Prime Minister of the United Kingdom retirement from the Commons, which elevates the individual to the House of Lords. Formerly, the peerage bestowed was usually an earldom, with Churchill offered a dukedom. From the 1960s onward, life peerages were preferred, although in 1984 Harold Macmillan was created Earl of Stockton. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher accepted life peerages, although Douglas-Home had previously disclaimed his hereditary title as Earl of Home. Edward Heath did not accept a peerage of any kind and nor have any of the Prime Ministers to retire since 1990; although Heath and Major were later appointed as Knights
Phil Wilson (British politician) supported the proposal to join the European Economic Area to mitigate the disadvantages of Brexit. Wilson's constituency of Sedgefield voted to Leave the European Union by 59.4%. Phil Wilson (British politician) Philip Wilson (born 31 May 1959) is a Labour Party MP in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield on 19 July 2007 in a by-election that followed the resignation of Tony Blair, former Prime Minister and MP for Sedgefield. The son of a Fishburn colliery worker, Wilson has lived in the Sedgefield constituency all of his life. After attending Trimdon Secondary Modern