List of current members of the House of Lords explained

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

Current sitting members

Lords Spiritual

See also: 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 2030 to become new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats allocated by seniority.

Bishopric Name Summoned
to Lords 		Diocesan
vacant
10 February 20142010
10 April 20182018
vacant
15 November 20232023
2 October 20182018
25 June 20212021
3 January 20182012
28 March 20192019
7 September 20152015
16 December 20212014
15 November 20232020
3 December 20142011
6 October 20222013
25 October 20222016
4 June 20142011
28 July 20202013
2023
17 October 20232014
15 July 20132009
18 October 20242023
17 January 20232017
11 November 20142011
19 April 20222015
3 October 20132009
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.

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Peerdata-sort-type=date Date joinedPartyTypeNotes
20 July 2009CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman, Deputy Lieutenant of Dyfed
28 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Paisley North (1990–2005)
17 June 1986Liberal DemocratHereditary peerPresident of the British Dyslexia Association
30 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of Turning Point, chair of the NHS Confederation
16 May 2005LabourLife peerFormer Secretary of State for Transport (2009–2010), former chairman of European Movement UK (2021–2022)
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
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)
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)
22 July 2010Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Sheffield Hallam (1997–2005)
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
18 July 1998LabourLife peerMedia entrepreneur, co-creator of Survivor, former chancellor of De Montfort University, first openly gay peer in parliament
1 July 2004Liberal DemocratLife peerChairman of N Brown Group
19 May 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer Minister of State for Pensions (2015–2016)
12 June 1997CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Liverpool Edge Hill (1979–1983) and for Liverpool Mossley Hill (1983–1997)
23 June 2021ConservativeHereditary peerBanker, non-executive director of The Co-operative Bank
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
10 July 2018CrossbenchLife peerBarrister, former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (2011–2017)
18 November 2022LabourLife peerFormer MP for Stoke-on-Trent North (2015–2019)
28 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Swansea East (1974–2005)
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)
14 October 1996ConservativeLife peerFormer Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and former Government Chief Whip in the Lords
1 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Wanstead & Woodford (1987–1997) and for North East Hampshire (1997–2015)
18 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for North West Durham (1987–2010)
25 April 1983ConservativeHereditary peerSits as Baron Sudley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
28 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerInsurance broker and civil engineer.
25 July 2011Non-affiliatedHereditary peerInsurance broker
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
4 July 1973ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman and Chairman of Silvergate Media
2 March 1992ConservativeHereditary peerFormer Government whip
2 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Dudley North (2005–2019)
27 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer parliamentary under-secretary of state in several departments and former Minister of State for Defence Procurement
10 July 2023ConservativeLife peerMember of the London Assembly (since 2016), journalist and political adviser
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
21 January 2011LabourLife peerWriter and broadcaster
9 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerCouncillor on South Somerset District Council
6 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBarrister
19 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer Member of the European Parliament for London (1979–2004)
20 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (2003–2012)
31 July 1999Liberal DemocratLife peerLiberal Democrats spokesperson on Health
21 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer hedgefund manager
3 November 1997LabourLife peerFormer Labour Chief Whip in the Lords. Former leader of Brighton Council
30 June 2008ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Langbaurgh (1992–1997)
16 August 2024CrossbenchLife peerFormer president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales (2018–2024)
15 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for North Durham (2001–2024)
14 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer Foreign Secretary (2006–2007), Former MP for Lincoln (1974–1979) and for Derby South (1983–2024)
19 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed (1973–2015)
14 June 2022ConservativeLife peerParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
5 November 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for North West Norfolk (1983–1997, 2001–2019)
26 June 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerActress, author and television presenter
7 October 2019GreenLife peerFormer Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
26 January 2021CrossbenchLife peerLord Chamberlain and former MP for Newbury (2005–2019)
data-sort-value="Berkeley" Lord Berkeley18 April 2000LabourLife peerHereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Gueterbock
26 March 2013CrossbenchLife peerComposer and music broadcaster
18 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer executive director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship
2 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer deputy press officer for David Cameron
4 June 2001CrossbenchLife peer
19 July 2018ConservativeHereditary peerJournalist, former nightclub manager.
26 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Irish politics at Queen's University Belfast
24 March 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer permanent secretary for the Department for Education (and later the Department for Education and Employment)
21 January 2025ConservativeLife peerAnglican priest, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford (2007–2022)
16 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFounder and chairman of Cobra Beer
2 May 2000LabourLife peerFormer Member of the European Parliament for Northamptonshire and Blaby (1994–1999)
30 October 2015CrossbenchLife peerSocial entrepreneur and founder of The Big Issue
11 February 2000CrossbenchLife peerFormer director-general of the BBC
9 July 2010ConservativeLife peerExecutive Director of the Telegraph Media Group
26 April 2021CrossbenchLife peerProfessor and forensic anthropologist
18 March 1987LabourLife peerFormer Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts
2 October 1997ConservativeLife peerHead of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit under the government of John Major from 1995 to 1997
1 February 2019ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Oxford West and Abingdon (2010–2017)
20 July 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
1 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer Leader of Leeds City Council
28 February 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Penrith and The Border (1983–2010), former Minister of State for Home Affairs and former opposition chief whip
5 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer political organizer
15 October 2019LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the National Union of Teachers
28 September 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Sheffield Brightside (1987–2015), former Cabinet minister(1997–2004, 2005), former Home Secretary
27 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Brent South (1987–2005), Chief Secretary to the Treasury and British High Commissioner to South Africa
23 June 2004Liberal DemocratLife peerLead Liberal Democrats spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Lords
7 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, chairman of the National Conservative Convention
21 August 2024ConservativeLife peerDowning Street Chief of Staff under Rishi Sunak
26 July 2013ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, founder of Modec
8 July 2010Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Daventry (1987–2010); Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees
10 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerCricket commentator, former professional cricketer, chairman of Durham County Cricket Club (since 2017)
24 June 2005ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South West Surrey (1984–2005), Secretary of State for Health and Secretary of State for National Heritage
9 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and member of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2011
27 January 2025LabourLife peerTrade unionist, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union (2017–2023)
23 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer member of the European Parliament for South East England
17 January 1996CrossbenchLife peerFormer leader of Croydon London Borough Council
9 July 2018CrossbenchLife peerJournalist
12 June 2006LabourLife peerFormer MP for Manchester Withington (1987–2005)
22 July 1999Liberal DemocratLife peerLiberal Democrats spokesperson on transport in the House of Lords
19 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Altrincham and Sale West (1997–2024), former chairman of the 1922 Committee (2010–2019, 2019–2024)
22 September 2014ConservativeLife peerVice-chairman of West Ham United FC and senior non-executive director of the Syco and Arcadia brands
4 August 1998LabourLife peerBroadcaster and author
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
2 May 2000Non-affiliatedLife peerChair of the APPG on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
24 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer MP for Cardiff West (2001–2024)
20 January 1983ConservativeHereditary peerChartered accountant, lieutenant in the Royal Green Jackets, Knight of Malta
28 May 2015ConservativeLife peerParliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
4 February 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerExecutive Director of the Association of Universities in the East of England
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
10 September 1987CrossbenchHereditary peerLord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
30 October 2015CrossbenchLife peer
23 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer MP for West Ham (2005–2024)
12 June 2006Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast East (2007–2011)
22 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (1997–2010) and Secretary of State for Defence
28 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of BP (1995–2007)
