List of members of the House of Lords

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This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Current sitting members

Current composition of the House of Lords
GroupSitting members
Conservative Party
 
273
Labour Party
 
186
Liberal Democrats
 
78
Democratic Unionist Party
 
6
Ulster Unionist Party
 
3
Green Party
 
2
Plaid Cymru
 
2
Independents
 
1
Non-affiliated
 
43
Crossbench
 
184
Lord Speaker
 
1
Lords Spiritual
 
25
Last updated: 21 October 2024Total number of sitting members: 804
Non-sitting members: 025
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Diagram of the current composition of the House of Lords

Lords Spiritual

Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords: the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York, the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, and the next 21 most senior diocesan bishops (with the exception of the Bishop in Europe and the Bishop of Sodor and Man). Under the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015, female bishops take precedence over men until May 2025 to become new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats allocated by seniority.

BishopricNameSummoned
to Lords		Diocesan
bishop as of
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby 28 November 2011 [lower-alpha 1] 2011
Lord Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell 10 February 2014 [lower-alpha 2] 2010
Lord Bishop of London Sarah Mullally 10 April 20182018
Lord Bishop of Durham vacant
Lord Bishop of Winchester Philip Mounstephen 15 November 20232023
Lord Bishop of Bristol Vivienne Faull 2 October 2018 [lower-alpha 3] 2018
Lord Bishop of Chelmsford Guli Francis-Dehqani 25 June 2021 [lower-alpha 4] 2021
Lord Bishop of Chichester Martin Warner 3 January 20182012
Lord Bishop of Derby Libby Lane 28 March 2019 [lower-alpha 5] 2019
Lord Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek 7 September 2015 [lower-alpha 6] 2015
Lord Bishop of Guildford Andrew Watson 16 December 20212014
Lord Bishop of Hereford Richard Jackson 15 November 20232020
Lord Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines 3 December 20142011
Lord Bishop of Leicester Martyn Snow 6 October 20222013
Lord Bishop of Lichfield Michael Ipgrave 25 October 20222016
Lord Bishop of Lincoln Stephen Conway 4 June 2014 [lower-alpha 7] 2011
Lord Bishop of Manchester David Walker 28 July 20202013
Lord Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley 21 September 2023 [lower-alpha 8] 2023
Lord Bishop of Norwich Graham Usher 17 October 20232014
Lord Bishop of Oxford Steven Croft 15 July 2013 [lower-alpha 9] 2009
Lord Bishop of Peterborough   Debbie Sellin 18 October 20242023
Lord Bishop of Sheffield Pete Wilcox 17 January 20232017
Lord Bishop of Southwark Christopher Chessun 11 November 20142011
Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham Paul Williams 19 April 20222015
Lord Bishop of St Albans Alan Smith 3 October 20132009
Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich   Martin Seeley 17 January 20222015

Lords Temporal

Lords Temporal include life peers, excepted hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 (some of whom have been elected to the House after being removed from it in 1999), and remaining law life peers.

