The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house,the House of Commons,it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London,England. One of the oldest institutions in the world,its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century.
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.
Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith,2nd Baron Strathclyde,,known informally as Tom Strathclyde,is a British Conservative politician. Lord Strathclyde served in the political role of Leader of the House of Lords from the 2010 general election until January 2013 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,having been Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords (1998–2010). As of 2024,he is the most recent hereditary peer to serve as Leader of the Lords.
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan,2nd Earl of Stockton,styled as Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden between 1984 and 1986,is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the eldest son of the Conservative politician Maurice Macmillan and grandson of prime minister Harold Macmillan,1st Earl of Stockton.
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.
Ivon Anthony Moore-Brabazon,3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara,,is a British Conservative politician.
Frederick Richard Penn Curzon,7th Earl Howe,,is a British peer who has been the Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served previously as the Deputy Leader of the House of Lords from 2015 to 2024 and as Minister of State for Defence from 2015 to 2019. Howe is the longest continuously serving Conservative frontbencher,having held a front bench role in some capacity since 1991.
The reform of the House of Lords,the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,has been a topic of discussion in UK politics for more than a century. Multiple governments have attempted reform,beginning with the introduction of the Parliament Act 1911 by the incumbent Liberal Government. When the Labour Party came to power in the 1997 general election,the Blair government passed the House of Lords Act 1999. On 7 November 2001 the government undertook a public consultation. This helped to create a public debate on the issue of Lords reform,with 1,101 consultation responses and numerous debates in Parliament and the media. However,no consensus on the future of the upper chamber emerged.
Luke Richard White,6th Baron Annaly,is a British hereditary peer and former Government Whip in the House of Lords,who sat on the Conservative benches.
Geoffrey Robert James Borwick,5th Baron Borwick,is a British businessman,hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
Thomas Henry Ashton,4th Baron Ashton of Hyde,,is a British hereditary peer and former insurance broker who served as Chief Whip of the House of Lords and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 2019 to 2022. He succeeded to his family's peerage title on 2 August 2008.
By-elections to the House of Lords occur when vacancies arise among seats assigned to hereditary peers due to death,resignation,or disqualification. Candidates for these by-elections are limited to holders of hereditary peerages,and their electorates are made up of sitting Lords;in most cases the electorate are those sitting hereditary peers of the same party affiliation as the departed peer.
David Hacking,3rd Baron Hacking,is a British arbitrator,barrister and hereditary peer.
Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore,7th Baron Harlech,is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords. He has been serving as a Lord in Waiting since September 2022.
Edward Sebastian Grigg,4th Baron Altrincham,is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Richard John Denison,9th Baron Londesborough,is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Philip John Remnant,4th Baron Remnant is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician. In a July 2022 by-election,he was elected to replace Lord Brabazon of Tara in the House of Lords following Brabazon of Tara's retirement in April 2022. He has served as Chairman of Coutts Bank since the start of 2023.
Mark Edward Cubitt,5th Baron Ashcombe,is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician. In an October 2022 by-election,he was elected to replace The Earl of Home in the House of Lords following Home's death in August. He is a second cousin of Queen Camilla.
Edward Mowbray Nicholas Howard,8th Earl of Effingham is a hereditary peer in the peerage of the United Kingdom and an elected Conservative member of the House of Lords.
