Former Liverpool MP Luciana Berger made a peer in the House of Lords

Ms Berger left the Labor Party in 2019 but returned last year

Former Liverpool MP Luciana Berger has been made a peer in the House of Lords. Ms Berger represented the Liverpool Wavertree constituency as an MP between 2010 and 2019.

Ms Berger left the Labor Party in 2019 in protest over the party’s handling of allegations of anti-Semitism, but she rejoined last year. In January this year, Sir Keir Starmer gave him a key role in developing Labor’s mental health strategy.

And now the Prime Minister has given the former Liverpool MP a seat in the House of Lords as he appoints dozens of new peers to Parliament’s upper house.

Ms Berger is joined in the new batch of peers by former shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire, who lost her Bristol Central seat at the general election and Sue Gray, who was briefly chief of staff to Sir Keir before be removed from office early. The weeks of the new Labor government have been marked by infighting and bickering.

The Conservatives have appointed six new peers, including former deputy prime minister Therese Coffey, from Merseyside, and Toby Young, deputy editor of The Spectator. The Liberal Democrats have appointed two new peers.

After leaving the Labor Party in 2019, Ms Berger joined a splinter group of MPs called The Independent Group, before running unsuccessfully as a Liberal Democrat candidate later that year.