Key
‡Indicates peer who returned to the House after leaving it
PeerDate joinedPartyTypeNotes
Lord Aberdare 20 July 2009CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman, Deputy Lieutenant of Dyfed
Baroness Adams of Craigielea 28 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Paisley North (1990–2005)
Lord Addington 17 June 1986Liberal DemocratHereditary peerPresident of the British Dyslexia Association
Lord Adebowale 30 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of Turning Point, chair of the NHS Confederation
Lord Adonis 16 May 2005LabourLife peerFormer Secretary of State for Transport (2009–2010), former chairman of European Movement UK (2021–2022)
Lord Agnew of Oulton 19 October 2017ConservativeLife peerFormer Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation (2020–2022), former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School System (2017–2020), founder of the Inspiration Trust
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon 13 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer Merton London Borough Councillor for Wimbledon Park (2002–2014), Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations (since 2017)
Lord Alderdice 8 October 1996Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2004), former MLA for Belfast East (1998–2003), former member of Belfast City Council (1989–1997), former president of Liberal International (2005–2009) and former leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (1987–1998)
Lord Allan of Hallam 22 July 2010Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Sheffield Hallam (1997–2005)
Lord Allen of Kensington 2 October 2013LabourLife peerBusinessman, chairman of THG plc, Global Radio and 2 Sisters Food Group, former chairman of EMI, former chief executive of Granada Group and ITV plc
Lord Alli 18 July 1998LabourLife peerMedia entrepreneur, co-creator of Survivor , former chancellor of De Montfort University, first openly gay peer in parliament
Lord Alliance 1 July 2004Liberal DemocratLife peerChairman of N Brown Group
Baroness Altmann 19 May 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer Minister of State for Pensions (2015–2016)
Lord Alton of Liverpool 12 June 1997CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Liverpool Edge Hill (1979–1983) and for Liverpool Mossley Hill (1983–1997)
Lord Altrincham 23 June 2021ConservativeHereditary peerBanker, non-executive director of The Co-operative Bank
Baroness Amos 24 September 1997LabourLife peerFormer UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, former Secretary of State for International Development, former British High Commissioner to Australia, and former Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Anderson of Ipswich 10 July 2018CrossbenchLife peerBarrister, former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (2011–2017)
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent 18 November 2022LabourLife peerFormer MP for Stoke-on-Trent North (2015–2019)
Lord Anderson of Swansea 28 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Swansea East (1974–2005)
Baroness Andrews 9 May 2000LabourLife peerFormer senior researcher in the House of Commons Library (1970–1985), former parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, former chair of English Heritage (2009–2013)
Baroness Anelay of St Johns 14 October 1996ConservativeLife peerFormer Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and former Government Chief Whip in the Lords
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom 1 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Wanstead & Woodford (1987–1997) and for North East Hampshire (1997–2015)
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top 18 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for North West Durham (1987–2010)
Earl of Arran 25 April 1983ConservativeHereditary peerSits as Baron Sudley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
Lord Ashcombe 28 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerInsurance broker and civil engineer.
Lord Ashton of Hyde 25 July 2011Non-affiliatedHereditary peerInsurance broker
Baroness Ashton of Upholland 2 August 1999LabourLife peerFormer High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, First-Vice-President of the European Commission, European Commissioner for Trade, Leader of the House of Lords, and Lord President of the Council
Viscount Astor 4 July 1973ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman and Chairman of Silvergate Media
Earl Attlee 2 March 1992ConservativeHereditary peerFormer Government whip
Lord Austin of Dudley 2 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Dudley North (2005–2019)
Lord Bach 27 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer parliamentary under-secretary of state in several departments and former Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Lord Bailey of Paddington 10 July 2023ConservativeLife peerMember of the London Assembly (since 2016), journalist and political adviser
Lord Baker of Dorking 16 June 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Acton (1968–1970), St Marylebone (1970–1983) and Mole Valley (1983–1997), former Home Secretary (1990–1992), Secretary of State for Education and Science and of the Environment
Baroness Bakewell 21 January 2011LabourLife peerWriter and broadcaster
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville  9 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerCouncillor on South Somerset District Council
Lord Banner 6 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBarrister
Lord Balfe 19 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer Member of the European Parliament for London (1979–2004)
Baroness Barker 31 July 1999Liberal DemocratLife peerLiberal Democrats spokesperson on Health
Baroness Barran 21 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer hedgefund manager
Lord Bassam of Brighton 3 November 1997LabourLife peerFormer Labour Chief Whip in the Lords. Former leader of Brighton Council
Baroness Batters 16 August 2024CrossbenchLife peerFormer president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales (2018–2024)
Baroness Beckett 14 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer Foreign Secretary (2006–2007), Former MP for Lincoln (1974–1979) and for Derby South (1983–2024)
Lord Beamish 15 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for North Durham (2001–2024)
Lord Beith 19 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed (1973–2015)
Lord Bellamy 14 June 2022ConservativeLife peer Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Lord Bellingham 5 November 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for North West Norfolk (1983–1997; 2001–2019)
Baroness Benjamin 26 June 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerActress, author and television presenter
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle 7 October 2019GreenLife peerFormer Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Lord Benyon 26 January 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Newbury (2005–2019)
‡ Lord Berkeley 18 April 2000 [lower-alpha 10] LabourLife peerHereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Gueterbock
Lord Berkeley of Knighton 26 March 2013CrossbenchLife peerComposer and music broadcaster
Baroness Berridge 18 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer executive director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship
Baroness Bertin 2 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer deputy press officer for David Cameron
Lord Best 4 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerPresident of the Local Government Association
Lord Bethell 19 July 2018ConservativeHereditary peerJournalist, former nightclub manager.
Lord Bew 26 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Irish politics at Queen's University Belfast
Lord Bichard 24 March 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer permanent secretary for the Department for Education (and later the Department for Education and Employment)
Lord Bilimoria 16 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFounder and chairman of Cobra Beer
Baroness Billingham 2 May 2000LabourLife peerFormer Member of the European Parliament for Northamptonshire and Blaby (1994–1999)
Lord Bird 30 October 2015CrossbenchLife peerSocial entrepreneur and founder of The Big Issue
Lord Birt 11 February 2000CrossbenchLife peerFormer director-general of the BBC
Lord Black of Brentwood 9 July 2010ConservativeLife peerExecutive Director of the Telegraph Media Group
Baroness Black of Strome 26 April 2021CrossbenchLife peerProfessor and forensic anthropologist
Baroness Blackstone 18 March 1987LabourLife peerFormer Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts
Lord Blackwell 2 October 1997ConservativeLife peerHead of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit under the government of John Major from 1995 to 1997
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford 1 February 2019ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Oxford West and Abingdon (2010–2017)
Lord Blair of Boughton 20 July 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
Baroness Blake of Leeds 1 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer Leader of Leeds City Council
Lord Blencathra 28 February 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Penrith and The Border (1983–2010), former Minister of State for Home Affairs and former opposition chief whip
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist 5 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer political organizer
Baroness Blower 15 October 2019LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the National Union of Teachers
Lord Blunkett 28 September 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Sheffield Brightside (1987–2015), former Cabinet minister(1997–2004, 2005), former Home Secretary
Lord Boateng 27 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Brent South (1987–2005), Chief Secretary to the Treasury and British High Commissioner to South Africa
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury 23 June 2004Liberal DemocratLife peerLead Liberal Democrats spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Lords
Lord Booth 7 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, chairman of the National Conservative Convention
Lord Booth-Smith 21 August 2024ConservativeLife peer Downing Street Chief of Staff under Rishi Sunak
Lord Borwick 26 July 2013ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, founder of Modec
Lord Boswell of Aynho 8 July 2010Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Daventry (1987–2010); Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees
Lord Botham 10 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerCricket commentator, former professional cricketer, chairman of Durham County Cricket Club (since 2017)
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone 24 June 2005ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South West Surrey (1984–2005), Secretary of State for Health and Secretary of State for National Heritage
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth 9 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and member of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2011
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted 23 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer member of the European Parliament for South East England
Lord Bowness 17 January 1996CrossbenchLife peerFormer leader of Croydon London Borough Council
Baroness Boycott 9 July 2018CrossbenchLife peerJournalist
Lord Bradley 12 June 2006LabourLife peerFormer MP for Manchester Withington (1987–2005)
Lord Bradshaw 22 July 1999Liberal DemocratLife peerLiberal Democrats spokesperson on transport in the House of Lords
Lord Brady of Altrincham 19 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Altrincham and Sale West (1997–2024), former chairman of the 1922 Committee (2010–2019, 2019–2024).
Baroness Brady 22 September 2014ConservativeLife peerVice-chairman of West Ham United FC and senior non-executive director of the Syco and Arcadia brands
Lord Bragg 4 August 1998LabourLife peerBroadcaster and author
Baroness Bray of Coln 8 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Ealing Central and Acton (2010–2015), former member of the London Assembly for West Central (2000–2008), radio journalist
Lord Brennan 2 May 2000Non-affiliatedLife peerChair of the APPG on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Viscount Bridgeman 20 January 1983ConservativeHereditary peerChartered accountant, lieutenant in the Royal Green Jackets, Knight of Malta
Lord Bridges of Headley 28 May 2015ConservativeLife peer Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Baroness Brinton 4 February 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerExecutive Director of the Association of Universities in the East of England
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe 23 October 1997LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation and former joint-general secretary of the Public Services Tax and Commerce Union
Viscount Brookeborough 10 September 1987CrossbenchHereditary peer Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
Baroness Brown of Cambridge 30 October 2015CrossbenchLife peerVice-Chancellor of Aston University
Lord Browne of Belmont 12 June 2006Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast East (2007–2011)
Lord Browne of Ladyton 22 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (1997–2010) and Secretary of State for Defence
Lord Browne of Madingley 28 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of BP (1995–2007)
Baroness Browning 9 July 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Tiverton and Honiton (1997–2010)
Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row 9 October 2019ConservativeLife peerBusinessman
Lord Bruce of Bennachie 19 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Gordon from 1983 to 2015, president of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Baroness Bryan of Partick 20 June 2018LabourLife peerWriter and political campaigner
Baroness Bull 11 July 2018CrossbenchLife peerFormer ballet dancer and writer
Lord Burnett 31 May 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Torridge and West Devon from 1997 to 2005
Lord Burnett of Maldon 30 October 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2017–2023)
Lord Burns 20 July 1998CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief economic advisor and permanent secretary at the treasury
Baroness Burt of Solihull 9 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Solihull (2005–2015)
Baroness Buscombe 23 July 1998ConservativeLife peerChair of the Press Complaints Commission
Lord Butler of Brockwell 12 February 1998CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
Baroness Butler-Sloss 13 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lady Justice of Appeal and former president of the Family Division of the High Court
Lord Caine 2 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer political aide
Earl of Caithness 2 December 1969ConservativeHereditary peer Chief of Clan Sinclair
Lord Callanan 24 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for North East England (1999–2014)
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton 17 November 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer prime minister (2010–2016), Foreign Secretary (since 2023), former MP for Witney (2001–2016), former Leader of the Opposition (2005–2010)
Lord Cameron of Dillington 29 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerPresident of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists, former chair of the Countryside Agency
Lord Cameron of Lochiel 4 March 2024ConservativeLife peer Chief of Clan Cameron, former MSP for Highlands and Islands (2016–2024)
Lord Camoys 28 November 2023ConservativeHereditary peerEntrepreneur
Baroness Campbell of Loughborough 10 November 2008CrossbenchLife peerChairman of UK Sport
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem 13 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of the Liberal Democrats (2006–07), former MP for North East Fife (1987–2015)
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton 30 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerCommissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, former chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence and former commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission
Lord Campbell-Savours 4 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for Workington (1979–2001)
Viscount Camrose 6 April 2022ConservativeHereditary peerBusiness manager and consultant
‡ Lord Carey of Clifton 1 November 2002 [lower-alpha 11] CrossbenchLife peerFormer Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Carlile of Berriew 27 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerDeputy High Court judge, former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, president of the Howard League for Penal Reform and former MP
Lord Carrington 4 December 2018CrossbenchHereditary peer Lord Great Chamberlain (since 2022), businessman, Deputy lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
Lord Carrington of Fulham 11 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Fulham (1987–1997)
Lord Carter of Barnes 15 October 2008Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer chief executive of Ofcom, group chief executive at Brunswick Group LLP and former Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting
Lord Carter of Coles 8 June 2004LabourLife peerChairman of the NHS Pathology review panel
Lord Carter of Haslemere 30 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerLawyer
Baroness Casey of Blackstock 30 October 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer Victims' Commissioner
Lord Cashman 23 September 2014Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MEP for West Midlands, former actor
Baroness Cass 22 August 2024CrossbenchLife peerPaediatrician, author of the Cass Review, former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
‡ Earl Cathcart 9 March 2007 [lower-alpha 12] ConservativeHereditary peer Chief of the Name and Arms of Clan Cathcart
Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice 6 September 2016CrossbenchLife peerJournalist, academic and former director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
Lord Chadlington 16 October 1996ConservativeLife peerFormer chairman, former chief executive and currently executive director of Huntsworth; former director of Halifax
Baroness Chakrabarti 6 September 2016LabourLife peerFormer director of Liberty
‡ Viscount Chandos 19 April 2000 [lower-alpha 13] LabourLife peerHereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot
Baroness Chapman of Darlington 1 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer MP for Darlington (2010–2019)
‡ Lord Chartres 7 November 2017 [lower-alpha 14] CrossbenchLife peerFormer Bishop of London
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen 16 September 2014Non-affiliatedLife peer Queen's companion, former spokesperson for the Cabinet Office
Lord Choudrey 9 October 2019ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and philanthropist
Lord Christopher 30 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer chairman of the Tyre Industry Economic Development Council, former vice-president of the Building Societies Association, former general secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation
‡ Earl of Clancarty 28 June 2010 [lower-alpha 15] CrossbenchHereditary peerSits as Viscount Clancarty in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
Baroness Clark of Calton 21 June 2005CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Edinburgh Pentlands (1997–2005) and judge of the Inner House of the Court of Session in the Supreme Courts of Scotland
Lord Clark of Windermere 2 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for Colne Valley (1970–1974) and for South Shields (1979–2001) and chair of the Forestry Commission
Lord Clarke of Hampstead 29 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer chairman of the Labour Party, former deputy general secretary of the Union of Communication Workers
Lord Clarke of Nottingham 4 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Rushcliffe (1970–2019), Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary
Lord Clement-Jones 17 July 1998Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer head of legal services and legal director of London Weekend Television and Grand Metropolitan respectively and former group secretary of Kingfisher plc, chairman of Environmental Context Ltd
Lord Coaker 3 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer MP for Gedling (1997–2019)
Baroness Cohen of Pimlico 3 May 2000LabourLife peerAuthor and former governor of the BBC
Lord Colgrain 27 March 2017ConservativeHereditary peerFormer High Sheriff of Kent, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent
Lord Collins of Highbury 20 January 2011LabourLife peerFormer assistant general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and former general secretary of the Labour Party
Viscount Colville of Culross 25 July 2011CrossbenchHereditary peerTelevision producer and director
Lord Cooper of Windrush 17 September 2014Non-affiliatedLife peerCo-founder of the research and strategy consultancy Populus Ltd, former Director of Strategy in the Cameron–Clegg coalition
Earl of Cork and Orrery 19 July 2016CrossbenchHereditary peerSits as Baron Boyle of Marston, in the Peerage of Great Britain; his senior titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
Earl of Courtown 24 July 1979ConservativeHereditary peerSits as Baron Saltersford, in the Peerage of Great Britain; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
Baroness Coussins 23 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of the Portman Group
