JK Rowling turned down House of Lords peerage twice

JK Rowling has revealed she turned down 2 offers of a peerage successful the House of Lords and would crook down a third.

The author's remarks came aft Conservative Party person hopeful Kemi Badenoch said she would springiness Rowling a peerage for her stance connected sex - a presumption critics person described arsenic being transphobic.

The Harry Potter writer said successful a station connected X that she had been offered peerages "once nether Labour and erstwhile nether the Tories", adding she "still wouldn't instrumentality it" if offered the honour for a 3rd time.

Most peers sitting successful the House of Lords are appointed by the monarch connected the premier minister's advice, with nominations vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

Badenoch praised Rowling successful an interrogation with the Talk TV online streaming service, saying they some believed protections for women should beryllium based not connected self-identified sex but alternatively biologic sex.

The MP for North West Essex said of Rowling: "I don't cognize whether she would instrumentality it, but I surely would springiness her a peerage."

The erstwhile equalities curate went connected to praise Baroness Cass for her reappraisal of NHS children's sex services - enactment Badenoch "managed to get" the doc a peerage for.

Writing connected X, Rowling said: "It’s considered atrocious signifier to speech astir this but I’ll marque an objection fixed the precise peculiar circumstances.

"I’ve already turned down a peerage twice, erstwhile nether Labour and erstwhile nether the Tories. If offered 1 a 3rd time, I inactive wouldn’t instrumentality it."

She said successful an evident notation to Badenoch: "It’s not her, it’s me."

Rowling was awarded an OBE successful 2001, and was made a Companion of Honour successful 2017 by Prince William, past the Duke of Cambridge, for her work.

While the precise dates the writer was offered the 2 peerages are unclear, the archetypal would person travel successful the New Labour years, erstwhile Rowling was inactive penning the Harry Potter series.

The last publication successful Rowling's best-selling wizard bid was published successful 2007. In the years since, she has written articles, plays and a bid of transgression books for adults nether the pen sanction Robert Galbraith.

The transgression series, known collectively nether the rubric Cormoran Strike, were published passim the 2010s - during which clip Rowling was presumably offered a peerage for the 2nd time.

If she had taken up a spot successful the House of Lords, the writer would astir apt person been fixed the rubric of Baroness Rowling - and if she recovered the clip to be sessions, she would person a accidental successful the enactment of Parliament's 2nd chamber, considering draught laws and perchance participating successful prime committees.