9 July 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Tiverton and Honiton (1997–2010)
9 October 2019ConservativeLife peerBusinessman
19 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Gordon from 1983 to 2015, president of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
20 June 2018LabourLife peerWriter and political campaigner
11 July 2018CrossbenchLife peerFormer ballet dancer and writer
31 May 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Torridge and West Devon from 1997 to 2005
30 October 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2017–2023)
20 July 1998CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief economic advisor and permanent secretary at the treasury
9 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Solihull (2005–2015)
23 July 1998ConservativeLife peerChair of the Press Complaints Commission
12 February 1998CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
13 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lady Justice of Appeal and former president of the Family Division of the High Court
2 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer political aide
30 January 2025LabourLife peerCreative industries expert
2 December 1969ConservativeHereditary peerChief of Clan Sinclair
24 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for North East England (1999–2014)
17 November 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer prime minister (2010–2016), former Foreign Secretary (2023–2024), former MP for Witney (2001–2016), former Leader of the Opposition (2005–2010)
29 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerPresident of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists, former chair of the Countryside Agency
4 March 2024ConservativeLife peerChief of Clan Cameron, former MSP for Highlands and Islands (2016–2024)
28 November 2023ConservativeHereditary peerEntrepreneur
10 November 2008CrossbenchLife peerChairman of UK Sport
13 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of the Liberal Democrats (2006–07), former MP for North East Fife (1987–2015)
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
4 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for Workington (1979–2001)
6 April 2022ConservativeHereditary peerBusiness manager and consultant
30 January 2025LabourLife peerTrade unionist, Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (2003–2016)
data-sort-value="Carey of Clifton" Lord Carey of Clifton1 November 2002CrossbenchLife peerFormer Archbishop of Canterbury
27 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerDeputy High Court judge, former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, president of the Howard League for Penal Reform and former MP
4 December 2018CrossbenchHereditary peer businessman, Deputy lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
11 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Fulham (1987–1997)
15 October 2008Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer chief executive of Ofcom, group chief executive at Brunswick Group LLP and former Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting
8 June 2004LabourLife peerChairman of the NHS Pathology review panel
30 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerLawyer
30 October 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer Victims' Commissioner
28 January 2025ConservativeLife peerBarrister
23 September 2014Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MEP for West Midlands, former actor
22 August 2024CrossbenchLife peerPaediatrician, author of the Cass Review, former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
data-sort-value="Cathcart" Earl Cathcart9 March 2007ConservativeHereditary peerChief of the Name and Arms of Clan Cathcart
6 September 2016CrossbenchLife peerJournalist, academic and former director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
16 October 1996ConservativeLife peerFormer chairman, former chief executive and currently executive director of Huntsworth; former director of Halifax
6 September 2016LabourLife peerFormer director of Liberty
data-sort-value="Chandos" Viscount Chandos19 April 2000LabourLife peerHereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot
1 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer MP for Darlington (2010–2019)
data-sort-value="Chartres" Lord Chartres7 November 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer Bishop of London
16 September 2014Non-affiliatedLife peerQueen's companion, former spokesperson for the Cabinet Office
9 October 2019ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and philanthropist
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
data-sort-value="Clancarty" Earl of Clancarty28 June 2010CrossbenchHereditary peerSits as Viscount Clancarty in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
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
2 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for Colne Valley (1970–1974) and for South Shields (1979–2001) and chair of the Forestry Commission
29 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer chairman of the Labour Party, former deputy general secretary of the Union of Communication Workers
4 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Rushcliffe (1970–2019), Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary
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
3 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer MP for Gedling (1997–2019)
17 January 2025ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Suffolk Coastal (2010–2024), Deputy Prime Minister (2022)
27 March 2017ConservativeHereditary peerFormer High Sheriff of Kent, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent
20 January 2011LabourLife peerFormer assistant general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and former general secretary of the Labour Party
25 July 2011CrossbenchHereditary peerTelevision producer and director
17 September 2014Non-affiliatedLife peerCo-founder of the research and strategy consultancy Populus Ltd, former Director of Strategy in the Cameron–Clegg coalition
19 July 2016CrossbenchHereditary peerSits as Baron Boyle of Marston, in the Peerage of Great Britain; his senior titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
24 July 1979ConservativeHereditary peerSits as Baron Saltersford, in the Peerage of Great Britain; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
23 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of the Portman Group
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.
30 July 1991CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
26 July 1974CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered accountant
25 May 1977ConservativeHereditary peerFormer director of (variously) Blakeney Hotels Ltd, Woodhouse Securities Ltd, Hand Picked Hotels, Cliveden Ltd
24 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer chair of the Women's National Commission
28 April 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of the NHS
data-sort-value="Cromwell" Lord Cromwell10 April 2014CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman, executive chair of Banking Competition Remedies Ltd
27 January 2021ConservativeLife peerBanker, businessman and former Conservative Party Co-Treasurer
15 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Hornchurch (1997–2005) and Leyton and Wanstead (2010–2024)
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
15 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer MP for Glasgow East (2010–2015), former MSP for Glasgow Baillieston (1999–2011)
1 October 1996CrossbenchLife peerFormer chairman of Ofcom
13 October 2011CrossbenchLife peerFormer chair of NFU Mutual
1 July 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Speaker, formerly Convenor of the Crossbench peers
19 January 2011CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the General Staff of the British Army
11 November 2019CrossbenchLife peerFormer British Ambassador to the United States
12 July 2007Non-affiliatedLife peerProfessor of surgery at Imperial College London
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
16 July 2021ConservativeLife peerFormer Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
18 September 2020LabourLife peer
10 October 2019ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Gower (2015–2017)
26 September 2023CrossbenchHereditary peerVeterinarian
15 March 2005ConservativeHereditary peerMaster of the Horse, Royal Wessex Yeomanry officer
15 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and former chief constable of West Midlands police
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
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
1 November 2012ConservativeLife peerChief executive, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
5 June 1991CrossbenchLife peerProfessor Emeritus of Economics at the London School of Economics
12 July 2018CrossbenchHereditary peerBarrister
24 October 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerChair of Nacro
18 December 2010ConservativeLife peerAuthor
18 September 2020Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer MP for Belfast North (2001–2019)
26 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer chair of ACAS
21 May 1985LabourLife peerVisiting Professor of Government at the London School of Economics
21 December 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerChair of the London Assembly and has run DD Enterprises Management Consultancy
15 December 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare
20 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer president of the Trades Union Congress and commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission
1 June 2004LabourLife peerCo-founder and former chief executive of PowderJect Pharmaceuticals
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
14 July 2017ConservativeLife peerFormer Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and former MEP for Scotland
28 October 1983ConservativeHereditary peerFarmer, Chief of Clan Scrymgeour, honorary consul for Croatia in Edinburgh
26 May 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
21 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Harrow East (1970–1997)
25 August 1995CrossbenchLife peerFormer Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
21 July 2010ConservativeLife peerChairman of the Local Government Association
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)
data-sort-value="Eccles" Viscount Eccles24 March 2005ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, chairman of the Bowes Museum Trust, soldier
10 May 1990ConservativeLife peerAs the wife of Viscount Eccles, she is also entitled to the style "Viscountess Eccles"
28 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerFinancier
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
16 August 2024Ulster UnionistLife peerFormer MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (2003–2015, 2022–2024), former MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (2015–2017), former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (2010–2012).
