Former Conservative transport minister Rachel Maclean is among 38 new peers who will enter the House of Lords.
Ms Maclean (pictured, right), who was also a housing and planning minister, once described e-scooters as a form of active travel.
Party leader Kemi Badenoch (pictured left) said ‘formidable' Conservative Ms Maclean and her other six nominations for life peers were ‘true radicals, the smart and the very brave' who would help take the fight to Labour.
Labour's former skills and children's minister, Kevin Brennan, and former Scottish Labour minister for communities Margaret Curran were named among 30 new Labour peers.
Downing Street announced a raft of nominations to the House of Lords on Friday afternoon, which also included former shadow local government minister Lyn Brown.
Former Bristol mayor Marvin Rees will sit on the Labour Lords benches, along with ex-Camden LBC member Mike Katz and Anne Longfield, who served as the children's commissioner for England between 2015 and 2021.
There were two nominations from the leader of the Lib Dems Sir Ed Davey, including leader of the party on Sheffield City Council Shaffaq Mohammed, who was first elected in 2004.
Labour has pledged to reform the House of Lords and has already moved to get rid of hereditary peers.
This article first appeared on themj.co.uk.
