of the Conservative Party Finance and Audit Committee. Booth was nominated by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for a life peerage^[2][3] and was created Baron Booth, of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland, on 7 March 2024.^[4][1] He is a member of the Carlton Club.