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
27 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer MP for Sunderland Central (2010–2024)
15 January 2011Ulster UnionistLife peerFormer leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
30 June 1978CrossbenchHereditary peerLord High Constable of Scotland and Chief of Clan Hay, soldier, marketing and computer consultant
23 December 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer Master of the Rolls (2016–2021) and Chancellor of the High Court (2013–2016)
12 September 2014ConservativeLife peerLeader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal, former director of the New Schools Network and deputy director at Policy Exchange
9 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Weaver Vale (2010–2017)
17 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer General Secretary of the Labour Party (2020–2024)
28 July 1998LabourLife peerChairman of several publishing companies
3 December 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer director of the Security Service
data-sort-value="Fairfax of Cameron" Lord Fairfax of Cameron26 November 2015ConservativeHereditary peerBarrister
19 October 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer chairman of the BBC Trust
14 May 1997LabourLife peerFormer Lord Chancellor
2 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerChief executive of Student Partnerships Worldwide
22 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Downing Street Deputy Chief of Staff
5 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFounding partner of RK Mine Finance group, trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust and Conservative Party co-treasurer
14 July 1999LabourLife peerCommunications advisor to the Leader of the Labour Party in the 1987, 1992 and 1997 general elections
21 July 2010Non-affiliatedLife peerRecorder, chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation
20 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Hornsey and Wood Green (2005–2015)
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
29 July 1999LabourLife peerFormer parliamentary under-secretary of state in various government departments
18 January 2011ConservativeLife peerCEO and chairman of the Man Group, the largest listed hedge fund company in the world
11 September 2013ConservativeLife peerCurrent Executive Editor of The Times
28 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Palliative Medicine at the Cardiff University School of Medicine and former president of the Royal Society of Medicine
14 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer special adviser at the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
15 September 2020ConservativeLife peerChair of Arts Council London and former newspaper editor and political advisor
13 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Arundel and South Downs (1997–2005)
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
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
14 July 1999ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Stirling (1983–1997) and Secretary of State for Scotland
9 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer First Minister of Northern Ireland, former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, broadcaster, presenter on GB News
7 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Bath (1992–2015)
29 January 2021ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for North West England (1999–2004, 2009–2019)
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
3 July 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Speaker, former chairman of the House of Lords Communications Select Committee and former MP
11 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerPR director at GKN engineering and former Liberal Democrat chief executive
14 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MEP for North West England (2019–2020)
14 January 2011ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Central Suffolk (1983–1997) and Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons
26 January 2021ConservativeLife peerChief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland
5 June 2024CrossbenchLife peerScience communicator and former television producer
7 March 1994CrossbenchHereditary peerFreelance editor and assistant editor for post-production in TV and film
12 August 2020ConservativeLife peerDesignated National Security Adviser and former British ambassador to Denmark
8 March 2024ConservativeLife peerLeader of South Norfolk District Council (since 2007)
31 August 2016Non-affiliatedLife peerInvestment banker and Conservative Party donor
4 August 1999LabourLife peerPresident of National Association of Old Age Pensioners, Wales and president of Treherbert and District British Legion
15 October 2007Liberal DemocratLife peerVice President of the Institute of Export
23 June 2010Non-affiliatedLife peerSenior Deputy Speaker and deputy chief executive of the Countryside Alliance
22 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Harborough (1992–2017)
10 July 2023ConservativeLife peerPolitical adviser and secretary to Boris Johnson
data-sort-value="Geddes" Lord Geddes20 March 1975ConservativeHereditary peerDeputy Speaker of the House of Lords, lieutenant-commander in the Royal Naval Reserve
24 June 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Deputy First Minister of Wales
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
30 September 2015ConservativeLife peerDeputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
data-sort-value="Glasgow" Earl of Glasgow17 January 2005Liberal DemocratHereditary peerChief of Clan Boyle, sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, television documentary producer
4 February 2011LabourLife peerSenior lecturer in political theory at London Metropolitan University
21 June 1977ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, consultant, pilot, governor and a trustee of King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, former government minister
1 February 2011ConservativeLife peerOwner of BMI
15 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Stockport Council
25 January 2021ConservativeLife peerChair of Policy Exchange and former political aide, political candidate, author and journalist
24 June 2022CrossbenchLife peerWomen's rights campaigner, CEO of Muslim Women’s Network UK
1 February 2011ConservativeLife peerLawyer
3 October 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament (2005–2011)
13 July 2001LabourLife peerRadiographer and former MP
29 July 1999LabourLife peerFormer Attorney General for England and Wales
7 January 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Richmond Park, Minister of State for Environment and International Development
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
15 July 1988ConservativeHereditary peerFormer stockbrocker and conservationist
21 July 1998LabourLife peerActivist, former European director of public affairs for the World Wide Fund for Nature
26 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerHead of Chambers at One Essex Court and deputy High Court Judge
25 January 2011Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer chairman of the BBC Board of Governors
data-sort-value="Grantchester" Lord Grantchester31 October 2003LabourHereditary peerFormer director of Littlewoods and former chairman of the Dairy Farmers of Britain,
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
28 November 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer British ambassador
16 November 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer group chairman of HSBC
18 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Oxford University and former director of the Royal Institution
16 April 2020ConservativeLife peerMinister of State for Building Safety and Fire Former Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime, medical company executive and political candidate
data-sort-value="Greenway" Lord Greenway8 October 1975CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer chairman of The World Ship Trust
4 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer head of communications for the Liberal Democrats
23 March 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer paralympic athlete
16 January 2025 LabourLife peerFormer MEP for North West England (2014–2020)
30 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer president of the Methodist Conference
5 February 1991ConservativeLife peerVice-president of the Nature in Art trust and vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs International
8 April 2020ConservativeLife peerMinister of State for Investment and former bank executive and civil servant
2 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer presenter and producer at Central Television and former MP
15 November 2024LabourLife peerBusinesswoman, Minister of State for Investment
data-sort-value="Hacking" Lord Hacking19 November 2021LabourHereditary peerLawyer, arbitrator and mediator.
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.
