Sunak’s chief of staff and Theresa May among Tory peerages in dissolution honours

Close Sunak ally Liam Booth-Smith elevated to Lords while Keir Starmer nominates eight retiring MPs

• General election 2024 -live updates
• UK general election results live
• When will we know who won? Hour-by-hour guide to election night

Rishi Sunak's chief of staff has been given a life peerage in the dissolution honours along with the former prime minister Theresa May, the former transport secretary Chris Grayling and the former chair of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady.

Liam Booth-Smith, who was one of Sunak's closest allies in government having previously worked for Boris Johnson, will be elevated to the House of Lords along with six other Conservatives.