List of life peerages (1979–1997)

This is a list of life peerages in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 from 1979 to 1997, during the tenures of the Conservative prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990)
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John Major (1990–1997)
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