22 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Neath (1991–2015)
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)
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
11 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lady Justice of Appeal
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
17 June 2005ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Epsom and Ewell (1978–2001) and former chairman of the 1922 Committee
30 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
25 October 2022CrossbenchHereditary peerPhotographer
6 June 1991Liberal DemocratLife peerVice president of Parity and former chair of the London Assembly
25 January 2021ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for South East England (1999–2020)
19 June 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer senior diplomat
12 March 2024LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
19 July 2024LabourLife peerMinister of State in the Home Office, former MP for Delyn (1992–2019)
data-sort-value="Hanworth" Viscount Hanworth30 March 2011LabourHereditary peerEconomist, Professor of Econometrics and Computational Statistics at the University of Leicester
21 May 1997CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Advocate and former Senator of the College of Justice
15 September 2014ConservativeLife peerChief executive of TalkTalk Group
21 July 2021ConservativeHereditary peerLandowner, business manager and consultant, army reservist with the London Guards
19 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer Leader of the Opposition (2010, 2015), former MP for Peckham (1982–1997) and for Camberwell and Peckham (1997–2024)
data-sort-value="Harries of Pentregarth" Lord Harries of Pentregarth30 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerGresham 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
15 March 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Watford (2010–2019), Minister of State for Refugees
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
11 January 1996ConservativeLife peerChairman of Carpetright
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
4 October 1993LabourLife peerPresident of the Environment Industries Commission, former international president of The Textile Institute
12 October 2005CrossbenchLife peerVice-president of Catch22, ambassador of Make Justice Work
18 September 2013LabourLife peerBusinessman and philanthropist
16 December 2014Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
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
9 September 2020LabourLife peerFormer MP for Workington (2015–2019)
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)
28 September 2015ConservativeLife peerPsephologist, Former MP for Kingswood (1983–1992) and former business and charity executive
14 March 2024LabourLife peerJournalist and political adviser
19 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer political aide
18 September 2014ConservativeLife peerGovernment special adviser on preventing sexual violence in conflict zones
15 October 2019LabourLife peerBarrister
17 November 2022LabourLife peerChairman of Network Rail and former Commissioner of Transport for London
data-sort-value="Henley" Lord Henley28 February 1978ConservativeHereditary peerSits as Baron Northington, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland
8 November 2010CrossbenchLife peerAttlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London
1 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Arundel and South Downs (2005–2019)
18 July 2024LabourLife peerAttorney General for England and Wales (since 2024), Advocate General for Northern Ireland (since 2024)
12 July 2001Conservative Life 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
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
3 November 2022ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and philanthropist, founder of asset management firm CQS
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)
16 September 2013ConservativeLife peerConservative politician
7 June 2000ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Walsall North (1976–1979)
14 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Vauxhall (1989–2019)
21 February 1995CrossbenchLaw life peerFormer Law Lord and Professor of Law at Queen Mary College, University of London
7 November 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
3 February 1995CrossbenchLife peerAs the wife of Viscount Hailsham, she is also entitled to the style "Viscountess Hailsham"
20 June 1991LabourLife peerBusiness executive and former banker, businessman and print-media executive
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
13 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer swimmer, Paralympian, journalist and solicitor
data-sort-value="Hooper" Baroness Hooper10 June 1985ConservativeLife peerPresident of Waste Watch, president of the European Foundation For Heritage Skills, and president of Good Guy's Cancer Appeal
28 February 1995CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
4 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Gateshead West (1970–1983) and for Orpington (1992–2010)
12 July 2023ConservativeLife peerTees Valley Mayor (since 2017), former councillor on Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (2011–2017)
20 November 2017CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
13 July 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Folkestone and Hythe (1983–2010), Home Secretary, Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition
4 June 2004ConservativeLife peerDirector of Fortress Holdings
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
15 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Stratford-Upon-Avon (1983–1997) and for Newport East (1997–2005)
data-sort-value="Howe" Earl Howe30 October 1984ConservativeHereditary peerDeputy Leader of the House and Minister of State for Defence
6 June 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Guildford (1966–1997), Secretaries of State for Energy and Transport
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)
18 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer AM for North Wales and President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
16 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerFoinistertive of Stonewall
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
20 October 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Wirral (1976–1983) for Wirral West (1983–1997); Partner at the law firm Beachcroft LLP
20 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerDeputy Group Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Luton Borough Council
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
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
23 November 1989Non-affiliatedHereditary peerBarrister and chartered surveyor
25 March 1987LabourLife peerFormer Lord Chancellor
16 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Peterborough (2005–2017), former councilor on the Ealing Borough Council (1990–1998)
9 June 2006ConservativeLife peerCorporate trouble-shooter and former agent for MI5
11 March 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of the Central Bedfordshire Council and former chair of the Local Government Association
24 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Bristol City Council
10 October 2007CrossbenchLife peerPermanent Lord-in-waiting; former Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
18 September 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer permanent secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and head of the Diplomatic Service
29 July 1992LabourLife peerChairman of the House of Lords Constitution Committee
26 January 2011ConservativeLife peerPR consultant, and active in promoting women in Parliament
19 October 2022ConservativeLife peerMinister of State for Investment, hedge fund manager, financier and former councilor for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (2006–2010)
12 October 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Orpington (2010–2019)
6 July 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for East Flintshire 1970–1983 and for Alyn & Deeside 1983–2001
20 September 2013GreenLife peerGreen Party politician and former 2nd Statutory Deputy Mayor of London and Member of the London Assembly
23 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer MS for Bridgend (1999–2021), First Minister of Wales (2009–2018)
5 June 2006LabourLife peerDirector of Policy and Public Affairs at UNISON and former chair of the Labour Party
5 June 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Westmorland (1964–1983) and for Westmorland and Lonsdale (1983–1997)
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
22 March 2010CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Surgical Sciences at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University
28 January 2021ConservativeLife peerProfessor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University and former MEP for London (2005–2019)
28 January 2025LabourLife peerNational Movement Chair for the Jewish Labour Movement (since 2019), former Camden London Borough Council member (2010–2014)
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)
8 June 2015ConservativeLife peerLawyer, Conservative Party politician and former Advocate General for Scotland and Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party
11 July 2023ConservativeLife peerPolitical journalist, former political director of the Conservative Party and former director of the Conservative Research Department
19 September 2013LabourLife peerPolitical aide, politician and former deputy general secretary of the Labour Party
21 June 2010LabourLife peerLabour Party official, politician and Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
27 October 1997LabourLife peerCriminal and human rights lawyer, chair of JUSTICE
30 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and head of the Diplomatic Service
24 January 2011LabourLife peerChief executive of National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
4 February 2021LabourLife peerFormer MEP for North West England (2017–2019)
25 June 2012CrossbenchLife peerFilm director
17 July 2001CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Strangford (1998–2007), former MEP for Northern Ireland (1979–1989)
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
19 July 2013CrossbenchLife peerFormer governor of the Bank of England
1 June 2006LabourLife peerFormer deputy chair of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and of the Competition Commission
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
6 February 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerPresident of the Royal Caledonian Ball Trust and commanding officer of the Atholl Highlanders
23 July 1999ConservativeLife peerExecutive Chairman of DFS Furniture Company Ltd
7 October 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (1999–2016) and MP for Leeds North East (1987–1997)
23 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for South Dorset (2001–2010)
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)
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
22 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Epping Forest (1997–May 2024)
27 July 1998CrossbenchLife peerPsychiatric social worker and chairman of the Harold Shipman inquiry and the Baby P inquiry
24 July 1998ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Kingston-upon-Thames (1972–1997) and Chancellor of the Exchequer
17 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer barrister
16 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Milton Keynes North (2010–2019) and for North East Milton Keynes (2005–2010)
25 March 2013CrossbenchLife peerChancellor of the Open University, businesswoman and philanthrope
5 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South Cambridgeshire (1997–2015) and Leader of the House of Commons
6 September 2013LabourLife peerFormer chancellor of De Montfort University, campaigner for police reform and mother of Stephen Lawerence
3 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFounder of the think tank Politeia
3 May 2000LabourLife peerEmeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
31 October 2022ConservativeLife peerPolitical economist and former civil servant, economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group
