The former prime minister has chosen more than a dozen of his closest allies to head to the Lords, as part of a list of resignations longer than that of David Cameron and Theresa May combined. Here are some of the main points.

Alistair Jack

The Scottish secretary was one of Johnson’s key allies and has kept his job since 2019, surviving Liz Truss’ regime and Rishi Sunak’s first appointments. If he accepted a tie, it would trigger a by-election in the seat of Dumfries and Galloway, which he has held since 2017 with a narrow majority.

Nadine Dorris

The former culture secretary drew attention for her repeated and swift defense of Johnson when he was embroiled in scandal and left on the ropes amid party wrangling. Even after Johnson’s departure, Dorries took to Twitter to continue to praise the former prime minister’s efforts to give the Conservative party a large majority.

Alok Sharma

The outgoing Cop26 chairman backed Johnson to return to the political frontline and even make a second bid to win the keys to No 10 last month. Sharma worked as an accountant before winning his Reading West seat from Labor in 2010. Sharma worked closely with Johnson as the UK prepared to host the climate change summit last year and supported Johnson as scandals dogged the former prime minister.

Ross Campbell

The 30-year-old previously worked for Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV as a political editor, during which he interviewed then-prime minister Johnson at No 10. The odd interview consisted of Johnson claiming he builds model buses in his spare time. He had also worked for Murdoch’s new station, Times Radio, as a special correspondent before joining CCHQ as political director.

Charlotte Owen

She is one of Johnson’s former aides who is believed to be in her 20s. She will be one of the youngest peers of her life. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Dan Rosenfield

Rosenfield quit Downing Street as chief of staff in January after Tory MPs called on Johnson to reshuffle his cabinet after Partygate. Before working for Johnson, he had worked as principal private secretary at the Treasury between 2007 and 2011. Rosenfield is understood to have returned to the private sector in a director role at Centrica, the owner of British Gas.

Ben Gascoigne

Gascoigne worked with Johnson as his political secretary when he was mayor of London before joining him at Downing Street. The former deputy chief of staff also worked alongside Johnson at the State Department.

Ben Hussen

Houchen claimed it was “news to him” that he was being peer-ranked by Johnson. The Tees Valley mayor said he was instead focused on securing re-election in 2024.

Shaun Bailey

The candidate who tried to be mayor of London and failed is a peer line. Bailey resigned as chairman of the London assembly’s police and crime committee after a photo emerged of him flouting Covid rules at a CCHQ-based lockdown party.