After losing his seat to Richard Drax of the Conservative Party, it was announced Knight would be made a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honours.

Knight was manager of Central Studio, the arts centre of Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke, from 1988–90.

[3] Knight first stood for Parliament at the 1997 general election as the Labour Party candidate for South Dorset, but narrowly lost by just 77 votes.

[4] He was, however, elected on the same day to Mendip District Council, on which he served until 2001; including as Labour group leader.

He is also the deputy chair of the Nominet Trust,[citation needed] and an honorary associate of the National Secular Society.