19 November 2020CrossbenchLife peerBusinessman, owner of Lebedev Holdings Ltd (The Evening Standard, The Independent, London Live) and son of Alexander Lebedev
26 May 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Nelson and Colne (1979–1983) for Pendle (1983–1992)
23 June 2021ConservativeHereditary peerFormer officer in the Scots Guards, former equerry to the Duke of Kent
16 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer accountant, banker and Treasurer of the Conservative Party
22 September 2014LabourLife peerFormer deputy secretary general of the Labour Party
22 January 2025LabourLife peerSocial policy researcher
31 October 2022LabourLife peerFormer barrister, founder of Cavendish Publishing
22 January 2025LabourLife peerJudge and lawyer
23 September 1997LabourLife peerFormer special envoy to the Middle East, President of JFS, President of Sense & Sense International, President of Jewish Care
23 December 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer consultant and editor in chief of the Conservative Research Department and former lecturer in modern history
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
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
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
21 December 1989ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, president of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, former president of the National Trust of Scotland
17 December 2010ConservativeLife peerChairman of the League of Mercy Foundation, former director-general of St. John Ambulance and advocate of free schools
30 July 1999LabourLife peerJournalist, former chairman of the Fabian Society and political advisor to Anthony Crosland
31 January 2011LabourLife peerEmeritus Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University
11 December 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer Clerk of the House of Commons
21 October 2015LabourLife peerStrategy and communications consultant
data-sort-value="Liverpool" Earl of Liverpool23 October 1969ConservativeHereditary peer Businessman
12 July 2013Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer Minister for Trade and Investment
data-sort-value="Londesborough" Lord Londesborough23 June 2021CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman, chairman and director of Tussell Limited
31 January 2025LabourLife peerChildren's rights advocate, former Children's Commissioner for England (2015–2021)
12 January 2011CrossbenchLife peerExecutive chairman of the Rinku Group and pioneer of widow's rights
13 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerChairman of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Leeds
21 February 1992ConservativeHereditary peerChartered accountant, publisher and editor of The Good Schools Guide
30 September 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerMEP for London (1999–2014)
6 October 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerBank executive and former Co-Treasurer of the Conservative Party
data-sort-value="Lytton" Earl of Lytton16 May 2011CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered surveyor
25 July 1989ConservativeLife peerProfessor Emeritus of Surgery at Guy's Hospital, associated with King's College London
28 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer First Minister of Scotland
19 June 2018Democratic UnionistLife peerFormer MP for South Antrim (2000–2001, 2005–2015) and for Mid Ulster (1983–1997)
12 July 2010CrossbenchLife peerFormer Director of Public Prosecutions
27 January 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and British ambassador to Germany and to Israel
17 June 2010Lord SpeakerLife peerFormer Senior Deputy Speaker, former chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee and former MP
16 October 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerBusinesswoman and former CEO of Mitie Group PLC
1 September 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer Councillor on the Edinburgh City Council
3 August 1999LabourLife peerFormer associate producer at the Royal Shakespeare Company, former executive director of the Royal National Theatre
6 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Vale of York (1997–2010) and for Thirsk and Malton (2010–2015)
17 July 1998Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer chief superintendent in the Durham Constabulary, former president of the Police Superintendents' Association
23 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South Thanet (2015–2024), former acting leader of the UK Independence Party (1997)
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
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
21 June 2018LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
4 October 2016CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
25 January 2011ConservativeLife peerChartered accountant
29 October 2015CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Cambridge
19 June 1991LabourLife peerPresident of the Countryside Alliance
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)
23 February 1988ConservativeHereditary peerFormer chair of the Addict Recovery Foundation, former chair of the Drug and Alcohol Foundation
13 October 2008LabourLife peerFormer MP for Hartlepool (1992–2004), Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Northern Ireland and European Commissioner for Trade
28 October 2019LabourLife peerFormer MP for Bassetlaw (2001–2019)
2 June 2008CrossbenchLife peerFormer director of the Security Service
6 September 2013ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman, civil servant and nurse
7 October 2022ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, chairman of London & Continental Railways
8 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinessman
11 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerCommercial and family law QC with specialist interest in human rights and constitutional reform
8 June 2006ConservativeLife peerChairman of Herriot Ltd and of Hunter Boot Ltd
7 June 1991ConservativeLife peerFarmer, soldier, Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk, former Councillor on the East Suffolk County Council
26 May 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for North Warwickshire (1983–1992) and for Horsham (1997–2015)
29 March 2007CrossbenchLife peerFounder board member of Poplar HARCA (housing association) and author of The Social Entrepreneur: Making Communities Work
17 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer MP for Glasgow Cathcart (1979–2001)
21 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer prime minister (2016–2019), former Home Secretary (2010–2016), former MP for Maidenhead (1997–2024)
16 June 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer chairman of the Security Industry Authority, former chair of the Police Complaints Authority and two NHS trusts
5 September 2013LabourLife peerLobbyist
16 September 2020ConservativeLife peerProvost of Oriel College, Oxford, businessman, publisher, philanthropist.
28 January 2021LabourLife peerFormer MP for Lincoln (1997–2010)
data-sort-value="Meston" Lord Meston26 September 2023CrossbenchLawyer
19 June 2018ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman and activist for women and children
6 October 1998Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Leader South Somerset District Council, Somerset County Councillor, environmental campaigner
25 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerChief executive of Paperchase
10 May 2000LabourLife peerBusinessman
19 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for Scotland (2017–2020)
12 March 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman and charity campaigner
26 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of both the Trades Union Congress and the European Trade Union Confederation
17 September 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer editor of The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph
15 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer MEP for London (1999–2020)
12 June 2000LabourLife peerProfessor of History at Brunel University
6 January 2020Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Loughborough (2010–2019), Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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
20 June 2001LabourLife peerMaster of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
9 June 2004ConservativeLife peerPresident of the National Benevolent Institution
14 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Yardley (1992–2005), former Secretary State for Education
3 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFinancier, former chief executive at Newton Investment Management
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)
26 March 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer Comptroller and Auditor General
19 June 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer chief executive of the Conservative Party
8 July 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerShipbroker, former Lord Mayor of London
9 September 2020ConservativeLife peerBanker, merchant, former member of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
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
6 February 2024ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, former CEO and executive chairman of PA Consulting Group (1992–2013)
8 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerZambian-born economist and author
17 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerFormer professor of psychiatry of old age at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals United Medical School
20 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Torfaen (1987–2015)
21 October 2022ConservativeLife peerBarrister, Minister of State for Home Affairs, councilor on the Gedling Borough Council
28 October 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Northampton South (1974–1997), former chairman of Ways and Means (1992–1997)
21 January 2013ConservativeLife peerBusinessman
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
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)
15 October 2007ConservativeLife peerFormer Minister of State for Security, former diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
10 September 2013ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman, former civil servant and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
25 September 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerChair of Sport at The Prince's Trust
14 July 2010ConservativeLife peerCommunity reform campaigner
31 January 2025LabourLife peerTrade unionist
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)
7 June 2000ConservativeLife peerChartered accountant, former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
14 February 2003CrossbenchHereditary peerEarl Marshal
23 September 1991ConservativeHereditary peerDirector of Almanach de Gotha Ltd
1 May 2000Liberal DemocratLife peerAcademic, lecturer at University College London
1 August 1998ConservativeLife peerProfessor of Government at the University of Hull
19 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer director of government relations, former diary secretary to the then–prime minister Gordon Brown
10 January 2012CrossbenchLife peerFormer Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
11 September 2009CrossbenchLife peerFormer chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Human Rights Enquiry
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
7 November 2022ConservativeLife peerLeader of the Bexley London Borough Council
28 May 2015CrossbenchLife peerEconomist, honorary professor at the University of Manchester, and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
1 October 2015ConservativeLife peerDirector of Policy to Prime Minister David Cameron
1 May 2000Non-affiliatedLife peerInvestment manager
5 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer communications adviser to David Cameron and Nick Clegg
13 October 2021ConservativeLife peerParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
9 December 2022LabourLife peerGeneral secretary of the Trades Union Congress
26 November 2018LabourLife peerCommunity activist and civil rights campaigner, a former councilor in the London Borough of Haringey
