The 2010 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 28 May 2010 at the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The list was gazetted on 15 June.^[1]

Conservative

• Timothy Eric Boswell, former Whip and Parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Angela Frances Browning, former Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Rt Hon. John Selwyn Gummer, former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Rt Hon. Michael Howard, QC, former Home Secretary, Leader of the Conservative Party.
• John Craddock Maples, former Economic Secretary.
• Sir Michael Spicer, former Government Minister for Housing and Chairman of Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.

Labour

• Rt Hon. Hilary Jane Armstrong, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Social Exclusion.
• Rt Hon. Desmond (Des) Henry Browne, former Secretary of State for Defence.
• Rt Hon. Quentin Davies, former Government Minister, Defence.
• Rt Hon. Beverley Hughes, former Minister of State, Children, Schools and Families.
• Rt Hon. John Hutton, former Secretary of State for Business.
• Rt Hon. James (Jim) Philip Knight, Former Minister of State.
• Rt Hon. Tommy McAvoy, former Government Deputy Chief Whip.
• Rt Hon. John McFall, former Chair of Treasury Select Committee and MP for West Dunbartonshire.
• Rt Hon. John Leslie Prescott, former Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State.
• Rt Hon. Dr John Reid.
• Rt Hon. Angela Evans Smith (of Basildon), former Minister of State, Cabinet Office.
• Rt Hon. James Donnelly (Don) Touhig, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans), Ministry of Defence.
• Rt Hon. Michael David Wills, former Minister of State, Ministry of Justice.

Liberal Democrats

• Richard Allan, former MP for Sheffield Hallam and Chair of the Information Select Committee.
• Matthew Owen John Taylor, former MP for Truro and St Austell, Chair of National Housing Federation.
• George Philip (Phil) Willis, former MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, Former Chair of Science and Technology Select Committee.

Democratic Unionist Party

• Rt Hon. Ian R K Paisley, former First Minister and DUP Leader.

Crossbench

• Sir Ian Blair, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Conservative

• Guy Vaughan Black, former Director of Press Complaints Commission and executive director of Telegraph Media Group.
• Dame Margaret Eaton, DBE, Chairman of Local Government Association.
• Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, QC, barrister, leading practitioner, crime and personal injuries practice.
• John Gardiner, Deputy Chief Executive of Countryside Alliance.
• Helen Margaret Newlove, campaigner against anti-social behaviour.
• Doral Amarshi Popat, businessman, Chief Executive of TLC Group, specialising in healthcare and hospitality.
• Shireen Olive Ritchie, Local Government Councillor, specialises in areas of adult and children's social care.
• Deborah Stedman-Scott, OBE, DL, FRSA, Chief Executive of Tomorrow's People, national employment charity working in deprived areas of UK.
• Nat Wei, a member of Teach First's founding team and also a founder of Future Leaders.
• Hon Simon Adam Wolfson, Chief Executive of NEXT plc.

Labour

• Sir Jeremy Hugh Beecham, DL,- senior figure in English local government and first Chairman of the Local Government Association.
• Rt Hon. Paul Boateng, former Government Minister and MP for Brent South.
• Rita Margaret Donaghy, CBE, former Chair Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
• Jeannie Drake, former Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union.
• Dr Dianne Hayter, Chair of Legal Services Consumer Panel.
• Anna Healy, former Government and political adviser, serving in numerous government departments.
• Roy Kennedy, Labour Party's Director of Finance and Compliance, long serving member of the Labour Party.
• Rt Hon. Helen Liddell, former Secretary State of Scotland.
• Roger John Liddle, former Special Adviser on Europe.
• Rt Hon. Dr Jack Wilson McConnell, former First Minister of Scotland.
• John Monks, General Secretary, European Trades Union Confederation.
• Sue Nye, former Director of Government Relations, Prime Minister's Office.
• Maeve Sherlock OBE, former Chief Executive of the Refugee Council and Former Special Advisor to Chancellor.
• Robert Wilfrid (Wilf) Stevenson, former Director of the Smith Institute and Special Adviser to the PM.
• Margaret Wheeler, MBE, Director of Organisation and Staff Development for the public service union UNISON.
• Michael Williams, former Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs.

Liberal Democrats

• Floella Benjamin, DL, actor, presenter and campaigner for children's issues.
• Mike German, AM, former Deputy First Minister (Wales).
• Meral Hussein Ece, OBE, Local Government Councillor in Islington, advocate of equality issues.
• Sir Kenneth (Ken) Macdonald, QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions.
• Kathryn (Kate) Jane Parminter, former Chief Executive of Campaign to Protect Rural England.
• John Shipley, OBE, leading Local Government Councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne.

• William (Bill) O’Brien, former MP for Normanton 1983–2005.
• Rt Hon. Ian McCartney, former Minister of State, FCO and DTI.

Outgoing Labour MP Keith Hill claimed he was offered a knighthood but declined it, saying he would find the title "embarrassing".^[2]

• Downing Street announcement of the list