Baroness Cox 24 January 1983CrossbenchLife peerFounder of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, former chancellor of Bournemouth University and of Liverpool Hope University, former nurse and sociology lecturer, longest-serving life-peer.
Lord Craig of Radley 30 July 1991CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
Viscount Craigavon 26 July 1974CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered accountant
Lord Crathorne 25 May 1977ConservativeHereditary peerFormer director of (variously) Blakeney Hotels Ltd, Woodhouse Securities Ltd, Hand Picked Hotels, Cliveden Ltd
Baroness Crawley 24 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer chair of the Women's National Commission
Lord Crisp 28 April 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of the NHS
‡ Lord Cromwell 10 April 2014 [lower-alpha 16] CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman, executive chair of Banking Competition Remedies Ltd
Lord Cruddas 27 January 2021ConservativeLife peerBanker, businessman and former Conservative Party Co-Treasurer
Lord Cryer 15 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Hornchurch (1997–2005) and Leyton and Wanstead (2010–2024)
Baroness Cumberlege 18 May 1990ConservativeLife peerVice President of the Royal Colleges of Nursing and Midwives
Lord Cunningham of Felling 27 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Whitehaven (1970–1983) and for Copeland (1983–2005), Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Lord Currie of Marylebone 1 October 1996CrossbenchLife peerFormer chairman of Ofcom
Lord Curry of Kirkharle 13 October 2011CrossbenchLife peerFormer chair of NFU Mutual
Baroness D'Souza 1 July 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Speaker, formerly Convenor of the Crossbench peers
Lord Dannatt 19 January 2011CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the General Staff of the British Army
Lord Darroch of Kew 11 November 2019CrossbenchLife peerFormer British Ambassador to the United States
Lord Darzi of Denham 12 July 2007Non-affiliatedLife peerProfessor of surgery at Imperial College London
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova 22 March 2006LabourLife peerFormer Advocate General for Scotland, author of Judicial Review in Scotland, and the International Commission of Jurists' chef de mission for Egypt in 1998
Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links 16 July 2021ConservativeLife peerFormer Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
Lord Davies of Brixton 18 September 2020LabourLife peerFormer trade unionist, actuary and member of the Greater London Council
Lord Davies of Gower 10 October 2019ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Gower (2015–2017)
Lord de Clifford 26 September 2023CrossbenchHereditary peerVeterinarian
Lord de Mauley 15 March 2005ConservativeHereditary peer Master of the Horse, Royal Wessex Yeomanry officer
Lord Dear 15 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and former chief constable of West Midlands police
Lord Deben 21 June 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Lewisham West (1970–1974), for Eye (1979–1983) and for Suffolk Coastal (1983–2010) and Secretary of State for the Environment 1993–97; former chairman of environment consultancy company Sancroft International and of Veolia Water
Baroness Deech 5 October 2005CrossbenchLife peerChair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (since 2023), former chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (1994–2002), former Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford (2001–2004), former professor of law at Gresham College, former chair of the Bar Standards Board
Lord Deighton 1 November 2012ConservativeLife peerChief executive, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Lord Desai 5 June 1991CrossbenchLife peerProfessor Emeritus of Economics at the London School of Economics
Earl of Devon 12 July 2018CrossbenchHereditary peerBarrister
Lord Dholakia 24 October 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerChair of Nacro
Lord Dobbs 18 December 2010ConservativeLife peerAuthor
Lord Dodds of Duncairn 18 September 2020Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer MP for Belfast North (2001–2019)
Baroness Donaghy 26 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer chair of ACAS
Lord Donoughue 21 May 1985LabourLife peerVisiting Professor of Government at the London School of Economics
Baroness Doocey 21 December 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerChair of the London Assembly and has run DD Enterprises Management Consultancy
Lord Douglas-Miller 15 December 2023ConservativeLife peer Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare
Baroness Drake 20 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer president of the Trades Union Congress and commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Lord Drayson 1 June 2004LabourLife peerCo-founder and former chief executive of PowderJect Pharmaceuticals
Lord Dubs 27 September 1994LabourLife peerFormer MP for Battersea South (1979–1983) and for Battersea (1983–1987), director of the Refugee Council, chair of Liberty and chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission
Lord Duncan of Springbank 14 July 2017ConservativeLife peer Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and former MEP for Scotland
Earl of Dundee 28 October 1983ConservativeHereditary peerFarmer, Chief of Clan Scrymgeour, honorary consul for Croatia in Edinburgh
Lord Dunlop 26 May 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
Lord Dykes 21 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Harrow East (1970–1997)
Lord Eames 25 August 1995CrossbenchLife peerFormer Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
Baroness Eaton 21 July 2010ConservativeLife peerChairman of the Local Government Association
Lord Eatwell 14 July 1992LabourLife peerFormer president of Queens' College, Cambridge (1996–2020), former professor of financial policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, former chair of the British Library Board (2001–2006)
‡ Viscount Eccles 24 March 2005 [lower-alpha 17] ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, chairman of the Bowes Museum Trust, soldier
Baroness Eccles of Moulton 10 May 1990ConservativeLife peerAs the wife of Viscount Eccles, she is also entitled to the style "Viscountess Eccles"
Earl of Effingham 28 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerFinancier
Lord Elis-Thomas 18 September 1992Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Meirionnydd (1974 – 1983) and for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (1983–1992), presiding officer of the National Assembly for Wales and leader of Plaid Cymru
Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard 16 August 2024Ulster UnionistLife peerMLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (2003–2015, since 2022), former MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (2015–2017), former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (2010–2012).
Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell 6 February 2024ConservativeLife peerPolitical strategist and lobbyist, founder of TaxPayers' Alliance and Big Brother Watch, chief executive of Vote Leave and campaign director for NOtoAV
Lord Empey 15 January 2011Ulster UnionistLife peerFormer leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Earl of Erroll 30 June 1978CrossbenchHereditary peer Lord High Constable of Scotland and Chief of Clan Hay, soldier, marketing and computer consultant
Lord Etherton 23 December 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer Master of the Rolls (2016–2021) and Chancellor of the High Court (2013–2016)
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park 12 September 2014ConservativeLife peer Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal, former director of the New Schools Network and deputy director at Policy Exchange
Lord Evans of Rainow 9 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Weaver Vale (2010–2017)
Lord Evans of Watford 28 July 1998LabourLife peerChairman of several publishing companies
Lord Evans of Weardale 3 December 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer director of the Security Service
‡ Lord Fairfax of Cameron 26 November 2015 [lower-alpha 18] ConservativeHereditary peerBarrister
Baroness Fairhead 19 October 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer chairman of the BBC Trust
Lord Falconer of Thoroton 14 May 1997LabourLife peerFormer Lord Chancellor
Baroness Falkner of Margravine 2 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerChief executive of Student Partnerships Worldwide
Baroness Fall 22 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Downing Street Deputy Chief of Staff
Lord Farmer 5 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFounding partner of RK Mine Finance group, trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust and Conservative Party co-treasurer
Lord Faulkner of Worcester 14 July 1999LabourLife peerCommunications advisor to the Leader of the Labour Party in the 1987, 1992 and 1997 general elections
Lord Faulks 21 July 2010Non-affiliatedLife peer Recorder, chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation
Baroness Featherstone 20 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Hornsey and Wood Green (2005–2015)
Lord Fellowes of West Stafford 12 January 2011ConservativeLife peerActor, novelist, film director and screenwriter, chairman of the RNIB appeal for Talking Books and vice-president of the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust
Lord Filkin 29 July 1999LabourLife peerFormer parliamentary under-secretary of state in various government departments
Lord Fink 18 January 2011ConservativeLife peerCEO and chairman of the Man Group, the largest listed hedge fund company in the world
Lord Finkelstein 11 September 2013ConservativeLife peerCurrent Executive Editor of The Times
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff 28 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Palliative Medicine at the Cardiff University School of Medicine and former president of the Royal Society of Medicine
Baroness Finn 14 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer special adviser at the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Baroness Fleet 15 September 2020ConservativeLife peerChair of Arts Council London and former newspaper editor and political advisor
Lord Flight 13 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Arundel and South Downs (1997–2005)
Baroness Fookes 30 September 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Merton and Morden (1970–1974) and for Plymouth Drake (1974–1997), chair of the RSPCA and deputy speaker of the House of Commons
Baroness Ford 5 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerChair of the London 2012 Olympic Park Legacy Company, former chief executive of Good Practice Limited, managing director (Social Infrastructure and Development) of Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, chairman of Irvine Bay Urban Regeneration Company and president of Epilepsy Action
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean 14 July 1999ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Stirling (1983–1997)and Secretary of State for Scotland
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee 9 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer First Minister of Northern Ireland, former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, broadcaster, presenter on GB News
Lord Foster of Bath 7 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Bath (1992–2015)
Baroness Foster of Oxton 29 January 2021ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for North West England (1999–2004; 2009–2019)
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock 16 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for South Ayrshire (1979–1983) and for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (1983–2005), and MSP (2007–2011), former chairman of Hearts Football club and president of the Caribbean Council
Lord Fowler 3 July 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Speaker, former chairman of the House of Lords Communications Select Committee and former MP
Lord Fox 11 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerPR director at GKN engineering and former Liberal Democrat chief executive
Baroness Fox of Buckley 14 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MEP for North West England (2019–2020)
Lord Framlingham 14 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Central Suffolk (1983–1997) and Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie 26 January 2021ConservativeLife peerChief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland
Baroness Freeman of Steventon 5 June 2024CrossbenchLife peer Science communicator and former television producer
Lord Freyberg 7 March 1994CrossbenchHereditary peerFreelance editor and assistant editor for post-production in TV and film
Lord Frost 12 August 2020ConservativeLife peerDesignated National Security Adviser and former British ambassador to Denmark
Lord Fuller 8 March 2024ConservativeLife peerLeader of South Norfolk District Council (since 2007)
Lord Gadhia 31 August 2016Non-affiliatedLife peerInvestment banker and Conservative Party donor
Baroness Gale 4 August 1999LabourLife peerPresident of National Association of Old Age Pensioners, Wales and president of Treherbert and District British Legion
Baroness Garden of Frognal 15 October 2007Liberal DemocratLife peerVice President of the Institute of Export
Lord Gardiner of Kimble 23 June 2010Non-affiliatedLife peer Senior Deputy Speaker and deputy chief executive of the Countryside Alliance
Lord Garnier 22 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Harborough (1992–2017)
Lord Gascoigne 10 July 2023ConservativeLife peerPolitical adviser and secretary to Boris Johnson
Lord Geddes 20 March 1975ConservativeHereditary peer Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, lieutenant-commander in the Royal Naval Reserve
Lord German 24 June 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Deputy First Minister of Wales
Lord Giddens 16 June 2004LabourLife peerEmeritus Professor at the London School of Economics of sociology and social theory with fifteen honorary degrees from other universities, author of The Politics of Climate Change
Lord Gilbert of Panteg 30 September 2015ConservativeLife peerDeputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
‡ Earl of Glasgow 17 January 2005 [lower-alpha 19] Liberal DemocratHereditary peerChief of Clan Boyle, sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, television documentary producer
Lord Glasman 4 February 2011LabourLife peerSenior lecturer in political theory at London Metropolitan University
Lord Glenarthur 21 June 1977ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, consultant, pilot, governor and a trustee of King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, former government minister
Lord Glendonbrook 1 February 2011ConservativeLife peerOwner of BMI
Lord Goddard of Stockport 15 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Stockport Council
Lord Godson 25 January 2021ConservativeLife peerChair of Policy Exchange and former political aide, political candidate, author and journalist
Baroness Gohir 24 June 2022CrossbenchLife peerWomen's rights campaigner, CEO of Muslim Women’s Network UK
Lord Gold 1 February 2011ConservativeLife peerLawyer
Baroness Goldie 3 October 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament (2005–2011)
Baroness Golding 13 July 2001LabourLife peerRadiographer and former MP
Lord Goldsmith 29 July 1999LabourLife peerFormer Attorney General for England and Wales
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park 7 January 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Richmond Park, Minister of State for Environment and International Development
Lord Goodman of Wycombe 11 March 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Wycombe (2001–2010), journalist, editor of the political blog ConservativeHome, former news editor at Catholic Herald, former lead writer with The Daily Telegraph
Viscount Goschen 15 July 1988ConservativeHereditary peerFormer stockbrocker and conservationist
Baroness Goudie 21 July 1998LabourLife peerActivist, former European director of public affairs for the World Wide Fund for Nature
Lord Grabiner 26 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerHead of Chambers at One Essex Court and deputy High Court Judge
Lord Grade of Yarmouth 25 January 2011Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer chairman of the BBC Board of Governors
‡ Lord Grantchester 31 October 2003 [lower-alpha 20] LabourHereditary peerFormer director of Littlewoods and former chairman of the Dairy Farmers of Britain,
Lord Grayling 20 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Epsom and Ewell (2001 –2024), Lord Chancellor (2012–2015), Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for Transport
Lord Green of Deddington 28 November 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer British ambassador
Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint 16 November 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer group chairman of HSBC
Baroness Greenfield 18 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Oxford University and former director of the Royal Institution
Lord Greenhalgh 16 April 2020ConservativeLife peer Minister of State for Building Safety and Fire Former Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime, medical company executive and political candidate
Lord Greenway 8 October 1975CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer chairman of The World Ship Trust
Baroness Grender 4 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer head of communications for the Liberal Democrats
Baroness Grey-Thompson 23 March 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer paralympic athlete
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port 30 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer president of the Methodist Conference
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach 5 February 1991ConservativeLife peerVice-president of the Nature in Art trust and vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs International
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 8 April 2020ConservativeLife peer Minister of State for Investment and former bank executive and civil servant
Lord Grocott 2 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer presenter and producer at Central Television and former MP
‡ Lord Hacking 19 November 2021 [lower-alpha 21] LabourHereditary peerLawyer, arbitrator and mediator.
Viscount Hailsham 12 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham (1979–2010); hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe.
Lord Hain 22 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Neath (1991–2015)
Baroness Hale of Richmond 12 January 2004CrossbenchLaw life peerFormer president of the Supreme Court (2017–2020), Deputy President of the Supreme Court (2013–2017), Justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2020) and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2004–2009)
Lord Hall of Birkenhead 19 March 2010CrossbenchLife peerChief executive of the Royal Opera House, former director of news at the BBC, chairman of Creative & Cultural Skills and former chair of the Royal Television Society
Baroness Hallett 11 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lady Justice of Appeal
Lord Hameed 27 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerChairman of Alpha Hospital Group, chairman and chief executive officer of the London International Hospital, former executive director and chief executive officer of the Cromwell Hospital, president of The Little Foundation and chairman of The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths
Lord Hamilton of Epsom 17 June 2005ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Epsom and Ewell (1978–2001) and former chairman of the 1922 Committee
Lord Hammond of Runnymede 30 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Lord Hampton 25 October 2022CrossbenchHereditary peerPhotographer
Baroness Hamwee 6 June 1991Liberal DemocratLife peerVice president of Parity and former chair of the London Assembly
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere 25 January 2021ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for South East England (1999–2020)
Lord Hannay of Chiswick 19 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer senior diplomat
Lord Hannett of Everton 12 March 2024LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Lord Hanson of Flint 19 July 2024LabourLife peer Minister of State in the Home Office, former MP for Delyn (1992–2019)
‡ Viscount Hanworth 30 March 2011 [lower-alpha 22] LabourHereditary peerEconomist, Professor of Econometrics and Computational Statistics at the University of Leicester
Lord Hardie 21 May 1997CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Advocate and former Senator of the College of Justice
Baroness Harding of Winscombe 15 September 2014ConservativeLife peerChief executive of TalkTalk Group
Lord Harlech 21 July 2021ConservativeHereditary peerLandowner, business manager and consultant, army reservist with the London Guards
Baroness Harman 19 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer Leader of the Opposition (2010, 2015), former MP for Peckham (1982–1997) and for Camberwell and Peckham (1997–2024)
‡ Lord Harries of Pentregarth 30 June 2006 [lower-alpha 23] CrossbenchLife peer Gresham Professor of Divinity, former Bishop of Oxford; chair of the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority Ethics and Law Committee and former chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research
Lord Harrington of Watford 15 March 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Watford (2010–2019), Minister of State for Refugees