12 July 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer parliamentary assistant and special adviser.
24 October 2014CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer diplomat, First Secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow (1983–1985)
29 January 2025Liberal DemocratLife peerPresident of the Liberal Democrats (since 2020)
12 September 2013Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer police officer and current non-executive director of the Metropolitan Police
17 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerChartered accountant, former councillor on the Barnet London Borough Council, former treasurer for the Liberal Party
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
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
29 January 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Chamberlain and Director General of MI5
8 October 2019ConservativeLife peerSpecial adviser to Theresa May, lobbyist
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
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
8 June 2006Non-affiliatedLife peerProfessor at the University of Central Lancashire
17 June 1997ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Oxford (1979–1983) and for Oxford West and Abingdon (1983–1997) and Secretary of State for Education
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
9 October 1996Non-affiliatedLife peerResigned the Labour whip in October 2010
21 November 2022CrossbenchLife peerAir 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
18 June 1990Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer leader of UK Independence Party
15 May 1973CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer Lord Chamberlain
10 October 2019ConservativeLife peerPolitical advisor, Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May
7 March 2024ConservativeLife peerInvestment banker, former president of Morgan Stanley International
12 January 1999CrossbenchLaw life peerPresident 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)
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
12 August 2024Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer Member of the London Assembly (2008–2024), former Member of Southwark London Borough Council for Newington (1998–2010)
8 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Chiltern District Councillor
23 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Kirklees Council
6 October 1997LabourLife peerFormer chief executive of Carers UK and a founding member of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
24 January 2025LabourLife peerBusinessman
2 October 2015ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and business consultant
data-sort-value="Ponsonby of Shulbrede" Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede19 April 2000LabourLife peer
10 July 2010ConservativeLife peerFounder and chairman of hospitality and health care firm TLC Group Ltd
13 February 2024ConservativeLife peerDowning Street Deputy Chief of Staff under Prime Minister Liz Truss
15 October 2015ConservativeLife peerLeader of South Holland District Council
15 February 2000CrossbenchLife peerFormer diplomat
15 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerChairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission and president of the Royal Commonwealth Society
18 November 2022LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of UNISON (2001–2021)
29 February 2016ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, writer, former Managing Director of Waitrose, former store manager for John Lewis
26 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for Bristol South (1987–2015)
29 May 2015Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for North Norfolk (1997–2001), former chair of NHS England (2018–2022)
11 June 2004LabourLife peerDeputy Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and former president of the Trades Union Congress
13 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (2003–2011)
11 October 1996LabourLife peerFormer diplomat and former case officer in the Secret Intelligence Service
13 March 2024LabourLife peerFormer chair of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, former vice chair of University College London Hospitals
25 June 2018ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Uxbridge and Uxbridge and South Ruislip (1997–2015)
11 October 2019ConservativeLife peerBusinessman, founder of Sun Mark
11 July 2023ConservativeLife peerStrategy and communications executive, board member of TechUK
29 January 2025LabourLife peerLawyer and professor
3 April 2019CrossbenchHereditary peerEngineer, project director for Atkins
5 October 1994ConservativeLife peerPresident of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and former chairman of King's College London Council
22 October 1997Liberal DemocratLife peerSolicitor, cricketer, former Treasurer of the Liberal Party and for the Liberal Democrats
28 January 2019ConservativeHereditary peerFinancier and Clan Chief of Clan Mackay
18 September 2014LabourLife peerChairman of Penguin Random House UK publishers
data-sort-value="Redesdale" Lord Redesdale18 April 2000Liberal DemocratLife peerHereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Mitford
7 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer Leader of North Lincolnshire Council
6 September 2005CrossbenchLife peerProfessor of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and Astronomer Royal, president of the Royal Society
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
11 July 2022ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman
21 July 1999Liberal DemocratLife peerFoinistertive of the Liberal Democrats
24 February 2014CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
17 October 2016CrossbenchLife peerFormer UK Ambassador to France, former National Security Adviser and former Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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)
16 October 2019LabourLife peerFormer MP for South Down (2010–2017)
13 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South Leicestershire (2010–2015) and for Blaby (1992–2010)
1 November 2022ConservativeLife peerHistorian and journalist, visiting professor at the Department of War Studies, King's College London
15 June 2004Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer president of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
24 August 1999LabourLife peerFormer MP for Hamilton (1978–1997) and for Hamilton South (1997–1999), NATO Secretary General and Secretary of State for Defence
25 October 2022ConservativeHereditary peerInvestment banker
15 October 2015ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman and consultant
16 July 1999Ulster UnionistLife peerFormer president of the Ulster Unionist Party
20 January 2025LabourLife peerAnglican priest
16 June 2001LabourLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Perry Barr (1974–2001) and Chairman of the Food Standards Agency
17 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer chief executive and chairman of Marks & Spencer
13 July 2023Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer Downing Street Chief of Staff, former principal private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
17 December 1979CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer Metropolitan Police Commander, Master of the Household to the former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House
28 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer MP for Cardiff North (1966–1970), for Merthyr Tydfil (1972–1983) and for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (1983–2001)
25 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer Leader of the House of Lords
19 June 2023Liberal DemocratHereditary peerPhotographer
data-sort-value="Russell of Liverpool" Lord Russell of Liverpool11 December 2014CrossbenchHereditary peerBusiness consultant
4 October 1996ConservativeLife peerCo-founder and executive director of Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi
2 November 2022LabourLife peer
8 June 1978CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman and solicitor
8 October 2019ConservativeLife peerJournalist for The Mail on Sunday
23 June 2021ConservativeHereditary peerBarrister
8 September 2020ConservativeLife peerPrime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Singapore, businessman and former treasurer to the Conservative Party
29 May 2010ConservativeLife peerCommercial Secretary to the Treasury and former president of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
20 June 2018ConservativeLife peerMarketing executive and magistrate
4 August 1998LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
30 October 1997LabourLife peerCommonwealth Secretary-General, former Attorney General for England and Wales and former Advocate General for Northern Ireland
8 October 2015ConservativeLife peer
11 May 2000Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer president of the Liberal Democrats
19 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Sheffield City Council
14 February 1991ConservativeLife peerFormer Councillor on West Midlands Council (1977–1981) and former Conservative Party Vice Chair (1987–1997)
11 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary
16 December 2022ConservativeLife peerChair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
data-sort-value="Sentamu" Lord Sentamu27 April 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer Archbishop of York
21 December 2010ConservativeLife peerSolicitor
30 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerPresident of Columbia University, former president and vice-chancellor of the London School of Economics, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
6 March 2024LabourLife peerSolicitor, former councilor on the Barnet London Borough Council
20 December 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerChairman of the Liberal Democrat 2010 general election campaign
20 August 2024ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Reading West (2010–2024), Secretary of State for International Development, Business Secretary and President for COP26
15 September 2020ConservativeLife peerBroker
2 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer councilor for Kew on Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
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
12 September 2013ConservativeLife peerPolitical Secretary for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chief of Staff to Conservative leader Michael Howard
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
16 September 2014ConservativeLife peerFormer digital adviser to David Cameron, former CEO of Tech City UK
14 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, public affairs consultant
14 July 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer leader of Newcastle City Council
16 February 1981ConservativeHereditary peerLord High Steward of Ireland
10 September 2020LabourLife peerProfessor of accounting
12 October 2011CrossbenchLife peerJournalist and broadcaster, former mine manager
15 July 1991CrossbenchLife peerProfessor emeritus of political economy at the University of Warwick, economic historian
7 July 2010LabourLife peerShadow Leader of the House of Lords, former Minister of State for Third Sector, former MP for Basildon (1997–2010)
9 October 2024LabourLife peerAdvocate General for Scotland (2024–present)
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
17 February 1995LabourLife peerPresident of Scottish Opera and chairman of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
29 September 2015ConservativeLife peerChief executive of the Association of Conservative Clubs
29 May 2008CrossbenchLife peerChairman of Weir Group and Scottish and Southern Energy former governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation
13 March 2024Plaid CymruLife peerFormer acting president of National Union of Students Wales, youngest person ever to receive a life peerage.
