Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr,13th Marquess of Lothian,Baron Kerr of Monteviot,,commonly known as Michael Ancram,was a British politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly styled Earl of Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004,upon the death of his father.
John Roddick Russell MacGregor,Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market,,is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk from 1974 to 2001. He served in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1985–87),Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food (1987–89),Secretary of State for Education and Science (1989–90),Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (1990–92),and Secretary of State for Transport (1992–94). He was made a life peer in 2001.
The House of Lords Act 1999 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords,one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given royal assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries,the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;the Act removed such a right. However,as part of a compromise,the Act allowed ninety-two hereditary peers to remain in the House. Another ten were created life peers to enable them to remain in the House.
John David Beckett Taylor,Baron Taylor of Warwick is a member of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1996,at the age of 44,he became one of the youngest people in the upper house.
In the United Kingdom,life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited,in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the Dukedom of Edinburgh awarded for life to Prince Edward in 2023,all life peerages conferred since 2009 have been created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 with the rank of baron and entitle their holders to sit and vote in the House of Lords,presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable",although they cannot inherit the peerage itself. Prior to 2009,life peers of baronial rank could also be so created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 for senior judges.
James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton,Baron Selkirk of Douglas,was a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West and then as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region. Between 1997 and 2023 he was a member of the House of Lords as a life peer.
Robert Alexander Lindsay,29th Earl of Crawford,12th Earl of Balcarres,Baron Balniel,,known by courtesy as Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975,was a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician who was a member of Parliament from 1955 to 1974. He was chief of Clan Lindsay and also acted,from 1975 to 2019,as Premier Earl of Scotland.
Paul Edward Winston White,Baron Hanningfield,,was a British politician and farmer. As a member of the Conservative Party,he served in various leadership roles in local government in Essex and was influential in establishing the Local Government Association. He was a member of Essex County Council from 1970 and 2011,and served in frontbench roles in the House of Lords after being nominated for a life peerage in 1998.
Peter Selwyn Gummer,Baron Chadlington FCIPR FIoD FCinstM FRSA is an English businessman and former head of Huntsworth,one of the largest lobbying firms in the United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Robert James Borwick,5th Baron Borwick,is a British businessman,hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
Kulveer Singh Ranger,Baron Ranger of Northwood is an English strategy and communications executive. A board member of the trade association techUK,he has been a member of the House of Lords since 2023.
Alistair Basil Cooke,Baron Lexden,,is a British historian,author and politician who sits as a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
Andrew Simon Feldman,Baron Feldman of Elstree,is a British barrister,businessman and Conservative fundraiser and politician.
Henry Byron Davies,Baron Davies of Gower,is a Welsh Conservative politician,Life Peer and former Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector.
Raminder Singh Ranger,Baron Ranger,is a British-Indian businessman and politician. He is the founder of Sun Mark,a multinational consumer-goods company,and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2019.
James Roger Crompton Lupton,Baron Lupton,is a former chairman of Greenhill Europe and Co-Treasurer of the Conservative Party,having donated circa £3.3 million to the party.
John Hannett,Baron Hannett of Everton,is a British trade unionist and formerly General Secretary of the Union of Shop,Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). He was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2024.
James Nicholas Bethell,5th Baron Bethell is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician in the House of Lords. During the COVID-19 pandemic,he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care and was involved in negotiating various controversial contracts.
Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe,Baron Sharpe of Epsom,is an investment banker and British Conservative politician based in Surrey,who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office from September 2022 to July 2024.
Ross John Kempsell,Baron Kempsell is a British political adviser and life peer.
