Gillian Patricia Shephard,Baroness Shephard of Northwold,,is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 1987 to 2005. Shephard served as a Cabinet Minister,and is now Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers.
Betty Boothroyd,Baroness Boothroyd,was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the Labour Party,she served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000. She was the first and to date only woman to serve as Speaker. Boothroyd later sat in the House of Lords as,in accordance with tradition,a crossbench peer.
Martha Lane Fox,Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, is a British businesswoman,philanthropist and public servant. She co-founded Last Minute during the dotcom boom of the early 2000s and has subsequently served on public service digital projects. She sits on the boards of WeTransfer and Chanel,as well as being a trustee of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust. She previously served on the board of Channel 4.
Patricia Janet Scotland,Baroness Scotland of Asthal,,is a British diplomat,barrister and politician,serving as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations. She was elected at the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and took office on 1 April 2016. She is the first woman to hold the post. She was elevated to the House of Lords in 1997 and,as a British Labour Party politician,served in ministerial positions within the UK Government,most notably as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland. She is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Dominica,where she was born.
Helena Ann Kennedy,Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws,,is a Scottish barrister,broadcaster,and Labour member of the House of Lords. She was Principal of Mansfield College,Oxford,from 2011 to 2018.
Onora Sylvia O'Neill,Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve,is a British philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Vivien Helen Stern,Baroness Stern is a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Brenda Marjorie Hale,Baroness Hale of Richmond,,is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2017 until her retirement in 2020.
Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss,Baroness Butler-Sloss,GBE,PC,is a retired English judge. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and was the highest-ranking female judge in the United Kingdom until 2004,when Baroness Hale was appointed to the House of Lords. Until June 2007,she chaired the inquests into the deaths of Diana,Princess of Wales,and Dodi Fayed. She stood down from that task with effect from that date,and the inquest was conducted by Lord Justice Scott Baker.
Jean Alys Barker,Baroness Trumpington,was a British Conservative politician and life peer. In the 1960s and 1970s she served in local government in Cambridgeshire. In 1980 she was created a life peer after which she served in the House of Lords. From an upper-class background,she was a socialite and a secretary before entering politics,as well as serving in naval intelligence in World War II.
Michael Hastings Jay,Baron Jay of Ewelme,is a British politician and former diplomat. He sits as a Crossbench member of the House of Lords,and previously served as Ambassador to France and Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Lindsay Patricia Northover,Baroness Northover,is a British academic,Liberal Democrat politician,member of the House of Lords,and former junior government minister.
Joyce Brenda Gould,Baroness Gould of Potternewton is a British Labour Party politician.
Janet Anne Royall,Baroness Royall of Blaisdon,,is a British Labour Co-operative Party politician. She was Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. She is the principal of Somerville College,Oxford.
Dame Susan Catherine Campbell,Baroness Campbell of Loughborough,is a British sports administrator who was chairman of UK Sport between 2003 and 2013.
Michael Charles Williams,Baron Williams of Baglan was a British diplomat and crossbench life peer.
Sir Brian James Proetel Fall is a retired British diplomat who was the UK's Special Representative for the South Caucasus 2002–12.
Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe,Baroness Neville-Rolfe is a British businesswoman and politician serving as Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she has served in ministerial positions under prime ministers David Cameron,Theresa May,Liz Truss,and Rishi Sunak. In December 2021,she was appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to lead the statutory review into the state pension age.
Moazzam Tufail Malik is a former British civil servant and diplomat. He is Managing Director at the World Resources Institute,a leading international NGO and think tank focused on climate and development issues,and Chair at the Muslim Charities Forum,an umbrella NGO for faith based charities in the UK.
