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Iceland boss and ex-Tory backer to sit as Labour peer
The Guardian
|December 08, 2025
The formerly Conservative-supporting boss of the supermarket Iceland is to be made a Labour peer when the party appoints another 25 representatives to parliament’s upper house.
Keir Starmer will appoint Richard Walker to the House of Lords this month, the Guardian understands, the culmination of an unusual political transformation for someone named as a prospective Tory MP candidate a little over three years ago.
It was only February this year when the Iceland executive chairman was rating Starmer’s government six out of 10, saying that the Labour government needed to focus on “inclusive growth and everyday growth” that could “trickle down in everyday people’s lives”.
As a Labour peer Walker will get the chance to push for policies close to his heart, including closer relations with the EU, and for a more positive message on the economy.
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