The Peerage Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permits women peeresses and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be disclaimed.
David George Clark,Baron Clark of Windermere PC DL is a British Labour Party politician,former cabinet minister and author.
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston,Baron Winston,is a British professor,medical doctor,scientist,television presenter and Labour peer.
Ivor Seward Richard,Baron Richard,was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.
In the United Kingdom,life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited,in contrast to hereditary peers. 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.
Malcolm Newton Shepherd,2nd Baron Shepherd,Baron Shepherd of Spalding,was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
John Stephen Monks,Baron Monks is a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords and former trade unionist leader,who served as the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003. He also served as the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) from 2007 until 2011,having been made a Life peer in 2010.
David Leonard Stoddart,Baron Stoddart of Swindon was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon from 1970 to 1983,and as a life peer in the House of Lords from 1983 to his death in 2020. He served as a Labour peer from 1983 to 2002,when he was expelled from the Labour benches,after which he sat as an Independent Labour peer until his death.
Norman Harold Lever,Baron Lever of Manchester,PC was a British barrister and Labour Party politician.
Anthony Paul Lester,Baron Lester of Herne Hill,QC was a British barrister and member of the House of Lords. He was at different times a member of the Labour Party,Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats. Lester was best known for his influence on race relations legislation in the United Kingdom and as a founder-member of groups such as the Institute of Race Relations,the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination and the Runnymede Trust. Lester was also a prominent figure in promoting birth control and abortion through the Family Planning Association,particularly in Northern Ireland. Lester resigned from the House of Lords after accusations of historic sexual harassment were made by Jasvinder Sanghera.
Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya,Baron Bhattacharyya,was a British-Indian engineer,educator and government advisor. In 1980,he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick and founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group. In 2004,he was made a Life Peer and became a member of the House of Lords.
Robert William Dixon-Smith,Baron Dixon-Smith DL,is a British farmer and Conservative Party politician. Lord Dixon-Smith is a former Shadow Minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Anthony Stephen Grabiner,Baron Grabiner,KC is a British barrister,academic administrator,and life peer. He is head of chambers at One Essex Court,a leading set of commercial barristers in the Temple,and was the Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn for 2013. From 2014 to 2021 he served as the Master of Clare College,Cambridge and,since 2015,he has served as the President of the University of Law. Grabiner was non-executive chairman of Taveta Investments Ltd,the holding company of Sir Philip Green behind Arcadia Group from 2002 to December 2015.
Julian Pascoe Francis St Leger Grenfell,3rd Baron Grenfell,Baron Grenfell of Kilvey,is a Labour hereditary peer,life peer,and former member of the House of Lords known for his strong Europhile views.
Thomas Taylor,Baron Taylor of Blackburn,was a businessman and Labour politician. He was a member of Blackburn Council for 22 years,serving as its leader from 1972 to 1976. In 1978,he became a member of the House of Lords. In 2009,he was suspended from the House,along with Baron Truscott,as a result of the cash for influence scandal,the first peers to be suspended since the 17th century.
Rupert Bertram Mitford,6th Baron Redesdale,Baron Mitford,is a British hereditary peer,Liberal Democrat politician and member of the prominent Mitford family.
Peter Richard Charles Smith,Baron Smith of Leigh was a British Labour local politician and life peer.
Parry Andrew Mitchell,Baron Mitchell is a British businessman and Labour member of the House of Lords. On 10 May 2000,Mitchell was created a life peer as Baron Mitchell,of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden,and introduced in the House of Lords on 24 May 2000. He sat on the Labour benches until he resigned from the party in September 2016. He rejoined the party in June 2020.
Following the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999,the number of hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords was reduced to ninety-two. The Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain were entitled to sit ex officio;the remaining ninety were elected by all the hereditary peers before the passing of the reform. Since November 2002,by-elections have been held to fill vacancies left by deaths,resignations or disqualifications of those peers. Since the passing of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014,by-elections have also been held to fill vacancies left by the retirements of those peers.
Christopher Francis Fox,Baron Fox is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