Lord Harris of Haringey 5 August 1998LabourLife peerFormer chair of the Association of London Government, former leader of Haringey Borough Council, former chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, member of the London Assembly and chair of Freedom
Lord Harris of Peckham 11 January 1996ConservativeLife peerChairman of Carpetright
Baroness Harris of Richmond 6 August 1999Liberal DemocratLife peerChair of the Industry and Parliament Trust, president of the National Association of Chaplains to the Police and former chair of North Yorkshire County Council and Police Authority
Lord Haselhurst 22 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Middleton and Prestwich (1970–1974) and for Saffron Walden (1977–2017), and Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons)
Lord Haskel 4 October 1993LabourLife peerPresident of the Environment Industries Commission, former international president of The Textile Institute
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick 12 October 2005CrossbenchLife peerVice-president of Catch22, ambassador of Make Justice Work
Lord Haughey 18 September 2013LabourLife peerBusinessman and philanthropist
Lord Hay of Ballyore 16 December 2014Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Baroness Hayman 2 January 1996CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Welwyn and Hatfield (1974–1979), Lord Speaker (2006–11), chair of Cancer Research UK, chair of the Human Tissue Authority and chair of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Baroness Hayman of Ullock 9 September 2020LabourLife peerFormer MP for Workington (2015–2019)
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town 22 June 2010LabourLife peerGeneral secretary of the Fabian Society (1976–1982), chief executive of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (1990–1996) and Chair of the Labour Party (2007–2008)
Lord Hayward 28 September 2015ConservativeLife peer Psephologist, Former MP for Kingswood (1983–1992) and former business and charity executive
Baroness Hazarika 14 March 2024LabourLife peerJournalist and political adviser
Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill 19 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer political aide
Baroness Helic 18 September 2014ConservativeLife peerGovernment special adviser on preventing sexual violence in conflict zones
Lord Hendy 15 October 2019LabourLife peer Barrister
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill 17 November 2022LabourLife peerChairman of Network Rail and former Commissioner of Transport for London
Lord Henley 28 February 1978ConservativeHereditary peerSits as Baron Northington, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield 8 November 2010CrossbenchLife peerAttlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London
Lord Herbert of South Downs 1 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Arundel and South Downs (2005–2019)
Lord Hermer 18 July 2024LabourLife peer Attorney General for England and Wales (since 2024), Advocate General for Northern Ireland (since 2024)
Lord Heseltine 12 July 2001ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Tavistock (1966–1974) for Henley (1974–2001), Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Defence, Environment and President of the Board of Trade
Lord Hill of Oareford 27 May 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer European Commissioner for Financial Stability Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, former Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools
Lord Hintze 3 November 2022ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and philanthropist, founder of asset management firm CQS
Baroness Hodge of Barking 14 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Barking (1994–2024), former leader of Islington London Borough Council (1982–1992), former chair of the Fabian Society (1998–1999)
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger 16 September 2013ConservativeLife peerConservative politician
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts 7 June 2000ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Walsall North (1976–1979)
Baroness Hoey 14 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Vauxhall (1989–2019)
Lord Hoffmann 21 February 1995CrossbenchLaw life peerFormer Law Lord and Professor of Law at Queen Mary College, University of London
Lord Hogan-Howe 7 November 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Baroness Hogg 3 February 1995CrossbenchLife peerAs the wife of Viscount Hailsham, she is also entitled to the style "Viscountess Hailsham"
Lord Hollick 20 June 1991LabourLife peerBusiness executive and former banker, businessman and print-media executive
Baroness Hollins 15 November 2010CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of the psychiatry of learning disability at St George's, University of London, former president of the Royal Society of Psychiatrists
Lord Holmes of Richmond 13 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer swimmer, Paralympian, journalist and solicitor
Baroness Hooper 10 June 1985ConservativeLife peerPresident of Waste Watch, president of the European Foundation For Heritage Skills, and president of Good Guy's Cancer Appeal
Lord Hope of Craighead 28 February 1995CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Lord Horam 4 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Gateshead West (1970–1983) and for Orpington (1992–2010)
Lord Houchen of High Leven 12 July 2023ConservativeLife peer Tees Valley Mayor (since 2017), former councillor on Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (2011–2017)
Lord Houghton of Richmond 20 November 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
Lord Howard of Lympne 13 July 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Folkestone and Hythe (1983–2010), Home Secretary, Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition
Lord Howard of Rising 4 June 2004ConservativeLife peerDirector of Fortress Holdings
Baroness Howarth of Breckland 25 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerChair of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, former chief executive of ChildLine and vice-chair of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Lord Howarth of Newport 15 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Stratford-Upon-Avon (1983–1997) and for Newport East (1997–2005)
Earl Howe 30 October 1984ConservativeHereditary peerDeputy Leader of the House and Minister of State for Defence
Lord Howell of Guildford 6 June 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Guildford (1966–1997), Secretaries of State for Energy and Transport
Baroness Hughes of Stretford 15 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer head of the Department of Social Policy at the University of Manchester and former Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families and former MP for Stretford and Urmston (1997–2010)
Baroness Humphreys 18 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer AM for North Wales and President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green 16 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerFoinistertive of Stonewall
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath 20 October 1997LabourLife peerPresident of the Royal Society for Public Health and former chief executive of the NHS Confederation, and former director of its two predecessor organisations
Lord Hunt of Wirral 20 October 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Wirral (1976–1983) for Wirral West (1983–1997); Partner at the law firm Beachcroft LLP
Lord Hussain 20 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerDeputy Group Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Luton Borough Council
Baroness Hussein-Ece 25 June 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer non-executive director of Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, and former equality and human rights commissioner
Lord Hutton of Furness 27 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Barrow and Furness (1992–2010), Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Secretary of State for Defence
Lord Inglewood 23 November 1989Non-affiliatedHereditary peerBarrister and chartered surveyor
Lord Irvine of Lairg 25 March 1987LabourLife peerFormer Lord Chancellor
Lord Jackson of Peterborough 16 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Peterborough (2005–2017), former councilor on the Ealing Borough Council (1990–1998)
Lord James of Blackheath 9 June 2006ConservativeLife peerCorporate trouble-shooter and former agent for MI5
Lord Jamieson 11 March 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of the Central Bedfordshire Council and former chair of the Local Government Association
Baroness Janke 24 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Bristol City Council
Lord Janvrin 10 October 2007CrossbenchLife peerPermanent Lord-in-waiting; former Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
Lord Jay of Ewelme 18 September 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer permanent secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and head of the Diplomatic Service
Baroness Jay of Paddington 29 July 1992LabourLife peerChairman of the House of Lords Constitution Committee
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington 26 January 2011ConservativeLife peerPR consultant, and active in promoting women in Parliament
Lord Johnson of Lainston 19 October 2022ConservativeLife peer Minister of State for Investment, hedge fund manager, financier and former councilor for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (2006–2010)
Lord Johnson of Marylebone 12 October 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Orpington (2010–2019)
Lord Jones 6 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for East Flintshire 1970–1983 and for Alyn & Deeside 1983–2001
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 20 September 2013GreenLife peerGreen Party politician and former 2nd Statutory Deputy Mayor of London and Member of the London Assembly
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch 5 June 2006LabourLife peerDirector of Policy and Public Affairs at UNISON and former chair of the Labour Party
Lord Jopling 5 June 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Westmorland (1964–1983) and for Westmorland and Lonsdale (1983–1997)
Lord Jordan 5 June 2000LabourLife peerFormer president of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, former general secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, former governor of both the BBC and the London School of Economics
Lord Kakkar 22 March 2010CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Surgical Sciences at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University
Lord Kamall 28 January 2021ConservativeLife peerProfessor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University and former MEP for London (2005–2019)
Baroness Keeley 13 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Worsley and Eccles South (2010–2024) and Worsley (2005–2010), former Member of Trafford Council for Priory (1995–2004)
Lord Keen of Elie 8 June 2015ConservativeLife peerLawyer, Conservative Party politician and former Advocate General for Scotland and Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party
Lord Kempsell 11 July 2023ConservativeLife peerPolitical journalist, former political director of the Conservative Party and former director of the Conservative Research Department
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley 19 September 2013LabourLife peerPolitical aide, politician and former deputy general secretary of the Labour Party
Lord Kennedy of Southwark 21 June 2010LabourLife peerLabour Party official, politician and Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws 27 October 1997LabourLife peerCriminal and human rights lawyer, chair of JUSTICE
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard 30 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and head of the Diplomatic Service
Lord Kestenbaum 24 January 2011LabourLife peerChief executive of National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Lord Khan of Burnley 4 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer MEP for North West England (2017–2019)
Baroness Kidron 25 June 2012CrossbenchLife peerFilm director
Lord Kilclooney 17 July 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Strangford (1998–2007), former MEP for Northern Ireland (1979–1989)
Lord King of Bridgwater 9 July 2001ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Bridgwater (1970–2001), Environment Secretary, Transport Secretary, Employment Secretary, Northern Ireland Secretary and chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee
Lord King of Lothbury 19 July 2013CrossbenchLife peerFormer governor of the Bank of England
Baroness Kingsmill 1 June 2006LabourLife peerFormer deputy chair of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and of the Competition Commission
Lord Kinnock 28 January 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Bedwellty (1970–1983) for Islwyn (1983–1995), Leader of the Labour Party 1983–92, European Commissioner for Transport and Administrative Reform and Vice-President of the European Commission
Earl of Kinnoull 6 February 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerPresident of the Royal Caledonian Ball Trust and commanding officer of the Atholl Highlanders
Lord Kirkham 23 July 1999ConservativeLife peerExecutive Chairman of DFS Furniture Company Ltd
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate 7 October 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (1999–2016) and MP for Leeds North East (1987–1997)
Lord Knight of Weymouth 23 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for South Dorset (2001–2010)
Baroness Kramer 22 December 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer vice-president of Citibank, director and co-founder of International Capital Partners, former MP for Richmond Park (2005–2010) and Minister of State for Transport (2013–2015)
Lord Krebs 28 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Zoology at the University of Oxford, former chair of the Food Standards Agency, member of the committee on climate change and chair of adaptation sub-committee, chair of the Royal Society Science Policy Advisory Group
Baroness Laing of Elderslie 22 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Epping Forest (1997–May 2024)
Lord Laming 27 July 1998CrossbenchLife peerPsychiatric social worker and chairman of the Harold Shipman inquiry and the Baby P inquiry
Lord Lamont of Lerwick 24 July 1998ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Kingston-upon-Thames (1972–1997) and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Baroness Lampard 17 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer barrister
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton 16 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Milton Keynes North (2010–2019) and for North East Milton Keynes (2005–2010)
Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho 25 March 2013CrossbenchLife peerChancellor of the Open University, businesswoman and philanthrope
Lord Lansley 5 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South Cambridgeshire (1997–2015) and Leader of the House of Commons
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon 6 September 2013LabourLife peerFormer chancellor of De Montfort University, campaigner for police reform and mother of Stephen Lawerence
Baroness Lawlor 3 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFounder of the think tank Politeia
Lord Layard 3 May 2000LabourLife peerEmeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
Baroness Lea of Lymm 31 October 2022ConservativeLife peerPolitical economist and former civil servant, economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group
Lord Lebedev 19 November 2020CrossbenchLife peerBusinessman, owner of Lebedev Holdings Ltd (The Evening Standard, The Independent, London Live) and son of Alexander Lebedev
Lord Lee of Trafford 26 May 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Nelson and Colne (1979–1983) for Pendle (1983–1992)
Earl of Leicester 23 June 2021ConservativeHereditary peerFormer officer in the Scots Guards, former equerry to the Duke of Kent
Lord Leigh of Hurley 16 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer accountant, banker and Treasurer of the Conservative Party
Lord Lennie 22 September 2014LabourLife peerFormer deputy secretary general of the Labour Party
Lord Leong 31 October 2022LabourLife peerFormer barrister, founder of Cavendish Publishing
Lord Levene of Portsoken 22 July 1997CrossbenchLife peerFormer chairman of Lloyd's of London and former vice chairman of Deutsche Bank
Lord Levy 23 September 1997LabourLife peerFormer special envoy to the Middle East, President of JFS, President of Sense & Sense International, President of Jewish Care
Lord Lexden 23 December 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer consultant and editor in chief of the Conservative Research Department and former lecturer in modern history
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke 7 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Monklands East (1994–1997) and for Airdrie and Shotts (1997–2005), British High Commissioner to Australia and Secretary of State for Scotland
Lord Liddle 19 June 2010LabourLife peerChairman of the International Think Tank Policy Network and former chairman of the Public Policy Centre and former managing director of Prima Europe Ltd, a consultancy company
Lord Lilley 18 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer MP, Secretary of State for Social Security, for Trade and Industry, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
Earl of Lindsay 21 December 1989ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, president of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, former president of the National Trust of Scotland
Lord Lingfield 17 December 2010ConservativeLife peerChairman of the League of Mercy Foundation, former director-general of St. John Ambulance and advocate of free schools
Lord Lipsey 30 July 1999LabourLife peerJournalist, former chairman of the Fabian Society and political advisor to Anthony Crosland
Baroness Lister of Burtersett 31 January 2011LabourLife peerEmeritus Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University
Lord Lisvane 11 December 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer Clerk of the House of Commons
Lord Livermore 21 October 2015LabourLife peerStrategy and communications consultant
Earl of Liverpool 23 October 1969ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman
Lord Livingston of Parkhead 12 July 2013Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer Minister for Trade and Investment
‡ Lord Londesborough 23 June 2021 [lower-alpha 24] CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman, chairman and director of Tussell Limited
Lord Loomba 12 January 2011CrossbenchLife peerExecutive chairman of the Rinku Group and pioneer of widow's rights
Lord Low of Dalston 13 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerChairman of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Leeds
Lord Lucas 21 February 1992ConservativeHereditary peerChartered accountant, publisher and editor of The Good Schools Guide
Baroness Ludford 30 September 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerMEP for London (1999–2014)
Lord Lupton 6 October 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerBank executive and former Co-Treasurer of the Conservative Party
‡ Earl of Lytton 16 May 2011 [lower-alpha 25] CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered surveyor
Lord McColl of Dulwich 25 July 1989ConservativeLife peerProfessor Emeritus of Surgery at Guy's Hospital, associated with King's College London
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale 28 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer First Minister of Scotland
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown 19 June 2018Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer MP for South Antrim (2000–2001, 2005–2015) and for Mid Ulster (1983–1997)
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven 12 July 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer Director of Public Prosecutions
Lord McDonald of Salford 27 January 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and British ambassador to Germany and to Israel
Lord McFall of Alcluith 17 June 2010Lord SpeakerLife peerFormer Senior Deputy Speaker, former chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee and former MP
Baroness McGregor-Smith 16 October 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerBusinesswoman and former CEO of Mitie Group PLC
Lord McInnes of Kilwinning 1 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer Councillor on the Edinburgh City Council
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall 3 August 1999LabourLife peerFormer associate producer at the Royal Shakespeare Company, former executive director of the Royal National Theatre
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering 6 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Vale of York (1997–2010) and for Thirsk and Malton (2010–2015)
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate 17 July 1998Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer chief superintendent in the Durham Constabulary, former president of the Police Superintendents' Association
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough 23 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South Thanet (2015–2024), former acting leader of the UK Independence Party (1997)
