General the Lord Charles Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, LVO, OBE, DL was Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2001. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1994 and 1997. Raised to the peerage as Baron Guthrie of...
Rt Hon Lord Menzies Campbell of Pittenweem CBE QC MP is a British politician, advocate, and a retired Olympic sprinter. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife, and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007. Lord Campbell is also formerly a...
Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP entered Parliament for the first time in 1983 for Bury North and since 2001 and served as the Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire until 2019. Since 2020, Alistair has served as Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University. Following a lengthy and varied front...
Rt. Hon. Lord Browne of Ladyton (Des Browne) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010. As a back-bencher, he served on the Northern Ireland Affairs and Public Administration Select Committees. In 1998, he became the...
Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett MP is a British Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Derby South. Mrs Beckett was first elected to Parliament in 1974 and held junior positions in the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. She lost her seat in...
The Rt Hon Lord Michael Ancram QC is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He is a member of the House of Lords and former Member of Parliament. After 2005 election, Ancram was appointed a Shadow Secretary of State for Defence but remained a Deputy Leader. He stood down from the shadow...