Football boss and Apprentice TV show star, Karren Brady, is among 22 new peers announced by the government.
Ms Brady will take a seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords alongside former Marks & Spencer chief Sir Stuart Rose.
Other new working peers include former MEP and EastEnders actor Michael Cashman, who will become a Labour peer.
There are 12 new Tory peers, three new Labour ones, six Liberal Democrats and one DUP member of the Lords.
Conservative donor Ranbir Singh Suri is also being lined up for a seat in the Lords. The jewellery tycoon and his company have given more than £300,000 to the party since 2006.
The peers are nominated by the party leaders but are vetted by the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission.
The full Conservative list is:
- Karren Brady, vice-chairman of West Ham FC and senior non-executive director of the Syco and Arcadia brands
- Martin Callanan, former Conservative MEP for North-East of England
- Carlyn Chisholm, co-chairman of the Conservative candidates committee
- Andrew Cooper, former Conservative Party director of political operations, founder of pollsters Populus
- Natalie Evans, director of the New Schools Network, the charity advising groups on how to set up free schools
- Michael Farmer, founding partner of RK Mine Finance group, trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust and Conservative Party treasurer
- Dido Harding, chief executive of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
- Arminka Helic, government special adviser on preventing sexual violence in conflict zones
- Nosheena Mobarik, businesswomen, founder of the Scotland Pakistan Network
- Sir Stuart Rose, former chief executive and chairman of Marks & Spencer
- Joanna Shields, digital adviser to David Cameron, chairwoman of Tech City UK
- Ranbir Singh Suri, businessman, formerly general secretary of the Board of British Sikhs
The new Labour peers are:
- Michael Cashman, former MEP for West Midlands MEP, former actor
- Chris Lennie, former deputy secretary general of the Labour Party
- Dame Gail Rebuck, chairman of Penguin Random House UK publishers
The new Liberal Democrat peers are:
- Chris Fox, PR director at GKN engineering and former Lib Dem chief executive
- David Goddard, former leader of Stockport Council
- Barbara Janke, former leader of Bristol City Council
- Kath Pinnock, former leader of Kirklees Council
- Paul Scriven, former leader of Sheffield City Council
- Dr Julie Smith, senior lecturer in international relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), Cambridge University
The Democratic Unionist Party has nominated William Hay MLA, the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, who has chosen to sit on the crossbenches.
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