In September 2014 Robathan announced he would stand down at the 2015 general election, and was nominated for a life peerage in 2015 Dissolution Honours, being created Baron Robathan, of Poultney in the County of Leicestershire, on 13 October 2015.

Early life

Robathan was born on 17 July 1951. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School,