as part of their investigation into the election date bets, although he is not believed to have placed one himself.nominated eight figures of his own, including former foreign secretary and former deputy party leader, Margaret Beckett as well as one-time culture secretary Dame Margaret Hodge, and John Cryer, who served as party chair until recently.
Former defence minister Kevan Jones, former shadow music and tourism minister Barbara Keeley, ex-Comptroller of the household in the Whips’ office, John Spellar, and one-time deputy speaker of the Commons, Damn Rosie Winterton, made it onto Labour’s list, too. The Liberal Democrats had one nomination of their own, Caroline Pidgeon, who was lately leader of the party in the London Assembly, while the Ulster Unionist Party put forward Thomas Elliott, the one-time party leader.
Former president of the National Farmers’ union of England and Wales, Minette Batters, and former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and child Health, Dr Hilary Cass will also be offered a seat in the upper House.Boris Johnson's Dad Says He Will Not Be Voting Conservative At This General ElectionSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.