Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list.
The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July’s general election.
Meanwhile, former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods.
Now editor of the Spectator magazine, Gove was MP for Surrey Heath for nearly 20 years.
A key ally of Sunak, Gove was appointed his secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities in October 2022, a role he also held under Boris Johnson.
Other cabinet roles he has held include environment secretary, justice secretary and education secretary, when he brought in major changes to exams and the curriculum under David Cameron’s coalition government.
A leading figure in the Brexit campaign alongside Johnson, the pair had a fraught relationship.
In 2016 Gove derailed his friend’s leadership hopes by running against him. Later, in the dying days of Johnson’s premiership he was sacked after urging the PM to resign.
