Will we ever see another celebrity who has been created a life peer/peeress?

[bx...@yahoo.com]

What are the chances of a celebrity (meaning someone who has contributed to the arts) being created a life peer/peeress (in the tradition of Lord Olivier and Lord Lloyd-Webber) now and in the future?

It seems most of them rise to the level of "Sir" (Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Elton John come to mind) or Dame (i.e., Judy Dench and Helen Mirren), but receive no peerage.

Also, what people would be on the short list ,if it were to happen?

Thanks.

Brooke

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haha I think David and Victoria Beckham are waiting for their Knighthoods or well David is.. Maybe David might receive a Life Peerage instead...

[David Beamish]

Laurence Olivier's peerage was announced in the 1970 Birthday Honours, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's in the 1997 New Year Honours. There have been no peerages in honours lists since the 2000 New Year Honours. In 2001 the nomination of Crossbench peers was passed to the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC), and although the restriction on the Prime Minister's nomination of non-party peerages has been progressively watered down since then (and HOLAC has in recent times been limited to an average of two nominations a year) it seems unlikely that a "celebrity" would be nominated except (1) as a political nomination, as with Ian Botham (Lord Botham 2020), or (2) through HOLAC, which would require a commitment to play an active part in the House of Lords.

Past HOLAC nominations of people from "the arts" include Michael Berkeley (Lord Berkeley of Knighton, 2013) and Deborah Bull (Baroness Bull, 2018).

Other pre-2001 creations of life peers from the arts include Benjamin Britten (Lord Britten, 1976), Bernard Miles (Lord Miles, 1979) and Yehudi Menuhin (Lord Menuhin, 1993).