{"id":88849,"date":"2024-07-06T05:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T05:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/theresa-may-and-bionic-mp-craig-mackinley-awarded-peerages\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T05:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T05:01:06","slug":"theresa-may-and-bionic-mp-craig-mackinley-awarded-peerages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/theresa-may-and-bionic-mp-craig-mackinley-awarded-peerages\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa May and ‘bionic’ MP Craig Mackinley awarded peerages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former prime minister Theresa May will sit in the House of Lords having been nominated for a peerage alongside the former justice secretary, Chris Grayling, and the chair of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady.<\/p>\n

Conservative Craig Mackinley, who said he wanted to be known as the bionic MP after losing his hands and feet<\/a> to sepsis, has also been nominated for a peerage.<\/p>\n

Labour has picked its former deputy leader Harriet Harman, former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett and Dame Margaret Hodge to sit in the House of Lords. <\/p>\n

Dr Hilary Cass, who conducted a review into gender identity services,<\/a> has been nominated as a crossbench peer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The nominations were announced less than an hour before polls closed in the general election.<\/p>\n

In what could be one of his final acts as prime minister, Rishi Sunak has also given honours to five of his Conservative colleagues. <\/p>\n

Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister and close ally of Mr Sunak, will be knighted, as will the former Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith, the former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and the Scottish Secretary Alister Jack. <\/p>\n

Therese Coffey, who was an ally of Liz Truss but also served under Mr Sunak as environment secretary, will be made a dame. <\/p>\n

Mr Mackinlay said he was “overwhelmed at being elevated” to the Lords, saying it would give him “a platform to campaign for sepsis, limb loss and for appropriate prosthetics (as well as sensible net zero)”.<\/p>\n

“The Bionic MP changes into the Bionic Lord.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Craig Mackinlay received a rare standing ovation when he returned to the Commons after a life-threatening episode of sepsis<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Conservatives have also awarded peerages to:<\/p>\n