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# Lichfield MP says he is “honoured” to have received a knighthood
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-says-he-is-honoured-to-have-received-a-knighthood/
- Published: 2023-06-13T06:23:28.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-13T06:23:36.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP says he is “honoured” to have been awarded a knighthood.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:01, News

Lichfield’s MP says he is “honoured” to have been awarded a knighthood.

Michael Fabricant was named in former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation [honours list](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-awarded-knighthood-in-boris-johnsons-resignation-honours-list/).

The Conservative MP said:

> “I am indeed honoured to have been awarded a knighthood.   
>  
> “I first learned about it officially just 24 hours before it was publicly announced. I finally heard about the announcement while I was in Zagreb with a rather dicey mobile connection.  
>  
> “A former colleague from the House of Commons has told me I am the first Parliamentary knight for the Lichfield constituency since my predecessor Major General Sir Jack d’Avigdor-Goldsmid MP who inherited the baronetcy from his brother in December 1976, but I am the first to have been appointed a knight for services to Lichfield and Parliament. In those days, Sir Jack was MP for Lichfield and Tamworth.  
>  
> “I hope to continue serving the people of the Lichfield and Burntwood constituency answering the many thousands of emails and letters I receive each year, helping with their problems and raising issues important to the constituency in Parliament.”  
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> Michael Fabricant

Despite the announcement only being made in recent days, Mr Fabricant said he had been told last year that he could be due to receive an honour.

> “Last August, I was away on holiday exploring West Virginia. was nearing the summit of a mountain when I received a phone call from someone very senior in the Liz Truss campaign just days before it was publicly announced she had won the Conservative leadership campaign.  
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> “The caller told me he ‘didn’t want any by-elections’. I thought he was talking about someone else, but he said he meant me. I asked why on earth would I cause a by-election and he told me I was on Boris’ peerage list.  
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> “I was stunned. I said that I hadn’t asked or indicated in any way that I wanted to be put into the House of Lords as I enjoy serving in the House of Commons representing the Lichfield constituency. He said that if he can tell the PM that – Boris was still Prime Minister – I might be rewarded in some other way in the future.   
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> “I then spoke to someone even more senior in her campaign and then more or less forgot about it all, especially when Liz Truss had to resign as Prime Minister.  
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> “Now, I really don’t know whether that peerage actually was on the cards as I never discussed it directly with Boris, but if it was, I am even more glad I didn’t insist on going to the House of Lords the way things have turned out.  
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> “But, as I have said, I am delighted and grateful for the honour I have received. The knighthood is an honour for the whole constituency.”  
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> Michael Fabricant