Lord McLoughlin 8 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for West Derbyshire (1986–2010) and for Derbyshire Dales (2010–2019), Secretary of State for Transport and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Lord McNally 20 December 1995Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Stockport South (1979–1983), Minister of State for Justice and leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride 21 June 2018LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court 4 October 2016CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
Lord Magan of Castletown 25 January 2011ConservativeLife peerChartered accountant
Lord Mair 29 October 2015CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Cambridge
Baroness Mallalieu 19 June 1991LabourLife peerPresident of the Countryside Alliance
Lord Mance 3 October 2005CrossbenchLaw life peerFormer Deputy President (2017–2018) and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009–2018) and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2005–2009)
Lord Mancroft 23 February 1988ConservativeHereditary peerFormer chair of the Addict Recovery Foundation, former chair of the Drug and Alcohol Foundation
Lord Mandelson 13 October 2008LabourLife peerFormer MP for Hartlepool (1992–2004), Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Northern Ireland and European Commissioner for Trade
Lord Mann 28 October 2019LabourLife peerFormer MP for Bassetlaw (2001–2019)
Baroness Manningham-Buller 2 June 2008CrossbenchLife peerFormer director of the Security Service
Baroness Manzoor 6 September 2013ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman, civil servant and nurse
Lord Markham 7 October 2022ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, chairman of London & Continental Railways
Lord Marks of Hale 8 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinessman
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames 11 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerCommercial and family law QC with specialist interest in human rights and constitutional reform
Lord Marland 8 June 2006ConservativeLife peerChairman of Herriot Ltd and of Hunter Boot Ltd
Lord Marlesford 7 June 1991ConservativeLife peerFarmer, soldier, Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk, former Councillor on the East Suffolk County Council
Lord Maude of Horsham 26 May 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for North Warwickshire (1983–1992) and for Horsham (1997–2015)
Lord Mawson 29 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerFounder board member of Poplar HARCA (housing association) and author of The Social Entrepreneur: Making Communities Work
Lord Maxton 17 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer MP for Glasgow Cathcart (1979–2001)
Baroness May of Maidenhead 21 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer prime minister (2016–2019), former Home Secretary (2010–2016), former MP for Maidenhead (1997–2024)
Baroness Meacher 16 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer chairman of the Security Industry Authority, former chair of the Police Complaints Authority and two NHS trusts
Lord Mendelsohn 5 September 2013LabourLife peerLobbyist
Lord Mendoza 16 September 2020ConservativeLife peer Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, businessman, publisher, philanthropist.
Baroness Merron 28 January 2021LabourLife peerFormer MP for Lincoln (1997–2010)
‡ Lord Meston 26 September 2023 [lower-alpha 26] CrossbenchHereditary peer Lawyer
Baroness Meyer 19 June 2018ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman and activist for women and children
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer 6 October 1998Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Leader South Somerset District Council, Somerset County Councillor, environmental campaigner
Earl of Minto 25 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerChief executive of Paperchase
Lord Mitchell 10 May 2000LabourLife peerBusinessman
Baroness Mobarik 19 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for Scotland (2017–2020)
Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest 12 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman and charity campaigner
Lord Monks 26 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of both the Trades Union Congress and the European Trade Union Confederation
Lord Moore of Etchingham 17 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer editor of The Daily Telegraph , The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph
Lord Morgan 12 June 2000LabourLife peerProfessor of History at Brunel University
Baroness Morgan of Cotes 6 January 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Loughborough (2010–2019), Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin 11 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer director or chief executive of various voluntary sector organisations such as Shelter, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Workplace Nursery Campaign and Childcare Umbrella
Baroness Morgan of Huyton 20 June 2001LabourLife peer Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Baroness Morris of Bolton 9 June 2004ConservativeLife peerPresident of the National Benevolent Institution
Baroness Morris of Yardley 14 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Yardley (1992–2005), former Secretary State for Education
Baroness Morrissey 3 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFinancier, former chief executive at Newton Investment Management
Lord Morrow 7 June 2006Democratic UnionistLife peerChairman of the Democratic Unionist Party, former MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1998–2017), former Minister for Social Development (2000–2001) and Minister for Communities (2016)
Lord Morse 26 March 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer Comptroller and Auditor General
Lord Mott 19 June 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer chief executive of the Conservative Party
Lord Mountevans 8 July 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerShipbroker, former Lord Mayor of London
Lord Moylan 9 September 2020ConservativeLife peerBanker, merchant, former member of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
Lord Moynihan 30 April 1997ConservativeHereditary peerFormer MP for Lewisham East (1983–1992), former Minister for Sport (1987–1990), former chairman of the British Olympic Association (2005–2012), Olympic rower
Lord Moynihan of Chelsea 6 February 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, former CEO and executive chairman of PA Consulting Group (1992–2013)
Baroness Moyo 8 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerZambian-born economist and author
Baroness Murphy 17 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer professor of psychiatry of old age at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals United Medical School
Lord Murphy of Torfaen 20 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Torfaen (1987–2015)
Lord Murray of Blidworth 21 October 2022ConservativeLife peerBarrister, Minister of State for Home Affairs, councilor on the Gedling Borough Council
Lord Naseby 28 October 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Northampton South (1974–1997), former chairman of Ways and Means (1992–1997)
Lord Nash 21 January 2013ConservativeLife peerBusinessman
Baroness Neuberger 15 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerPhilanthropist, author, social reformer, rabbi, former chair of Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust, former chairman of the King's Fund
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury 11 January 2007CrossbenchLaw life peerFormer president of the Supreme Court (2012–2017), Master of the Rolls (2009–2012) and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2007–2009)
Baroness Neville-Jones 15 October 2007ConservativeLife peerFormer Minister of State for Security, former diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Baroness Neville-Rolfe 10 September 2013ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman, former civil servant and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
Lord Newby 25 September 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerChair of Sport at The Prince's Trust
Baroness Newlove 14 July 2010ConservativeLife peerCommunity reform campaigner
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne 3 November 1997ConservativeLife peerExecutive Chairman of the AMAR International Charitable Foundation and of the Iraq Britain Business Council, former MP for Torridge and West Devon (1987–1997)
Baroness Noakes 7 June 2000ConservativeLife peerChartered accountant, former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Duke of Norfolk 14 February 2003CrossbenchHereditary peer Earl Marshal
Lord Northbrook 23 September 1991ConservativeHereditary peerDirector of Almanach de Gotha Ltd
Baroness Northover 1 May 2000Liberal DemocratLife peerAcademic, lecturer at University College London
Lord Norton of Louth 1 August 1998ConservativeLife peerProfessor of Government at the University of Hull
Baroness Nye 19 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer director of government relations, former diary secretary to the then–prime minister Gordon Brown
Lord O'Donnell 10 January 2012CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
Baroness O'Loan 11 September 2009CrossbenchLife peerFormer chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Human Rights Enquiry
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve 25 February 1999CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, founding president of the British Philosophical Association, former chair of the Nuffield Foundation and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and former president of the British Academy
Baroness O'Neill of Bexley 7 November 2022ConservativeLife peerLeader of the Bexley London Borough Council
Lord O'Neill of Gatley 28 May 2015CrossbenchLife peerEconomist, honorary professor at the University of Manchester, and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay 1 May 2000Non-affiliatedLife peerInvestment manager
Lord Oates 5 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer communications adviser to David Cameron and Nick Clegg
Lord Offord of Garvel 13 October 2021ConservativeLife peer Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway 9 December 2022LabourLife peer General secretary of the Trades Union Congress
Baroness Osamor 26 November 2018LabourLife peerCommunity activist and civil rights campaigner, a former councilor in the London Borough of Haringey
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge 12 July 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer parliamentary assistant and special adviser.
Earl of Oxford and Asquith 24 October 2014CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer diplomat, First Secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow (1983–1985)
Lord Paddick 12 September 2013Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer police officer and current non-executive director of the Metropolitan Police
Lord Palmer of Childs Hill 17 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerChartered accountant, former councillor on the Barnet London Borough Council, former treasurer for the Liberal Party
Lord Pannick 3 November 2008CrossbenchLife peerLeading human rights barrister, arguing over a hundred cases before the UK's highest court and the European Court of Justice and of Human Rights
Lord Parekh 10 May 2000LabourLife peerCentennial Professor in the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, emeritus professor of political theory at the University of Hull, emeritus professor of political philosophy at the University of Westminster
Lord Parker of Minsmere 29 January 2021CrossbenchLife peer Lord Chamberlain and former Director General of MI5
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 8 October 2019ConservativeLife peerSpecial adviser to Theresa May, lobbyist
Baroness Parminter 15 July 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer head of public affairs at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and former chief executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England
Lord Patel 1 March 1999CrossbenchLife peerFormer president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, former chairmen of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges of Scotland and of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges of the United Kingdom and former professor of Obstetrics at the University of Dundee
Lord Patel of Bradford 8 June 2006Non-affiliatedLife peerProfessor at the University of Central Lancashire
Lord Patten 17 June 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Oxford (1979–1983) and for Oxford West and Abingdon (1983–1997) and Secretary of State for Education
Lord Patten of Barnes 11 January 2005ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Bath (1979–1992), chairman of the BBC Trust, Secretary of State for the Environment, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong, European Commissioner for External Relations
Lord Paul 9 October 1996Non-affiliatedLife peerResigned the Labour whip in October 2010
Lord Peach 21 November 2022CrossbenchLife peer Air Chief Marshal, former chair of the NATO Military Committee, former Chief of the Defence Staff, former Chief of Joint Operations, former Chief of Defence Intelligence
Lord Pearson of Rannoch 18 June 1990Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer leader of UK Independence Party
Earl Peel 15 May 1973CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer Lord Chamberlain
Baroness Penn 10 October 2019ConservativeLife peerPolitical advisor, Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May
Lord Petitgas 7 March 2024ConservativeLife peerInvestment banker, former president of Morgan Stanley International
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers 12 January 1999CrossbenchLaw life peer President of the Supreme Court (2009–2012), Senior Law Lord (2008—2009), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2005–2008), Master of the Rolls (2000–2005), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1999–2000)
Lord Pickles 18 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Brentwood and Ongar (1992–2017), Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Chairman of the Conservative Party
Baroness Pidgeon 12 August 2024Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Member of the London Assembly (2008–2024), former Member of Southwark London Borough Council for Newington (1998–2010)
Baroness Pidding 8 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Chiltern District Councillor
Baroness Pinnock 23 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Kirklees Council
Baroness Pitkeathley 6 October 1997LabourLife peerFormer chief executive of Carers UK and a founding member of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
Lord Polak 2 October 2015ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and business consultant
‡ Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede 19 April 2000 [lower-alpha 27] LabourLife peerHereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton
Lord Popat 10 July 2010ConservativeLife peerFounder and chairman of hospitality and health care firm TLC Group Ltd
Baroness Porter of Fulwood 13 February 2024ConservativeLife peer Downing Street Deputy Chief of Staff under Prime Minister Liz Truss
Lord Porter of Spalding 15 October 2015ConservativeLife peerLeader of South Holland District Council
Lord Powell of Bayswater 15 February 2000CrossbenchLife peerFormer diplomat
Baroness Prashar 15 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerChairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission and president of the Royal Commonwealth Society
Lord Prentis of Leeds 18 November 2022LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of UNISON (2001–2021)
Lord Price 29 February 2016ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, writer, former Managing Director of Waitrose, former store manager for John Lewis
Baroness Primarolo 26 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Bristol South (1987–2015)
Lord Prior of Brampton 29 May 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for North Norfolk (1997–2001), former chair of NHS England (2018–2022)
Baroness Prosser 11 June 2004LabourLife peerDeputy Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and former president of the Trades Union Congress
Lord Purvis of Tweed 13 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (2003–2011)
Baroness Quin 30 May 2006LabourLife peerChair of the Franco-British Council (British Section); former MP and Minister of State for Europe
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale 11 October 1996LabourLife peerFormer diplomat and former case officer in the Secret Intelligence Service
Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath 13 March 2024LabourLife peerFormer chair of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, former vice chair of University College London Hospitals
Lord Randall of Uxbridge 25 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Uxbridge and Uxbridge and South Ruislip (1997–2015)
Baroness Randerson 27 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language, Acting Deputy First Minister and former Cardiff Council Opposition Leader
Lord Ranger 11 October 2019Non-affiliatedLife peerBusinessman, founder of Sun Mark
Lord Ranger of Northwood 11 July 2023ConservativeLife peerStrategy and communications executive, board member of TechUK
Lord Ravensdale 3 April 2019CrossbenchHereditary peerEngineer, project director for Atkins
Baroness Rawlings 5 October 1994ConservativeLife peerPresident of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and former chairman of King's College London Council
Lord Razzall 22 October 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerSolicitor, cricketer, former Treasurer of the Liberal Party and for the Liberal Democrats
Lord Reay 28 January 2019ConservativeHereditary peerFinancier and Clan Chief of Clan Mackay
Baroness Rebuck 18 September 2014LabourLife peerChairman of Penguin Random House UK publishers
‡ Lord Redesdale 18 April 2000 [lower-alpha 28] Liberal DemocratLife peerHereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Mitford
Baroness Redfern 7 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Leader of North Lincolnshire Council
Lord Rees of Ludlow 6 September 2005CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and Astronomer Royal, president of the Royal Society
Lord Reid of Cardowan 16 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Motherwell North (1987–1997), for Hamilton North and Bellshill (1997–2005) and for Airdrie and Shotts (2005–2010), Secretaries of State for Scotland, Health, Defence and Home Secretary
Lord Remnant 11 July 2022ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman
Lord Rennard 21 July 1999Liberal DemocratLife peerFoinistertive of the Liberal Democrats
Lord Richards of Herstmonceux 24 February 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
Lord Ricketts 17 October 2016CrossbenchLife peerFormer UK Ambassador to France, former National Security Adviser and former Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Lord Risby 24 December 2010ConservativeLife peerVice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, responsible for business links in the City of London and former MP for Bury St Edmunds (1992–1997) and for West Suffolk (1997–2010)
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick 16 October 2019LabourLife peerFormer MP for South Down (2010–2017)
Lord Robathan 13 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South Leicestershire (2010–2015) and for Blaby (1992–2010)
Lord Roberts of Belgravia 1 November 2022ConservativeLife peerHistorian and journalist, visiting professor at the Department of War Studies, King's College London
Lord Roberts of Llandudno 15 June 2004Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer president of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen 24 August 1999LabourLife peerFormer MP for Hamilton (1978–1997) and for Hamilton South (1997–1999), NATO Secretary General and Secretary of State for Defence
Lord Roborough 25 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerInvestment banker
Baroness Rock 15 October 2015ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman and consultant
Lord Rogan 16 July 1999Ulster UnionistLife peerFormer president of the Ulster Unionist Party
Lord Rooker 16 June 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Perry Barr (1974–2001) and Chairman of the Food Standards Agency
Lord Rose of Monewden 17 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer chief executive and chairman of Marks & Spencer
Lord Rosenfield 13 July 2023Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer Downing Street Chief of Staff, former principal private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Earl of Rosslyn 17 December 1979CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer Metropolitan Police Commander, Master of the Household to the former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House
Lord Rowlands 28 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer MP for Cardiff North (1966–1970), for Merthyr Tydfil (1972–1983) and for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (1983–2001)
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon 25 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer Leader of the House of Lords
Earl Russell 19 June 2023Liberal DemocratHereditary peerPhotographer
‡ Lord Russell of Liverpool 11 December 2014 [lower-alpha 29] CrossbenchHereditary peerBusiness consultant
Lord Saatchi 4 October 1996ConservativeLife peerCo-founder and executive director of Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi
Lord Sahota 2 November 2022LabourLife peerCouncillor on the Telford and Wrekin Council
Lord St John of Bletso 8 June 1978CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman and solicitor