12 September 2014Liberal DemocratLife peerSenior lecturer in international relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), Cambridge University
17 July 2024LabourLife peerMinister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education (since 2024), former MP for Redditch (1997–2010), former Home Secretary (2007–2009)
9 June 2004LabourLife peerFormer MP for West Bromwich East (1974–2001)
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
data-sort-value="Somerset" Duke of SomersetCrossbenchHereditary peerLandowner, surveyor, Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire and for Devon
12 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Northfield (1982–1983), Warley West (1992–1997), and Warley (1992–1997)
17 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFounder of NEX Group
data-sort-value="Stair" Earl of Stair29 May 2008CrossbenchHereditary peerFarmer and businessman.
15 July 2021LabourHereditary peerConsultant to the American Chemical Society
12 July 2010ConservativeLife peerChief executive of Tomorrow's People Trust
2 February 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Kincardine and Deeside (1991–1992), Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Deputy First Minister of Scotland
17 January 1991ConservativeLife peerChairman of Motability, former executive chairman of P&O
13 July 1999CrossbenchLife peerFormer director of NACRO, former secretary general of Penal Reform International and author of books on prison reform
10 December 2007CrossbenchLife peerIG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, author of the Stern Report
5 July 2021CrossbenchLife peerFormer chief executive of NHS England
6 April 2005CrossbenchLife peerFormer Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
27 March 1987data-sort-value="Non-affiliated Conservative Independent" Conservative Ind.Life peerFormer chairman of United Newspapers
13 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer adviser to Gordon Brown
6 November 2020ConservativeLife peerAdvocate General for Scotland
28 January 2011CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
17 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerLiberal Democrats HQ Operations Director
2 February 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerCouncillor and former leader of Liverpool City Council
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
10 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerBusinessman
18 February 2022ConservativeHereditary peerJournalist, novelist, publisher and businessman, founder of Strathcarron Sports Cars plc
18 March 1986ConservativeHereditary peerFormer leader of the House of Lords
1 October 2015ConservativeLife peerPolitical adviser, CEO of the Legatum Institute, former executive director of the Centre for Social Justice
7 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017
20 July 2009CrossbenchLife peerTV personality and businessman
30 August 2016ConservativeLife peerPolitical adviser
11 September 2014ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and formerly the general secretary of the Board of British Sikhs
20 June 2023ConservativeLife peerFormer MEP for Wales (2009–2019)
1 November 2022ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for East Devon (2001–2019) and former Minister of State for Northern Ireland and for Europe and the Americas
17 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerTeacher, political consultant, government adviser and lobbyist
7 October 1996LabourLife peer
10 June 2024 CrossbenchLife peerElectrical engineer and academic, president of Reuben College, Oxford
5 February 1996Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Lincoln 1962–1974
13 June 2005LabourLife peerFormer MP for Bolton West (1974–1983), former MP for Dewsbury (1987–2005), Cabinet minister (1997–2001)
16 July 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Truro (1987–1997) and then Truro and St Austell (1997–2010), former chair of the Liberal Democrats
31 May 2006ConservativeLife peerGovernment Chief Whip in the Lords
28 October 2022LabourLife peerLeader of Stevenage Borough Council and councillor for Hertfordshire County Council
2 October 1996Non-affiliatedLife peerBarrister, radio and television presenter, former chancellor of Bournemouth University
1 June 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MEP for Cornwall and West Plymouth (1994–1999)
4 October 2013CrossbenchLife peerFormer Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2013–2017)
30 September 1996Liberal DemocratLife peerDeputy High Court Judge
26 May 2006Liberal DemocratLife peerPolitical activist and election agent for the Liberal Party
21 October 2015Liberal DemocratLife peerTeacher, former Mayor of Watford
23 July 1998LabourLife peerFormer chair of the London Labour Party, former general secretary of the Fabian Society, chief executive of the Young Foundation
6 February 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered surveyor
data-sort-value="Thurso" Viscount Thurso20 April 2016Liberal DemocratHereditary peerFormer MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 2001–2015
18 July 2024LabourLife peerMinister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation (since 2024), Chancellor of Keele University (since 2022), CEO of Timpson (2002–2024)
4 October 1994Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Sutton and Cheam (1972–1974) and Councillor
28 June 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Islwyn 1995–2010
3 July 2012CrossbenchLife peerChairman of the Moredun Research Institute, veterinarian and professor emeritus of veterinary parasitology at the University of Liverpool
data-sort-value="Trefgarne" Lord Trefgarne29 June 1962ConservativeHereditary peerLongest-serving member of the House of Lords
data-sort-value="Trenchard" Viscount Trenchard17 May 2004ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman, consultant, Royal Green Jackets officer
22 October 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerBarrister
9 January 2004LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
23 December 2010ConservativeLife peerFormer head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit
10 June 2004Non-affiliatedLife peerPetroleum and mining consultant, former MEP for Hertfordshire (1994–1999)
15 October 1993ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Cities of London and Westminster (1970–1974) and for City of London and Westminster South (1974–1977)
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
4 May 2000LabourLife peerFormer Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester
11 October 2005CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
7 September 2005CrossbenchLife peerChair of the Climate Change Committee and former chair of the Financial Services Authority
7 November 2022LabourLife peerFormer member of the London Assembly, Deputy Mayor of London
28 January 2011Liberal DemocratLife peerChief executive of Relate
12 June 2018Non-affiliatedLife peerFormer MP for Chichester (1997–2017)
18 July 1998Non-affiliatedLife peerCommunity activist, former Councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
6 November 2020ConservativeLife peerPrime Minister's Chief Strategic Advisor
1 September 2020ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Wantage (2005–2019)
10 October 2005CrossbenchLife peerFinancial manager
17 July 2024LabourLife peerMinister of State for Science, Research and Innovation (since 2024), chair of the Natural History Museum in London (since 2022), clinical pharmacologist.
