Alan James Beith,Baron Beith,is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,Baron Young of Cookham,,known as Sir George Young,6th Baronet from 1960 to 2015,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015,having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions:as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997;as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;and as Conservative Chief Whip from 2012 to 2014.
Timothy Eric Boswell,Baron Boswell of Aynho is a British politician who was the Conservative MP for Daventry from 1987 until he stood down at the 2010 general election,after which he was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer.
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.
George Foulkes,Baron Foulkes of CumnockPC is a British politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2002. A member of Scottish Labour and the Co-operative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Carrick,Cumnock and Doon Valley,formerly South Ayrshire,from 1979 to 2005. He was later a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP),as one of the additional members for the Lothians region,from 2007 to 2011.
John Cradock Maples,Baron Maples was a British politician and life peer who served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1989 to 1992. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham West from 1983 to 1992 and Stratford-upon-Avon from 1997 to 2010.
Andrew Guy Tyrie,Baron Tyrie,is a British politician and former chair of the Competition and Markets Authority. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 1997 to 2017. Tyrie was previously a special adviser at HM Treasury and chair of the Treasury Select Committee,having taken up the role on 10 June 2010. He was described by Donald Macintyre of The Independent in 2013 as "the most powerful backbencher in the House of Commons",and by The Economist as a liberal conservative.
Michael Goodall Watson,Baron Watson of Invergowrie,is a British Labour Party politician. He has served in two legislatures in the United Kingdom and served as Minister for Culture and Sport in the Scottish Executive Cabinet,and a convicted criminal.
Ivor Seward Richard,Baron Richard,was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.
The Lord Speaker of the House of Lords is the presiding officer,chairman and highest authority of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The office is analogous to the Speaker of the House of Commons:the Lord Speaker is elected by the members of the House of Lords and is expected to be politically impartial.
Ian Campbell was a Scottish politician who served as a backbench Labour Member of Parliament (MP) of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1987.
Bellsmyre is a large housing estate in the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire,Scotland. Located on the edge of the Kilpatrick Hills in the northeast of Dumbarton. Bellsmyre is one of five predominantly council housing schemes in Dumbarton,the other four being Westcliff,Silverton,Brucehill and Castlehill.
Norman Hogg,Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld CBE,DL,JP,LLD,FSA Scot. was a Scottish Labour Party politician.
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle,Baron Hoyle,,was a British politician and life peer who was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 1997 and a lord-in-waiting from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Nelson and Colne from 1974 to 1979 and Warrington North from 1981 to 1997.
Paul Maynard is a British politician who served from 2010 until 2024 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Cleveleys. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions since November 2023. He previously as served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in 2019 and for Transport from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2019 to 2020.
David Henry Rutley is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield from 2010 until 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean from October 2022 until July 2024.
Gareth Alan Johnson is a British politician and former lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative party,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022 in the Truss ministry. Johnson previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.
The senior deputy speaker is an officer of the House of Lords whose main role is to preside over the house when it is in committee,either in the Lords Chamber or in Grand Committee,which is when committee stage is taken away from the floor to free up debating time in the main chamber. The senior deputy speaker deputises for the lord speaker,and like the lord speaker withdraws from political party membership. Additionally,the senior deputy speaker chairs various select committees of the house,and has a role in the administration of the house.
Roy Francis Kennedy,Baron Kennedy of Southwark,is a British politician and life peer serving as Chief Whip of the House of Lords since 2024. He is a member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties.
Edward Sebastian Grigg,4th Baron Altrincham,is a British hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