Baroness Sanderson of Welton 8 October 2019ConservativeLife peerJournalist for The Mail on Sunday
Lord Sandhurst 23 June 2021ConservativeHereditary peerBarrister
Lord Sarfraz 8 September 2020ConservativeLife peer Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Singapore, businessman and former treasurer to the Conservative Party
Lord Sassoon 29 May 2010ConservativeLife peer Commercial Secretary to the Treasury and former president of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
Baroness Sater 20 June 2018ConservativeLife peerMarketing executive and magistrate
Lord Sawyer 4 August 1998LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
Baroness Scotland of Asthal 30 October 1997LabourLife peer Commonwealth Secretary-General, former Attorney General for England and Wales and former Advocate General for Northern Ireland
Baroness Scott of Bybrook 8 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of Wiltshire County Council
Baroness Scott of Needham Market 11 May 2000Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer president of the Liberal Democrats
Lord Scriven 19 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Sheffield City Council
Baroness Seccombe 14 February 1991ConservativeLife peerFormer Councillor on West Midlands Council (1977–1981) and former Conservative Party Vice Chair (1987–1997)
Lord Sedwill 11 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary
Lord Sewell of Sanderstead 16 December 2022ConservativeLife peerChair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
‡ Lord Sentamu 27 April 2021 [lower-alpha 30] CrossbenchLife peerFormer Archbishop of York
Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia 21 December 2010ConservativeLife peerSolicitor
Lord Shamash 6 March 2024LabourLife peerSolicitor, former councilor on the Barnet London Borough Council
Lord Sharkey 20 December 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerChairman of the Liberal Democrat 2010 general election campaign
Lord Sharma 20 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Reading West (2010–2024), Secretary of State for International Development, Business Secretary and President for COP26
Lord Sharpe of Epsom 15 September 2020ConservativeLife peerBroker
Baroness Sheehan 2 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer councilor for Kew on Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
Baroness Shephard of Northwold 21 June 2005ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South West Norfolk (1987–2005), Secretary of State for Education and Employment and Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury 12 September 2013ConservativeLife peerPolitical Secretary for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chief of Staff to Conservative leader Michael Howard
Baroness Sherlock 17 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer chief executive of the Refugee Council, former chief executive of the National Council for One Parent Families and former director of the education charity UKCOSA
Baroness Shields 16 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer digital adviser to David Cameron, former CEO of Tech City UK
Lord Shinkwin 14 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, public affairs consultant
Lord Shipley 14 July 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Newcastle City Council
Earl of Shrewsbury 16 February 1981ConservativeHereditary peer Lord High Steward of Ireland
Lord Sikka 10 September 2020LabourLife peerProfessor of accounting
Lord Singh of Wimbledon 12 October 2011CrossbenchLife peerJournalist and broadcaster, former mine manager
Lord Skidelsky 15 July 1991CrossbenchLife peerProfessor emeritus of political economy at the University of Warwick, economic historian
Baroness Smith of Basildon 7 July 2010LabourLife peerShadow Leader of the House of Lords, former Minister of State for Third Sector, former MP for Basildon (1997–2010)
Baroness Smith of Cluny 9 October 2024LabourLife peer Advocate General for Scotland (2024–present)
Lord Smith of Finsbury 22 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Islington South and Finsbury (1983–2005), Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and chair of the Advertising Standards Authority
Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill 17 February 1995LabourLife peerPresident of Scottish Opera and chairman of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Lord Smith of Hindhead 29 September 2015ConservativeLife peerChief executive of the Association of Conservative Clubs
Lord Smith of Kelvin 29 May 2008CrossbenchLife peerChairman of Weir Group and Scottish and Southern Energy former governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes 13 March 2024Plaid CymruLife peerFormer acting president of National Union of Students Wales, youngest person ever to receive a life peerage.
Baroness Smith of Newnham 12 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerSenior lecturer in international relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), Cambridge University
Baroness Smith of Malvern 17 July 2024LabourLife peer Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education (since 2024), former MP for Redditch (1997–2010), former Home Secretary (2007–2009)
Lord Snape 9 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer MP for West Bromwich East (1974–2001)
Lord Soames of Fletching 28 October 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Crawley (1983–1997) and Mid Sussex (1997–2019), former Minister of State for the Armed Forces, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill
‡ Duke of Somerset 12 December 2014 [lower-alpha 31] CrossbenchHereditary peerLandowner, surveyor, Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire and for Devon
Lord Spellar 12 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Northfield (1982–1983), Warley West (1992–1997), and Warley (1992–1997)
Lord Spencer of Alresford 17 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFounder of NEX Group
‡ Earl of Stair 29 May 2008 [lower-alpha 32] CrossbenchHereditary peerFarmer and businessman.
Viscount Stansgate 15 July 2021LabourHereditary peerConsultant to the American Chemical Society
Baroness Stedman-Scott 12 July 2010ConservativeLife peerChief executive of Tomorrow's People Trust
Lord Stephen 2 February 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Kincardine and Deeside (1991–1992), Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Deputy First Minister of Scotland
Lord Sterling of Plaistow 17 January 1991ConservativeLife peerChairman of Motability, former executive chairman of P&O
Baroness Stern 13 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerFormer director of NACRO, former secretary general of Penal Reform International and author of books on prison reform
Lord Stern of Brentford 10 December 2007CrossbenchLife peerIG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, author of the Stern Report
Lord Stevens of Birmingham 5 July 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of NHS England
Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington 6 April 2005CrossbenchLife peerFormer Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
Lord Stevens of Ludgate 27 March 1987Conservative Ind.Life peerFormer chairman of United Newspapers
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara 13 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer adviser to Gordon Brown
Lord Stewart of Dirleton 6 November 2020ConservativeLife peer Advocate General for Scotland
Lord Stirrup 28 January 2011CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
Lord Stone of Blackheath 29 October 1997Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer joint-managing director of Marks and Spencer, chairman of Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation
Lord Stoneham of Droxford 17 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerLiberal Democrats HQ Operations Director
Lord Storey 2 February 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerCouncillor and former leader of Liverpool City Council
Baroness Stowell of Beeston 10 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Whip, BBC Head of Corporate Affairs, and civil servant
Lord Strasburger 10 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerBusinessman
Lord Strathcarron 18 February 2022ConservativeHereditary peerJournalist, novelist, publisher and businessman, founder of Strathcarron Sports Cars plc
Lord Strathclyde 18 March 1986ConservativeHereditary peerFormer leader of the House of Lords
Baroness Stroud 1 October 2015ConservativeLife peerPolitical adviser, CEO of the Legatum Institute, former executive director of the Centre for Social Justice
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston 7 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017
Lord Sugar 20 July 2009CrossbenchLife peerTV personality and businessman
Baroness Sugg 30 August 2016ConservativeLife peerPolitical adviser
Lord Suri 11 September 2014ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and formerly the general secretary of the Board of British Sikhs
Baroness Swinburne 20 June 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for Wales (2009–2019)
Lord Swire 1 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for East Devon (2001–2019) and former Minister of State for Northern Ireland and for Europe and the Americas
Baroness Suttie 17 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerTeacher, political consultant, government adviser and lobbyist
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean 7 October 1996LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the FDA, chair of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce
Lord Tarassenko 10 June 2024CrossbenchLife peerElectrical engineer and academic, president of Reuben College, Oxford
Lord Taverne 5 February 1996Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Lincoln 1962–1974
Baroness Taylor of Bolton 13 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Bolton West (1974–1983), former MP for Dewsbury (1987–2005), Cabinet minister (1997–2001)
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor 16 July 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Truro (1987–1997) and then Truro and St Austell (1997–2010), former chair of the Liberal Democrats
Lord Taylor of Holbeach 31 May 2006ConservativeLife peer Government Chief Whip in the Lords
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage 28 October 2022LabourLife peerLeader of Stevenage Borough Council and councillor for Hertfordshire County Council
Lord Taylor of Warwick 2 October 1996Non-affiliatedLife peerBarrister, radio and television presenter, former chancellor of Bournemouth University
Lord Teverson 1 June 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MEP for Cornwall and West Plymouth (1994–1999)
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd 4 October 2013CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2013–2017)
Lord Thomas of Gresford 30 September 1996Liberal DemocratLife peerDeputy High Court Judge
Baroness Thomas of Winchester 26 May 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerPolitical activist and election agent for the Liberal Party
Baroness Thornhill 21 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerTeacher, former Mayor of Watford
Baroness Thornton 23 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer chair of the London Labour Party, former general secretary of the Fabian Society, chief executive of the Young Foundation
Lord Thurlow 6 February 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered surveyor
‡ Viscount Thurso 20 April 2016 [lower-alpha 33] Liberal DemocratHereditary peerFormer MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 2001–2015
Lord Timpson 18 July 2024LabourLife peer Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation (since 2024), Chancellor of Keele University (since 2022), CEO of Timpson (2002–2024)
Lord Tope 4 October 1994Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Sutton and Cheam (1972–1974) and Councillor
Lord Touhig 28 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Islwyn 1995–2010
Lord Trees 3 July 2012CrossbenchLife peerChairman of the Moredun Research Institute, veterinarian and professor emeritus of veterinary parasitology at the University of Liverpool
Lord Trefgarne 29 June 1962ConservativeHereditary peerLongest-serving member of the House of Lords
‡ Viscount Trenchard 17 May 2004 [lower-alpha 34] ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, consultant, Royal Green Jackets officer
Lord Trevethin and Oaksey 22 October 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerBarrister
Lord Triesman 9 January 2004LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
Lord True 23 December 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit
Lord Truscott 10 June 2004Non-affiliatedLife peerPetroleum and mining consultant, former MEP for Hertfordshire (1994–1999)
Lord Tugendhat 15 October 1993ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Cities of London and Westminster (1970–1974) and for City of London and Westminster South (1974–1977)
Lord Tunnicliffe 2 June 2004LabourLife peerPilot and railwayman, chairman of the Rail Safety and Standards Board, former chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, former managing director For London Underground
Lord Turnberg 4 May 2000LabourLife peerFormer Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester
Lord Turnbull 11 October 2005CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
Lord Turner of Ecchinswell 7 September 2005CrossbenchLife peerChair of the Climate Change Committee and former chair of the Financial Services Authority
Baroness Twycross 7 November 2022LabourLife peerFormer member of the London Assembly, Deputy Mayor of London
Baroness Tyler of Enfield 28 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerChief executive of Relate
Lord Tyrie 12 June 2018Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Chichester (1997–2017)
Baroness Uddin 18 July 1998Non-affiliatedLife peerCommunity activist, former Councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Lord Udny-Lister 6 November 2020ConservativeLife peerPrime Minister's Chief Strategic Advisor
Lord Vaizey of Didcot 1 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Wantage (2005–2019)
Baroness Valentine 10 October 2005CrossbenchLife peerFinancial manager
Lord Vallance of Balham 17 July 2024LabourLife peer Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation (since 2024), chair of the Natural History Museum in London (since 2022), clinical pharmacologist.
Lord Vaux of Harrowden 11 August 2017CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered accountant
Baroness Vere of Norbiton 30 August 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer executive director of the Girls' Schools Association
Lord Verjee 17 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerBusinessman
Lord Verdirame 2 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerBarrister, legal scholar, professor of international law at King's College London
Baroness Verma 2 June 2006ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman
Lord Wakeham 24 April 1992ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Maldon (1974–1983) and South Colchester and Maldon (1983–1992)
Lord Waldegrave of North Hill 28 July 1999ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Bristol West (1979–1997), chancellor of the University of Reading (since 2016), Provost of Eton (since 2009)
Lord Walker of Aldringham 19 December 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
Lord Wallace of Saltaire 19 December 1995Liberal DemocratLife peerEmeritus professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, former director of studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Lord Wallace of Tankerness 17 October 2007Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Orkney and Shetland (1983–2001), Advocate General for Scotland and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Baroness Walmsley 15 May 2000Liberal DemocratLife peerCytologist, professor and PR consultant
Lord Walney 4 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Barrow and Furness (2010–2019)
Baroness Warsi 11 October 2007Non-affiliatedLife peerSolicitor, former chairman of the Conservative Party, former Minister of State for Faith and Communities
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe 10 July 1999LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the Association of University Teachers
Lord Wasserman 11 January 2011ConservativeLife peerInternationally recognised expert on management of police forces
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock 2 November 2015CrossbenchLife peerProfessor emeritus of healthcare management at the University of Plymouth
Lord Watson of Invergowrie 6 November 1997LabourLife peerFormer MP for Glasgow Central (1989–1997) and MSP for Glasgow Cathcart (1999–2005)
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest 21 November 2022LabourLife peerFormer MP for West Bromwich East (2001–2019), former chair of the Labour Party, former deputy leader of the Labour Party, former Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, chairman of UK Music
Lord Watts 23 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for St Helens North (1997–2015)
Viscount Waverley 29 June 1990CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman
Lord Wei 28 May 2010ConservativeLife peerSocial entrepreneur and political consultant
Lord Weir of Ballyholme 16 November 2022Democratic Unionist Life peerFormer Minister of Education in Northern Ireland, former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down (1998–2017) and for Strangford (2017–2022)
Duke of Wellington 17 September 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer MEP for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989)
Lord West of Spithead 9 July 2007LabourLife peerFormer admiral
Lord Wharton of Yarm 2 September 2020ConservativeLife peerChair of the Office for Students (since 2021), former MP for Stockton South (2010–2017)
Baroness Wheatcroft 22 December 2010CrossbenchLife peerJournalist and editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal Europe and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph
Baroness Wheeler 20 June 2010LabourLife peerTrade unionist (UNISON)
Baroness Whitaker 5 August 1999LabourLife peerFormer magistrate
Lord Whitby 10 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of Birmingham City Council
Lord Whitty 21 October 1996LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
Lord Wigley 19 January 2011Plaid CymruLife peerFormer MP Caernarfon for (1974–2001) and Leader of Plaid Cymru
Baroness Wilcox of Newport 14 October 2019LabourLife peer Newport City Councillor, former head of the Welsh Local Government Association, former teacher
Lord Willetts 16 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Havant (1992–2015)
Baroness Williams of Trafford 20 September 2013ConservativeLife peer Minister of State for Home Affairs
Lord Willis of Knaresborough 18 June 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough (1997–2010)
Baroness Willis of Summertown 8 July 2022CrossbenchLife peerBiologist, professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford and of biology at the University of Bergen, principal of St Edmund Hall
Lord Wills 10 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Swindon North (1997–2010)
Lord Wilson of Dinton 18 November 2002CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
Lord Winston 18 December 1995LabourLife peerProfessor of Science and Society and emeritus professor of fertility studies at Imperial College London
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster 13 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Doncaster Central (1997–2024)
Baroness Wolf of Dulwich 2 December 2014CrossbenchLife peerSir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King's College London
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise 18 June 2010ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and CEO of Next plc
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 30 December 2020ConservativeLife peerBarrister
Lord Wood of Anfield 15 January 2011LabourLife peerLecturer in politics at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Nexus think-tank
Lord Woodley 2 November 2020LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and of Unite the Union
Lord Woolf 1 October 1992CrossbenchLaw life peerFormer Law Lord and chairman of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, visiting professor of law at University College London
Lord Woolley of Woodford 14 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerPrincipal of Homerton College, Cambridge; political activist and government adviser, founder of Operation Black Vote
Lord Wrigglesworth 5 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Thornaby (1974–1983) and for Stockton South (1983–1987)
‡ Lord Wrottesley 11 July 2022 [lower-alpha 35] ConservativeHereditary peerChair of Ice Hockey UK, skeleton racer
Baroness Wyld 22 June 2017ConservativeLife peerCommunications consultant
Lord Young of Cookham 29 September 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Acton (1974–1983), for Ealing Acton (1983–1997) and for North West Hampshire (1997–2015)
Baroness Young of Hornsey 22 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerChancellor of the University of Nottingham, actress, social worker, lecturer in media studies.
Lord Young of Norwood Green 25 June 2004LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the National Communications Union and the Communication Workers Union
Baroness Young of Old Scone 4 November 1997LabourLife peerFormer chancellor of Cranfield University
Lord Young of Old Windsor 13 June 2023CrossbenchLife peerFormer Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Viscount Younger of Leckie 28 June 2010ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman

