Gove gets peerage in Sunak's resignation honours list
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.
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Sir Jeremy was brought in by Liz Truss as chancellor after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng following her disastrous mini-Budget.
His moves to scrap almost all the tax cuts his predecessor had promised helped to calm financial markets.
He continued the role under Sunak but returned to the backbenches when Kemi Badenoch took over as Conservative leader.
The MP for Godalming and Ash, who first joined the Commons in 2005, has also served as culture secretary in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics, foreign secretary and health secretary.
Cleverly held the role of foreign secretary under Truss and Sunak, before moving to home secretary.
He ruled out serving in the shadow cabinet of Sunak's successor, after he was unexpectedly knocked out of the leadership contest before the final round.
Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, who was first elected in 1987, has been appointed a knight commander.
Others to be honoured include former Northern Ireland Secretary and Brexit campaigner Theresa Villiers, who is made a dame.
The former MP for Chipping Barnet lost her seat in last year's general election.
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