11 August 2017CrossbenchHereditary peerChartered accountant
30 August 2016ConservativeLife peerFormer executive director of the Girls' Schools Association
17 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerBusinessman
2 November 2022Non-affiliatedLife peerBarrister, legal scholar, professor of international law at King's College London
2 June 2006ConservativeLife peerBusinesswoman
24 April 1992ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Maldon (1974–1983) and South Colchester and Maldon (1983–1992)
28 July 1999ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Bristol West (1979–1997), chancellor of the University of Reading (since 2016), Provost of Eton (since 2009)
19 December 2006CrossbenchLife peerFormer Chief of the Defence Staff
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
17 October 2007Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Orkney and Shetland (1983–2001), Advocate General for Scotland and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
15 May 2000Liberal DemocratLife peerCytologist, professor and PR consultant
4 September 2020CrossbenchLife peerFormer MP for Barrow and Furness (2010–2019)
11 October 2007Non-affiliatedLife peerSolicitor, former chairman of the Conservative Party, former Minister of State for Faith and Communities
10 July 1999LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the Association of University Teachers
11 January 2011ConservativeLife peerInternationally recognised expert on management of police forces
2 November 2015CrossbenchLife peerProfessor emeritus of healthcare management at the University of Plymouth
6 November 1997LabourLife peerFormer MP for Glasgow Central (1989–1997) and MSP for Glasgow Cathcart (1999–2005)
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
23 October 2015LabourLife peerFormer MP for St Helens North (1997–2015)
29 June 1990CrossbenchHereditary peerBusinessman
28 May 2010ConservativeLife peerSocial entrepreneur and political consultant
16 November 2022Life peerFormer Minister of Education in Northern Ireland, former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down (1998–2017) and for Strangford (2017–2022)
17 September 2015CrossbenchHereditary peerFormer MEP for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989)
9 July 2007LabourLife peerFormer admiral
2 September 2020ConservativeLife peerChair of the Office for Students (since 2021), former MP for Stockton South (2010–2017)
22 December 2010CrossbenchLife peerJournalist and editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal Europe and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph
20 June 2010LabourLife peerTrade unionist (UNISON)
5 August 1999LabourLife peerFormer magistrate
10 September 2013ConservativeLife peerFormer leader of Birmingham City Council
21 October 1996LabourLife peerFormer general secretary of the Labour Party
19 January 2011Plaid CymruLife peerFormer MP Caernarfon for (1974–2001) and Leader of Plaid Cymru
14 October 2019LabourLife peerNewport City Councillor, former head of the Welsh Local Government Association, former teacher
16 October 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Havant (1992–2015)
20 September 2013ConservativeLife peerMinister of State for Home Affairs
18 June 2010Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough (1997–2010)
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
10 July 2010LabourLife peerFormer MP for Swindon North (1997–2010)
18 November 2002CrossbenchLife peerFormer Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
16 January 2025LabourLife peerFormer MP for Sedgefield (2007–2019)
18 December 1995LabourLife peerProfessor of Science and Society and emeritus professor of fertility studies at Imperial College London
13 August 2024LabourLife peerFormer MP for Doncaster Central (1997–2024)
2 December 2014CrossbenchLife peerSir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King's College London
18 June 2010ConservativeLife peerBusinessman and CEO of Next plc
30 December 2020ConservativeLife peerBarrister
15 January 2011LabourLife peerLecturer in politics at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Nexus think-tank
2 November 2020LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and of Unite the Union
1 October 1992CrossbenchLaw life peerFormer Law Lord and chairman of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, visiting professor of law at University College London
14 October 2019CrossbenchLife peerPrincipal of Homerton College, Cambridge; political activist and government adviser, founder of Operation Black Vote
5 September 2013Liberal DemocratLife peerFormer MP for Thornaby (1974–1983) and for Stockton South (1983–1987)
data-sort-value="Wrottesley" Lord Wrottesley11 July 2022ConservativeHereditary peerChair of Ice Hockey UK, skeleton racer
22 June 2017ConservativeLife peerCommunications consultant
21 January 2025ConservativeLife peerFounder and director of the Free Speech Union, associate editor of The Spectator, former associate editor at Quillette
29 September 2015ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for Acton (1974–1983), for Ealing Acton (1983–1997) and for North West Hampshire (1997–2015)
22 June 2004CrossbenchLife peerChancellor of the University of Nottingham, actress, social worker, lecturer in media studies.
25 June 2004LabourLife peerTrade unionist, former general secretary of the National Communications Union and the Communication Workers Union
4 November 1997LabourLife peerFormer chancellor of Cranfield University
13 June 2023CrossbenchLife peerFormer Private Secretary to the Sovereign
28 June 2010ConservativeHereditary peerBusinessman
Notes

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
12 October 2015-->Conservative27 February 2019Life peerFormer MP for Bexhill and Battle (2001–2015)
7 October 2019-->Conservative1 February 2023Life peerFormer Downing Street Chief of Staff and former MP for Croydon Central (2010–2017)
14 June 2006-->Non-affiliated17 July 2024Life peerFormer judge, Outer House of the Court of Session in the Supreme Courts of Scotland
3 September 2020-->Labour24 May 2022Life peerFormer MP for North Ayrshire and Arran (2005–2015)
21 April 2009-->Crossbench11 May 2022Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2009), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009–2011)
2 February 2009-->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
17 December 2010-->Conservative22 June 2020Life peerChief executive and former managing director of Jayroma (London) Ltd, former chairman of the Conservative Party
27 June 2009-->Conservative16 December 2021Life peerFormer vice-chairman of investing banking at UBS AG
7 September 2020-->ConservativeLife peerFormer MP for South Ribble (2010–2015)
3 November 2017-->Crossbench18 July 2024Life peerFormer Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
9 October 2015-->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
20 October 2016-->Conservative1 November 2016Life peerUK Ambassador to Italy, former UK Ambassador to France and former Downing Street Chief of Staff
9 July 2007-->Crossbench30 July 2024Life peerFormer administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and briefly Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
30 September 2015-->Conservative6 December 2022Life peerBusinesswoman, founder of Ultimo
26 May 1995-->Conservative30 July 2024Former shadow minister for the Scotland Office
24 January 2011-->Labour12 May 2021Life peerLeader of Welsh Labour and First Minister of Wales (since 2024), MS for Mid and West Wales (since 2016), Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government (2021–2024), Honorary Distinguished Professor at Cardiff University and former MEP for Mid and West Wales (1994–1999) and Wales (1999–2009)
2 October 2013 -->18 August 2021Life peerBusinessman and novelist
11 July 2007-->Non-affiliated16 May 2022Life peerInvestment banker and economist, chair of Prudential plc, former chair of Santander UK, former government adviser
31 January 2011-->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.

LordPartyTypeNotes
6 November 2023
Crossbench11 January 2020Life peer

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.

LordPartyType
20 July 2001-->7 December 2020Minimum 18 months[4]
Non-affiliated8 January 2025Life peer6 months[5]

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
Roger Evansrowspan=2 Conservative20 December 2024Life peer
Rachel Maclean
Wendy Alexanderrowspan=9 Labour
Luciana Berger
Thangam Debbonaire
Sue Gray
Anji Hunter
Deborah Mattinson
Anne Marie Rafferty
Marvin Rees
Liberal Democrats
Crossbencher20 November 2025Hereditary peer
Conservative9 January 2026

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
  2. Web site: House of Lords, Official Website - Members of the House of Lords granted leave of absence.
  3. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/section/137#section-137-3 Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Section 137 (3)
  4. Web site: 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. News: Baroness faces suspension over offensive racial remark. BBC. 13 December 2024. Sam. Francis. Sima. Kotecha.

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