Notes

  1. ↑ Welby was an ex officio Lord Spiritual as Bishop of Durham from 2011, continuing as such on his translation to Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013.
  2. ↑ Cottrell was a Lord Spiritual by seniority of service as Bishop of Chelmsford from 2014, continuing ex officio on his translation to Archbishop of York in 2020.
  3. ↑ Faull entered the House under the provisions of the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.
  4. ↑ Francis-Dehqani entered the House under the provisions of the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.
  5. ↑ Lane entered the House under the provisions of the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.
  6. ↑ Treweek entered the House under the provisions of the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.
  7. ↑ Conway was a Lord Spiritual by seniority of service as Bishop of Ely from 2014, continuing as such on his translation to Bishop of Lincolnin 2023.
  8. ↑ Hartley entered the House under the provisions of the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.
  9. ↑ Croft was a Lord Spiritual by seniority of service as Bishop of Sheffield from 2013, continuing as such on his translation to Bishop of Oxford in 2016.
  10. ↑ Lord Berkeley was previously a member of the House by virtue of his hereditary peerage from 1992 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  11. ↑ Lord Carey of Clifton was previously a member of the House as an ex officio Lord Spiritual while Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002.
  12. ↑ Earl Cathcart was previously a member of the House from June 1999 until the House of Lords Act in November 1999.
  13. ↑ Viscount Chandos was previously a member of the House by virtue of his hereditary peerage from 1980 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  14. ↑ Lord Chartres was previously a member of the House as an ex officio Lord Spiritual while Bishop of London from 1995 to 2017.
  15. ↑ Earl of Clancarty was previously a member of the House from 1995 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  16. ↑ Lord Cromwell was previously a member of the House from 1982 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  17. ↑ Viscount Eccles was previously a member of the House from February 1999 until the House of Lords Act in November 1999.
  18. ↑ Lord Fairfax of Cameron was previously a member of the House from 1977 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  19. ↑ Earl of Glasgow was previously a member of the House from 1984 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  20. ↑ Lord Grantchester was previously a member of the House from 1995 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  21. ↑ Lord Hacking was previously a member of the House from 1971 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  22. ↑ Viscount Hanworth was previously a member of the House from 1996 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  23. ↑ Lord Harries of Pentregarth was previously a member of the House as a Lord Spiritual by seniority of service as Bishop of Oxford from 1993 to 2006.
  24. ↑ Lord Londesborough was previously a member of the House from 1980 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  25. ↑ Earl of Lytton was previously a member of the House from 1985 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  26. ↑ Lord Meston was previously a member of the House from 1984 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  27. ↑ Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede was previously a member of the House by virtue of his hereditary peerage from 1990 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  28. ↑ Lord Redesdale was previously a member of the House by virtue of his hereditary peerage from 1991 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  29. ↑ Lord Russell of Liverpool was previously a member of the House from 1981 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  30. ↑ Lord Sentamu was previously a member of the House as an ex officio Lord Spiritual while Archbishop of York from 2005 to 2020.
  31. ↑ Duke of Somerset was previously a member of the House from 1984 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  32. ↑ Earl of Stair was previously a member of the House from 1996 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  33. ↑ Viscount Thurso was previously a member of the House from 1995 until the House of Lords Act 1999.
  34. ↑ Viscount Trenchard was previously a member of the House from 1987 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.
  35. ↑ Lord Wrottesley was previously a member of the House from 1993 until the House of Lords Act in 1999.

Current non-sitting members

There are also peers who remain members of the House, but are currently ineligible to sit and vote.

Peers on leave of absence

Under section 23 of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, peers may obtain a leave of absence for the remainder of a Parliament. [1] The following peers are currently on a leave of absence. [2]

LordPartyOn leave sinceTypeNotes
Lord Barker of Battle Conservative27 February 2019Life peerFormer MP for Bexhill and Battle (2001–2015)
Lord Barwell Conservative1 February 2023Life peerFormer Downing Street Chief of Staff and former MP for Croydon Central (2010–2017)
Lord Bates Conservative11 October 2021Life peerFormer MP for Langbaurgh (1992–1997)
Lord Boyd of Duncansby Non-affiliated17 July 2024Life peerFormer judge, Outer House of the Court of Session in the Supreme Courts of Scotland
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning Labour24 May 2022Life peerFormer MP for North Ayrshire and Arran (2005–2015)
Lord Collins of Mapesbury Crossbench11 May 2022Law life peer  Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2009), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009–2011)
Lord Davies of Abersoch Non-affiliated9 June 2022Life peerFormer minister of state for trade promotion and investment, former chairman of Standard Chartered Bank and Nordic Windpower, currently chairman of PineBridge Investments and partner at Corsair Private Equity partners
Lord Feldman of Elstree Conservative22 June 2020Life peerChief executive and former managing director of Jayroma (London) Ltd, former chairman of the Conservative Party
Lord Freud Conservative16 December 2021Life peerFormer vice-chairman of investing banking at UBS AG
Baroness Fullbrook Conservative31 December 2022Life peerFormer MP for South Ribble (2010–2015)
Lord Geidt Crossbench18 July 2024Life peerFormer Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
Lord Hague of Richmond Conservative31 January 2021Life peerFormer MP for Richmond (Yorks) (1989–2015), former Foreign Secretary, former Leader of the House of Commons and former Leader of the Opposition
Lord Llewellyn of Steep Conservative1 November 2016Life peer UK Ambassador to Italy, former UK Ambassador to France and former Downing Street Chief of Staff
Lord Malloch-Brown Crossbench30 July 2024Life peerFormer administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and briefly Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Baroness Mone Conservative6 December 2022Life peerBusinesswoman, founder of Ultimo
Duke of Montrose Conservative30 July 2024Hereditary peer Former shadow minister for the Scotland Office
Baroness Morgan of Ely Labour12 May 2021Life peerLeader of Welsh Labour (since 2024), MS for Mid and West Wales (since 2016), Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government (since 2021), Honorary Distinguished Professor at Cardiff University and former MEP for Mid and West Wales (1994–1999) and Wales (1999–2009)
Lord O'Shaughnessy Conservative17 December 2021Life peerDirector of Policy to Prime Minister David Cameron
Lord Palumbo of Southwark Liberal Democrat 18 August 2021Life peerBusinessman and novelist
Baroness Shafik Crossbench1 July 2023Life peerPresident of Columbia University, former president and vice-chancellor of the London School of Economics, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
Baroness Vadera Non-affiliated16 May 2022Life peerInvestment banker and economist, chair of Prudential plc, former chair of Santander UK, former government adviser
Baroness Worthington Crossbench17 April 2023Life peerEnvironmental campaigner, founder of Sandbag

Peers disqualified

Under section 137(3) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, holders of certain judicial offices who are peers are disqualified from sitting and voting in the House of Lords while in office. [3] The following peers are currently subject to this provision.

LordPartyDisqualified sinceTypeNotes
Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill Non-affiliated 6 November 2023Life peer  Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
Lord Reed of Allermuir Crossbench11 January 2020Life peer President of the Supreme Court

Peers suspended

The following peer is currently suspended from the House in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015.

LordPartySuspended sinceTypeLength of suspension
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Independent Ulster Unionist 7 December 2020Life peer Minimum 18 months [4]

Ceased to be members

Apart from retired Lords Spiritual and the surviving hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999, including the Marquess of Cholmondeley who was exempt from the 1999 Act by virtue of his position as Lord Great Chamberlain until the accession of Charles III in September 2022, [5] there are a number of living peers who have permanently ceased to be members of the House.

Resigned

Under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers may permanently retire or otherwise resign their membership of the House. [6] The following peers have exercised that right and are still living: [7]

