The1997Dissolution Honours List wasgazetted on 18 April 1997 following the advice of the outgoingPrime Minister,John Major. The only honours in this list were 21life peerages.^[1][2]

The recipients are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.

• Rt Hon.Kenneth Wilfred BakerCH, Member of Parliament forMole Valley, 1983–97; (Acton, 1968–70;St Marylebone, 1970–83);Secretary of State for the Environment, 1985–86;for Education and Science, 1986–89;Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1989–90;Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1989–90;Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1990–92.
• Rt Hon.William John BiffenDL, Member of Parliament forShropshire North, 1983–97; (Oswestry Division of Salop, 1961–83);Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1979–81;Secretary of State for Trade, 1981–82;Lord President of the Council, 1982–83;Leader of the House of Commons, 1982–87 andLord Privy Seal, 1983–87.
• Rt Hon.Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Member of Parliament forSouthend West, 1959–97; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, 1986–87;for Transport, 1987–89.
• Rt Hon.David Arthur Russell Howell, Member of Parliament forGuildford, 1966–97;Secretary of State for Energy, 1979–81; for Transport, 1981–83; Chairman,Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1987–97.
• Rt Hon. Douglas Richard HurdCH CBE, Member of Parliament forWitney, 1983–97; (Mid-Oxon, 1974–83);Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1984–85; for the Home Department, 1985–89;Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1989–95.
• Rt Hon.Thomas Michael JoplingDL, Member of Parliament forWestmorland and Lonsdale, 1983–97; (Westmorland, 1964–83);Parliamentary Secretary to H.M. Treasury andChief Whip, 1979–83;Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1983–87.
• Rt Hon. SirPatrick Barnabas Burke MayhewQC, Member of Parliament forTunbridge Wells, 1974–97;Solicitor General, 1983–87;Attorney General, 1987–92;Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992–97.
• Rt Hon.John Haggitt Charles Patten, Member of Parliament forOxford West and Abingdon, 1983–97; (City of Oxford, 1979–83); Secretary of State for Education, 1992–94.
• Rt Hon.Ronald Timothy Renton, Member of Parliament forMid-Sussex, 1974–97; Parliamentary Secretary to H.M. Treasury and Government Chief Whip, 1989–90; Minister of State, Privy Council Office (Minister for the Arts), 1990–92; Vice Chairman,British Council, since 1992.
• Rt Hon.Richard Andrew RyderOBE, Member of Parliament forMid-Norfolk, 1983–97; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1988–89;Economic Secretary to H.M. Treasury, 1989–90;Paymaster General, 1990; Parliamentary Secretary to H.M. Treasury and Government Chief Whip, 1990–95.

• Rt Hon.Donald Dixon,Member of Parliament forJarrow, 1979–97; Deputy Chief Opposition Whip, 1987–96.
• John Evans, Member of Parliament forSt Helens North, 1983–97;Newton, 1974–83); UK Member ofEuropean Parliament, 1975–78; Labour Whip, 1978–79; Opposition Whip, 1979–80; Chairman, Labour Party, 1991–92; Opposition spokesman on employment, 1983–87.
• Rt Hon.Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Member of Parliament forSparkbrook Division of Birmingham, 1964–97;Minister of Defence (Administration), 1969–70;Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974–76;Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, 1976–79;Principal Opposition spokesman on Environment, 1979–80;on Home Affairs, 1980–83; onTreasury and Economic Affairs, 1983–87; on Home Affairs, 198792;Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1983–92.
• Doug Hoyle, Member of Parliament forWarrington North, 1983–97; (Nelson and Colne, 1974–79;Warrington, 1981–83); Chairman,Parliamentary Labour Party, 1992–97.
• Joan Lestor, Member of Parliament forEccles, 1987–97; (Eton and Slough, 1966–83);Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Science, 1969–70; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974–75; Department for Education and Science, 1975–76;National Executive, Labour Party, 1967–82 (Chairman, 1977–78) and 1987–; frontbench spokesperson on overseas aid and development co-operation, 1988–89, on children's affairs, young offenders and race relations, 1989–92, on children and the family, 1993–94, on overseas development, 1994–96.
• SirGeoffrey Lofthouse, Member of Parliament forPontefract and Castleford, 1978–97;Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, House of Commons, 1992–97.
• Rt Hon.Peter David Shore, Member of Parliament forBethnal Green and Stepney, 1983–97; (Stepney, 1964–74,Stepney and Poplar, 1974–83);Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1967–69;Minister Without Portfolio, 1969–70; Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, 1969–70; Oppositionspokesman on Europe, 1971–74; Secretary of State for Trade, 1974–76;Secretary of State for the Environment, 1976–79;Opposition spokesman on Foreign Affairs, 1979–80; on Treasury and Economic Affairs, 1980–83;on Trade and Industry, 1983–84;Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, 1984–87.

• David Patrick Paul Alton, Member of Parliament forMossley Hill Division of Liverpool, 1983–97; (Edge Hill Division, 1979–83); Liberal Party spokesman on the environment and race relations, 1979–81; Home Affairs, 1981–82; Northern Ireland, 1987–88 (Alliance spokesman on Northern Ireland, 1987);Chief Whip, Liberal Party, 1985–87.
• SirDavid Russell Johnston, Member of Parliament forInverness, Nairn and Lochaber, 1983–97; (Inverness, 1964–83); Chairman,Scottish Liberal Party, 1970–74; Leader, Scottish Liberal Party, 1974–88; President,Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1988–94.
• Rt Hon. SirJames Henry MolyneauxKBE, Member of Parliament forLagan Valley, 1983–97; (Antrim South, 1970–83);Leader, Ulster Unionist Party, 1979–95.
• Rt Hon. SirDavid Martin Scott SteelKBE DL, Member of Parliament forTweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, 1983–97; (Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles, 1965–83);Leader of the Liberal Party, 1976–88; President ofLiberal International, 1994–96.

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