Life Peerages
- Norman Blackwell, former Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit, 1995-7 (created Lord Blackwell of Woodcote)
- Dame Janet Fookes, former Deputy Speaker and MP for Plymouth Drake (created Baroness Fookes of Plymouth)
- Roger Freeman, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (created Lord Freeman of Dingley)
- James Douglas-Hamilton, former Scottish Office Minister (created Lord Selkirk of Douglas); having briefly succeeded as Earl of Selkirk in 1994 (which title he disclaimed)
- Terence Higgins, former Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1972-74 (created Lord Higgins of Worthing)
- David Hunt, former Secretary of State for Wales (1990-3) and Employment, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (created Lord Hunt of Wirral)
- Dame Jill Knight, former MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and former Vice-Chairperson of the 1922 Committee (created Baroness Knight of Collingtree)
- Ian Lang, former Scottish Secretary and President of the Board of Trade (created Lord Lang of Monkton)
- Tony Newton, former Social Security Secretary (1989–92) and Leader of the House of Commons (1992-7) (created Lord Newton of Braintree)
- Sir Cranley Onslow, former Foreign Office Minister and Chairman of the 1922 Committee for backbench Tory MPs (created Lord Onslow of Woking)
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