LordPartyDateTypeNotes
Lord Grenfell [8] Labour1 October 2014Life peerHereditary peer who sat by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Grenfell of Kilvey
Previously retired under the Resolution of the House of 27 June 2011 on 31 March 2014
Lord Lloyd of Berwick Crossbench27 March 2015Law life peerFormer Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Lord Nickson Crossbench27 March 2015Life peerBusinessman, former chairman of the Clydesdale Bank, Scottish & Newcastle, and CBI Scotland, former chancellor of the Glasgow Caledonian University
Lord Ashcroft Conservative3 April 2015Life peerBusinessman and pollster
Lord Hope of Thornes Crossbench30 April 2015Life peerFormer Archbishop of York
Lord Sharman Liberal Democrat30 April 2015Life peerAccountant, former chairman of Aviva Group and former chairman of KPMG International
Lord Edmiston Conservative22 July 2015Life peerBusinessman, motor trade entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Christian Vision
Baroness Wilkins Labour23 July 2015Life peerTelevision presenter and disability activist
Lord Sewel Non-affiliated30 July 2015Life peerFormer chairman of committees
Lord Simpson of Dunkeld Labour30 July 2015Life peerBusinessman, former CEO of Marconi plc, former CEO of Lucas Industries
Lord Cameron of Lochbroom Crossbench21 April 2016Life peerFormer Lord Advocate
Baroness Perry of Southwark Conservative26 May 2016Life peerEducator, former Chief Inspector of Schools in England and former president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Lord Hurd of Westwell Conservative9 June 2016Life peerFormer MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Home Secretary
Baroness Sharp of Guildford Liberal Democrat31 July 2016Life peerEconomist
Lord Scott of Foscote Crossbench21 December 2016Law life peerFormer Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Labour27 April 2017Life peerTelevision executive and journalist, trade unionist, former chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, former chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, former Minister of State for Transport
Lord Hattersley Labour19 May 2017Life peerFormer MP, Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Marquess of Salisbury Conservative8 June 2017Life peerHereditary peer who sat by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil
Formerly known as Viscount Cranborne; former MP and Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Simon of Highbury Non-affiliated9 June 2017Life peerBusinessman, former chief executive of BP
Earl of Mar and Kellie Liberal Democrat30 June 2017Life peerHereditary peer who sat by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower
Lord Lloyd-Webber Conservative17 October 2017Life peerComposer and impresario of musical theatre
Baroness Paisley of St George's Democratic Unionist30 October 2017Life peerFormer MLA for Belfast East, widow of Ian Paisley
Lord Tanlaw Conservative3 November 2017Life peerFormer director of Inchcape plc and former chancellor of the University of Buckingham
Lord Condon Crossbench21 December 2017Life peerFormer Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth Conservative22 December 2017Life peerBusinessman, chairman of Vodafone and chairman of Tesco, former chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, former president of the Marylebone Cricket Club and former chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire
Lord Blyth of Rowington Conservative1 January 2018Life peerBusinessman, former chairman of the London Business School
Lord Sanderson of Bowden Conservative29 March 2018Life peerFormer chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland
Lord Renwick of Clifton Crossbench31 March 2018Life peerFormer British ambassador to the United States and to South Africa
Lord Glentoran Conservative1 June 2018Hereditary peerFormer bobsledder and Olympic champion
Baroness Richardson of Calow Crossbench20 December 2018Life peer Methodist Minister, first female President of the Methodist Conference
Lord Higgins Conservative1 January 2019Life peerFormer MP
Baroness Howells of St Davids Labour10 January 2019Life peerFormer chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire
Lord Mogg Crossbench14 January 2019Life peerFormer chairman of Ofgem
Lord Cullen of Whitekirk Crossbench1 February 2019Life peerFormer Lord President of the Court of Session
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Conservative25 February 2019Life peerFormer MP
Baroness Gould of Potternewton Labour22 July 2019Life peerFormer president of the Family Planning Association, trade unionist and political activist
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Conservative26 July 2019Life peerFormer MP, Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary of State for Education and Science and Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Palumbo Conservative2 September 2019Life peerProperty developer and art collector, last chair of the Arts Council of Great Britain
Baroness Emerton Crossbench1 November 2019Life peerNurse
Lord Vallance of Tummel Liberal Democrat13 January 2020Life peerBusinessman, former chairman of BT
Lord Steel of Aikwood Non-affiliated27 March 2020Life peerFormer MP, Leader of the Liberal Party and Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Lord Brookman Labour2 April 2020Life peerSteel worker and trade unionist, former general secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation
Countess of Mar Crossbench1 May 2020Hereditary peer Farmer and goats cheesemaker, former civil servant
Baroness Byford Conservative5 May 2020Life peerFormer president of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire
Lord Cope of Berkeley Conservative13 May 2020Life peerFormer MP and Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Lord Woolmer of Leeds Labour26 May 2020Life peerFormer MP
Lord Luce Crossbench29 June 2020Life peerFormer MP, Lord Chamberlain and Governor of Gibraltar
Lord Morris of Handsworth Labour21 July 2020Life peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
Baroness Hanham Conservative22 July 2020Life peerFormer leader of the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
Lord Jones of Birmingham Crossbench31 August 2020Life peerBusinessman former director general of the Confederation of British Industry and former Minister of State for Trade and Investment
Lord Williams of Oystermouth Crossbench31 August 2020Life peerFormerly Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Liberal Democrat2 September 2020Life peerFormer MP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (1983–2005)
Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony Crossbench14 September 2020Life peerFormer Justice of the Supreme Court and Master of the Rolls
Lord Freeman Conservative1 October 2020Life peerFormer MP
Lord Ahmed Non-affiliated14 November 2020Life peerProperty developer
Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank Crossbench1 December 2020Life peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
Lord Haskins Crossbench1 December 2020Life peerBusinessman
Baroness Wilcox Conservative17 December 2020Life peerBusinesswoman
Lord Cavendish of Furness Conservative1 January 2021Life peerLandowner, former High Sheriff of Cumbria and former member of the Cumbria County Council
Lord Wilson of Tillyorn Crossbench12 February 2021Life peerFormer Governor of Hong Kong
Baroness Tonge Non-affiliated19 February 2021Life peerFormer MP
Lord Ryder of Wensum Conservative12 April 2021Life peerFormer MP
Lord Sainsbury of Turville Labour1 July 2021Life peerBusinessman, chairman of Sainsbury's and chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Lord Beecham Labour1 September 2021Life peerFormer leader of Newcastle City Council and current councilor for Benwell and Scotswood, former chairman of the Local Government Association
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Conservative15 September 2021Life peerArchaeologist and paleolinguist, former Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, former director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and former master of Jesus College, Cambridge
Lord Puttnam Labour27 October 2021Life peerFilm producer, former chancellor of the Open University and former chancellor of the University of Sunderland
Lord Tyler Liberal Democrat28 October 2021Life peerFormer MP for Bodmin (1974) and North Cornwall (1992–2005), former chairman of the Liberal Party
Lord Hunt of Chesterton Labour30 October 2021Life peerMeteorologist, former chief executive of the Meteorological Office
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Labour5 November 2021Life peerFormer police officer with the Metropolitan Police
Lord Broers Crossbench17 December 2021Life peerElectrical engineer, former vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge and former master of Churchill College
Viscount Ridley Conservative17 December 2021Hereditary peerScience writer, journalist and businessman, former chairman of Northern Rock
Lord Coe Conservative31 January 2022Life peerFormer track and field athlete, president of World Athletics, former MP for Falmouth and Camborne (1992–1997)
Lord Rotherwick Conservative1 February 2022Hereditary peerLandowner and estate manager
Lord Tebbit Conservative31 March 2022Life peerFormer MP
Lord Lea of Crondall Non-affiliated7 April 2022Life peerFormer assistant general secretary of the Trades Union Congress
Lord Brabazon of Tara Conservative28 April 2022Hereditary peerFormer Chairman of Committees
Lord Oxburgh Crossbench28 April 2022Life peerGeophysicist and geologist, former head of the department of earth sciences at the University of Cambridge, former president of the Geological Society of London
Lord Moonie Non-affiliated28 April 2022Life peerFormer MP for Kirkcaldy (1987–2005)
Lord Lang of Monkton Conservative30 June 2022Life peerFormer MP and President of the Board of Trade, current chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and future chairman of the board of directors of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc
Lord Harrison Labour11 July 2022Life peerFormer MEP for Cheshire West (1989–1999), former councilor on Cheshire County Council (1981–1990)
Lord Vinson Conservative13 July 2022Life peerEntrepreneur and philanthropist
Viscount Ullswater Conservative20 July 2022Hereditary peerFormer Minister of State for Housing and former Private Secretary to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Earl of Listowel Crossbench21 July 2022Hereditary peerSat as Baron Hare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
Lord Astor of Hever Conservative22 July 2022Hereditary peerBusinessman, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Life Guards officer
Lord Mackay of Clashfern Conservative22 July 2022Life peer Lord Clerk Register, Formerly Lord Chancellor and Law Lord, Lord Advocate, a former judge of the Court of Session and editor-in-chief of Halsbury's Laws of England
Lord Soley Labour19 January 2023Life peerFormer chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party and former MP
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Conservative3 February 2023Life peerFormer MP for Wallasey (1974–1992) and Minister of State for Overseas Development, president of the Royal Geographical Society
Viscount Falkland Crossbench21 March 2023Hereditary peerVice-President of the Royal Stuart Society, officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
Lord Davies of Stamford Labour25 July 2023Life peerFormer MP, Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support and diplomat
Lord Watson of Richmond Liberal Democrat25 July 2023Life peerBroadcaster and communications consultant, former president of the Liberal Party
Lord Hylton Crossbench27 July 2023Hereditary peerFormer assistant private secretary to the Governor-General of Canada
Lord Stevenson of Coddenham Crossbench1 October 2023Life peerChairman of Manocap, former chairman of Aerfi, Pearson and HBOS
Lord Ribeiro Conservative23 October 2023Life peerFormer consultant general surgeon; member of the Health Policy Research Advisory Board of the American College of Surgeons
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Liberal Democrat12 December 2023Life peerFormer MP, Secretary of State for Transport, director-general of the Royal Institute of British Architects and chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority; member of the Gang of Four that founded the Social Democratic Party
Lord Plant of Highfield Labour28 February 2024Life peerProfessor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy at King's College London and former Professor of European Political Thought at the University of Southampton
Lord Goodlad Conservative29 February 2024Life peerFormer MP and chairman of the Constitution Committee
Lord Bamford Conservative1 March 2024Life peerChairman of JCB
Earl of Sandwich Crossbench20 May 2024Hereditary peerBusinessman
Lord Saville of Newdigate Crossbench20 June 2024Law life peerFormer Law Lord and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Baroness Fritchie Crossbench1 July 2024Life peerChancellor of the University of Gloucestershire (since 2012)
Lord Rana Conservative2 July 2024Life peerPresident of Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare Non-affiliated4 July 2024Life peerFormer MP for Louth (Lincolnshire) (1969–1974), novelist
Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Labour8 July 2024Life peerFormer nurse and president of the Trades Union Congress
Baroness King of Bow Labour9 July 2024Life peerFormer MP for Bethnal Green and Bow (1997–2005)
Baroness Jolly Liberal Democrat31 July 2024Life peerChair of Executive Committee of Liberal Democrats in Devon and Cornwall
Lord Warner Crossbench1 August 2024Life peerFormer civil servant
Lord Owen Ind. Social Democrat 13 August 2024Life peerFormer MP for Plymouth Sutton (1966–1974) and for Plymouth Devonport (1974–1992), Foreign Secretary, co-chairman of the Conference on Yugoslavia, leader of the Social Democratic Party 1983–87, and the continuing Social Democratic Party 1988–90

Removed for non-attendance

Under section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers who fail to attend any sittings of the House during a whole parliamentary session cease to be members of the House at the start of the next session. The following peers have been subject to this provision since the Act came into force and are still living: [9]

LordPartyDateTypeNotes
Lord Dixon-Smith Conservative7 November 2023Life peerFormer chairman of Essex County Council
Lord Black of Crossharbour Non-affiliated9 July 2024Life peerBusinessman, former newspaper publisher, convicted fraudster
Baroness Corston Labour9 July 2024Life peerFormer MP for Bristol East and Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Lord Davies of Oldham Labour9 July 2024Life peerFormer MP, Government Deputy Chief Whip (2003–2010) and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Lord Kalms Non-affiliated9 July 2024Life peerLife president and former chairman of Dixons Retail and former chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies
Lord Prescott Labour9 July 2024Life peerFormer MP and deputy prime minister
Lord Willoughby de Broke Non-affiliated9 July 2024Hereditary peerDeputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire

Resigned under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010

Under section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, peers are automatically and compulsorily treated as domiciled in the United Kingdom for tax purposes. Section 42 allowed peers who did not wish to comply with the provision to choose within three months of the act coming into force to give notice with the same effect as to resign and retire from the House of Lords. [10] The following peers opted to exercise that right and are still living: [7]

LordPartyDateTypeNotes
Lord Laidlaw Conservative15 April 2010Life peer Retains tax residency (domicile) in Monaco
Baroness Dunn Crossbench30 June 2010Life peerRetains tax residency (domicile) in Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)
Lord Foster of Thames Bank Crossbench6 July 2010Life peerRetains tax residency (domicile) in Switzerland

Recently deceased

The following life peers and elected hereditary peers have died since October 2023: [11]

NamePartyCeased to be member
(if applicable)		Date of deathType
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Liberal Democrat18 May 20166 October 2023Life peer
Lord Elder Labour24 October 2023Life peer
Lord Judge Crossbench7 November 2023Life peer
Lord Cotter Liberal Democrat14 November 2023Life peer
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench15 November 2023Life peer
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe Crossbench17 March 202116 November 2023Law life peer
Lord Selkirk of Douglas Conservative27 July 202328 November 2023Life peer
Lord Darling of Roulanish Labour28 July 202030 November 2023Life peer
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Labour9 April 20213 December 2023Life peer
Lord Bhatia Non-affiliated7 November 202312 January 2024Life peer
Lord Tomlinson Labour20 January 2024Life peer
Baroness Flather Crossbench6 February 2024Life peer
Lord Cormack Conservative25 February 2024Life peer
Baroness Henig Labour29 February 2024Life peer
Lord McAvoy Labour8 March 2024Life peer
Lord Hoyle Labour25 July 20236 April 2024Life peer
Lord Rosser Labour10 April 2024Life peer
Baroness Gardner of Parkes Conservative14 April 2024Life peer
Baroness Massey of Darwen Labour20 April 2024Life peer
Lord Field of Birkenhead Crossbench23 April 2024Life peer
Lord Stunell Liberal Democrat29 April 2024Life peer
Lord Fellowes Crossbench10 February 202229 July 2024Life peer
Lord Colwyn Conservative21 July 20224 August 2024Hereditary peer
Lady Saltoun Crossbench12 December 20143 September 2024Hereditary peer
Lord Selsdon Conservative11 May 202115 September 2024Hereditary peer
Marquess of Lothian Conservative1 October 2024Life peer
Lord Ouseley Crossbench24 May 20192 October 2024Life peer
Lord Leitch Labour4 October 2024Life peer
Lord Hanningfield Non-affiliated20 October 2024Life peer

Incoming members

The following people have been announced to become peers but have not yet received their writ of summons or letters patent and have not been introduced.

NamePartyDate of announcementType
Poppy Gustafsson Labour 10 October 2024 Life peer
[ to be determined ]Crossbencher 20 November 2025 [lower-alpha 1] Hereditary peer
[ to be determined ]Conservative 9 January 2026 [lower-alpha 1] Hereditary peer
  1. 1 2 Last possible date for a by-election.

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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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lords Spiritual</span> Bishops who sit in the House of Lords

The Lords Spiritual are the bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Up to 26 of the 42 diocesan bishops and archbishops of the Church of England serve as Lords Spiritual. The Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, and the Anglican churches in Wales and in Northern Ireland, which are no longer established churches, are not represented. The Lords Spiritual are distinct from the Lords Temporal, their secular counterparts who also sit in the House of Lords.

The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of August 2023, there are 805 hereditary peers: 30 dukes, 34 marquesses, 189 earls, 110 viscounts, and 442 barons.

The history of the British peerage, a system of nobility found in the United Kingdom, stretches over the last thousand years. The current form of the British peerage has been a process of development. While the ranks of baron and earl predate the British peerage itself, the ranks of duke and marquess were introduced to England in the 14th century. The rank of viscount came later, in the mid-15th century. Peers were summoned to Parliament, forming the House of Lords.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Life Peerages Act 1958</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Life Peerages Act 1958 established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lords Temporal</span> Secular members of the House of Lords

The Lords Temporal are secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament. These can be either life peers or hereditary peers, although the hereditary right to sit in the House of Lords was abolished for all but ninety-two peers during the 1999 reform of the House of Lords. The term is used to differentiate these members from the Lords Spiritual, who sit in the House as a consequence of being bishops in the Church of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers</span> British politician

Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers,, styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He was one of the few people to serve in the governments of five prime ministers.

Since 1997 the United Kingdom government has been engaged in reforming the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The history of reform before 1997, is set out in sections below about reforms of composition and powers carried out in the past and of unsuccessful proposals and attempts at reform in the twentieth century. Proposals include decreasing the number of lords, introducing a system where lords are democratically elected, or abolition of the House of Lords in favour of a unicameral Parliament.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Lords Reform Act 2014</span> United Kingdom legislation

The House of Lords Reform Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act was a private member's bill. It received royal assent on 14 May 2014. The Act allows members of the House of Lords to retire or resign – actions previously constitutionally impossible for life peers. It also makes provision to exclude members who commit serious criminal offences resulting in a jail sentence of at least one year, and members who fail to attend the House for a whole session. The Act does not have retrospective effect.

References

  1. ↑ "Standing Orders of the House of Lords".
  2. ↑ "House of Lords, Official Website - Members of the House of Lords granted leave of absence".
  3. ↑ Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Section 137 (3) at legislation.gov.uk
  4. ↑ "Conduct Committee Report Volume 808". House of Lords Hansard. 7 December 2020. That, in accordance with Standing Order 12, Lord Maginnis of Drumglass be suspended from the service of the House for a period of at least 18 months and until the Conduct Committee confirms that he has satisfactorily completed the other requirements of the sanction
  5. ↑ "House of Lords Act 1999 § 2". legislation.gov.uk.
  6. ↑ House of Lords Reform Act 2014 s 1.
  7. 1 2 "Retired members of the House of Lords". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Lords Hansard for 13 October 2014". 13 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Non-attending Lords". Parliament.uk.
  10. ↑ Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 s 42.
  11. ↑ "Deceased Lords". Parliament.uk.
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