List of Northern Ireland members of the House of Lords explained

This is a list of Members of the United Kingdom House of Lords who were born, held office in, live or lived in Northern Ireland.

This list does not include hereditary peers whose only parliamentary service was in the House of Lords prior to the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, and who lost their seats under that Act. Nor does it include those in the Peerage of Ireland, who have never had an automatic right to a seat in the House of Lords at Westminster.

There is no such thing as the Peerage of Northern Ireland and peers do not represent geographic areas as such. Some do, however, choose titles which reflect geographical localities, e.g. Lord Kilclooney; this is, however, entirely nominal.

Current members

Name	Party		Entered Lords	Notes
The Lord Alderdice		Liberal Democrat	8 October 1996	former leader of the Alliance Party
The Lord Bew		Crossbencher	26 March 2007	Academic and Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
The Viscount Brookeborough		Crossbencher	11 November 1987	Elected hereditary peer, Lord-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, grandson of a Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and son of an Ulster Unionist Stormont MP.
The Lord Browne of Belmont		DUP	12 June 2006	former MLA and former Lord Mayor of Belfast
The Viscount Craigavon		Crossbencher	30 July 1974	Elected hereditary peer, grandson of a Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
		DUP	18 September 2020	deputy leader of the DUP and former House of Commons leader of the DUP.
The Lord Eames		Crossbencher	25 August 1995	former Anglican Archbishop of Armagh
The Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard		UUP	16 August 2024	former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
		UUP	19 January 2011
The Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee		Non-Affiliated	9 November 2022	former First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
		DUP	16 December 2014	former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
The Baroness Hoey		Non-Affiliated	14 September 2020	former Labour Party Westminster MP
The Lord Kilclooney		Crossbencher	17 July 2001	former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and former Stormont MP
The Lord Lexden		Conservative	23 December 2010	Academic (formerly at The Queen's University, Belfast), and historian.
		Independent Unionist	20 July 2001	former Ulster Unionist Westminster MP Suspended from the House since 7 September 2020 for "at least 18 months"^[1]
The Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown		DUP	19 June 2018	former Westminster MP
The Lord Morrow		DUP	7 June 2006
The Baroness O'Loan		Crossbencher	11 September 2009	former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve		Crossbencher	25 February 1999	Academic and President of the British Academy
The Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick		Labour	16 October 2019	former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Lord Rogan		UUP	22 July 1999	former chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party
The Lord Weir of Ballyholme		DUP	16 November 2022	former MLA and former Minister of Education

Living former members

• The Duke of Abercorn former Ulster Unionist Westminster MP
• The Lord Glentoran, elected hereditary peer, son and grandson of Ulster Unionist Stormont MPs
• The Baroness Paisley of St. George's, vice-president of the Democratic Unionist Party, widow of Lord Bannside
• The Lord Rana, Indian-born Belfast businessman

Deceased members

• The 4th Duke of Abercorn, member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.
• The Lord Ballyedmond, businessman and member of the Conservative Party. Previously, he sat as a Fianna Fáil senator in Seanad Éireann in Dublin.
• The Lord Bannside, First Minister of Northern Ireland and founding leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
• The Lord Blease, trade unionist and one-time member of the Northern Ireland Labour Party
• The Baroness Blood Trade unionist and women's campaigner
• The 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
• The 2nd Viscount Brookeborough, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP
• The Lord Carson Irish Unionist and latterly Ulster Unionist Westminster MP, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and Law Lord
• The Lord Carswell, former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Law Lord
• The Lord Cooke of Islandreagh, member of the Senate of Northern Ireland
• The 1st Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
• The 4th Lord Dunleath, Alliance Party Stormont MP.
• The Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Chief Executive of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
• The Lord Fitt, founder leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
• The 1st Lord Glentoran, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP.
• The 2nd Lord Glentoran, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP.
• The Lord Hutton, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Law Lord
• The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Law Lord
  • The Lord Laird, chairman of the Ulster-Scots Agency and Stormont MP The Lord Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
• The Lord MacDermott, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
• Lord Mawhinney, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, Minister without Portfolio, Secretary of State for Transport and Minister of State for Health
• The Lord McConnell, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP
• The Lord Molyneaux of Killead, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
• The Lord Moyola, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and Ulster Unionist leader.
• The Lord O'Neill of the Maine, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
• The 1st Lord Rathcavan, Ulster Unionist Westminster and Stormont MP.
• The 2nd Lord Rathcavan, Ulster Unionist and, later, Alliance Party politician.
• The 27th Baroness de Ros, suo jure peeress.
• The Lord Smith of Clifton, Liberal Democrat spokesman on Northern Ireland
• The Lord Steinberg, businessman and member of the Conservative Party
• The Lord Trimble First Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
• The 5th Duke of Westminster, Ulster Unionist Westminster MP.

See also

• Demographics and politics of Northern Ireland
• List of Northern Ireland members of the Privy Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: Conduct Committee Report Volume 808 . House of Lords Hansard . 8 December 2020 . 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.