List of female members of the House of Lords explained

See main article: Women in the House of Lords.

This is a list of women who have been sat as members of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death.

List of members

PartyPortraitNameYear joinedYear leftType of peerage
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger[1] 8 August 195811 July 1988Life peeress
Stella Isaacs, Baroness Swanborough[2] 22 September 195822 May 1971Life peeress
Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood26 September 19583 January 1994Life peeress
Irene Curzon, Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston[3] 6 October 19589 February 1966Life peeress
Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill[4] 4 February 19614 February 1980Life peeress
Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry[5] 13 April 19621981

Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDP

Life peeress
19813 March 1988

SDP merged into Liberal Democrats, sat as a crossbencher

3 March 19886 October 1991
Rosina MacNamee, 24th Baroness Audley31 July 196324 October 1974Hereditary peeress
Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont[6] 31 July 196331 August 1971Hereditary peeress
Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll[7] 31 July 196316 May 1978Hereditary peeress
Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss31 July 196311 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland[8] 31 July 196317 April 1982Hereditary peeress
Elizabeth Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange[9] 19 November 196312 December 1974Hereditary peeress
Frances Davidson, Baroness Northchurch[10] 13 January 196425 November 1985Life peeress
Katherine Bigham, 12th Lady Nairne[11] 27 October 196420 September 1995Hereditary peeress
Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte[12] 8 December 19641 September 2000Life peeress
Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury[13] 21 December 196419 February 1969Life peeress
Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips[14] 21 December 196414 August 1992Life peeress
Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer[15] 10 May 196513 June 1972Life peeress
Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill[16] 17 May 196512 December 1977Life peeress
Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre17 October 196511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks17 January 19666 July 1975Life peeress
Ann Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill30 December 196519 July 1966

Joined the Conservatives

Hereditary peeress
19 July 19666 July 1995
Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota[17] 20 January 196721 October 2002Life peeress
Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley5 April 196717 October 1992Hereditary peeress
Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun22 June 19671 November 2002Hereditary peeress
Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe[18] 29 August 19676 November 1997Life peeress
Alma Birk, Baroness Birk15 September 196729 December 1996Life peeress
Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland27 March 196811 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth9 June 196924 February 2008Hereditary peeress
Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton[19] 25 February 197012 March 2023Life peeress
Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie[20] 1 July 197011 March 1978Life peeress
Eirene White, Baroness White[21] 12 October 197023 December 1999Life peeress
Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon14 October 197024 March 1993Life peeress
Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge[22] 5 November 197016 November 1988Life peeress
Rosemary Portal, 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford22 April 197129 September 1990Hereditary peeress
Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear18 May 197123 April 1997Life peeress
Janet Young, Baroness Young24 May 19716 September 2002Life peeress
Evelyn Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve[23] 8 June 197117 November 1999Life peeress
Barbara Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley19 April 197211 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples[24] 18 June 197318 December 2017 (Retired)Life peeress
Anne Palmer, 11th Baroness Lucas27 September 197312 October 1991Hereditary peeress
Inga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington14 May 19749 February 1999Life peeress
Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike[25] 15 May 197411 January 2004Life peeress
Phyllis Stedman, Baroness Stedman25 June 19741981

Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDP

Life peeress
19813 March 1988

SDP merged into Liberal Democrats, joined continuing SDP

3 March 1988May 1990: Continuing SDP dissolved
May 19908 June 1996
Irene Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside[26] 23 January 197526 April 1980Life peeress
Joan Vickers, Baroness Vickers[27] 27 January 197523 May 1994Life peeress
Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch28 January 197528 December 1984Life peeress
Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles31 January 197511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar11 September 19751 May 2020 (Retired)Hereditary peeress
Rosamund Greaves, 11th Countess of Dysart2 June 197511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood27 February 197818 May 2017 (Retired)Life peeress
Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw[28] 31 January 19792 November 2000Life peeress
Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff30 July 197913 May 2012Life peeress
Diana Neave, Baroness Airey of Abingdon[29] 6 August 197927 November 1992Life peeress
Betty Harvie Anderson, Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter[30] 4 October 19797 November 1979Life peeress
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun[31] 3 December 197912 December 2014 (Retired)Hereditary peeress
Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington4 February 198024 October 2017 (Retired)Life peeress
Felicity Lane-Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox19 May 198117 April 1988Life peeress
Jane Ewart-Biggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs[32] 22 May 19818 October 1992Life peeress
Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle28 May 19811 February 2015Life peeress
Trixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes23 June 198114 April 2024Life peeress
Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour14 July 19829 November 2010Life peeress
Wendy Nicol, Baroness Nicol20 January 198315 January 2018Life peeress
Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox24 January 19832004

Expelled from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
2004
Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby29 March 198311 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock6 February 198520 March 2019Life peeress
Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden29 May 198513 June 2017 (Retired)Life peeress
Mary Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye9 April 198611 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange3 December 1986December 1998

Resigned the Conservative Party whip, elected as an excepted crossbencher in 1999

Hereditary peeress
December 199811 March 2005
Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone18 March 19872018

Resigned from the Labour Party, changed affiliation to Independent Labour

Life peeress
2018
Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch4 July 198731 May 2005Life peeress
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma8 July 198711 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Sarah Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes[33] 9 February 198925 February 2019 (Retired)Life peeress
Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth27 February 199024 March 2010Life peeress
Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton4 April 199015 May 2000Hereditary peeress
Diana Eccles, Baroness Eccles of Moulton[34] 10 May 1990Life peeress
Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege18 May 1990Life peeress
Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke21 May 199030 April 2004Life peeress
Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather11 June 19901998

Resigned from the Conservative whip

Life peeress
19981999: Rejoined the Conservatives
Conservative19992008: Resigned from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher
20086 February 2024
Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn24 August 199029 June 2010 (Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010)Life peeress
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn[35] 16 July 19903 May 2002Life peeress
Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe14 February 1991Life peeress
Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon14 June 19915 November 2021 (Retired)Life peeress
Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu[36] 19 June 1991Life peeress
Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain21 June 199123 April 2021Life peeress
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark16 July 199126 May 2016 (Retired)Life peeress
Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey[37] 24 April 19923 February 2023 (Retired)Life peeress
Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher[38] 28 April 19928 April 2013Life peeress
Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby[39] 1 February 199311 February 2016 (Retired)Life peeress
Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon14 October 199321 June 2014Life peeress
Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings[40] 5 October 1994Life peeress
Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood6 October 199418 May 2016 (Removed for non-attendance)Life peeress
Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill[41] 17 February 1995Life peeress
Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners25 October 199511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman[42] 2 January 19962006

Resigned from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
Crossbench
Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox16 January 199617 December 2020 (Retired)Life peeress
June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury12 July 199628 June 2006Life peeress
Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean7 October 1996Life peeress
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale11 October 1996Life peeress
Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns14 October 1996Life peeress
Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford[43] 15 October 19965 May 2020 (Retired)Life peeress
17 February 1997 1 November 2019 Life peeress
Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles[44] 4 June 199727 March 1998Life peeress
Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree23 September 199724 March 2016 (Retired)Life peeress
Sarah Ludford, Baroness Ludford[45] 30 September 1997Life peeress
Janet Fookes, Baroness Fookes[46] 30 September 1997Life peeress
Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley6 October 1997Life peeress
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos23 October 1997Life peeress
Ruth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh24 October 19972 May 2015Life peeress
Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws27 October 1997Life peeress
Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock[47] 30 October 199726 June 2020Life peeress
Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone1 November 199712 February 2016 (Retired)Life peeress
Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne[48] 3 November 19972016

Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Conservative

Life peeress
Conservative2016
Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone4 November 1997Life peeress
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal6 November 19979 June 2022 (Took a leave of absence)Life peeress
Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie21 July 19982022

Removed from the Labour Party Whip

Life peeress
Non-affiliated202211 January 2023 (Suspended)
Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin21 July 19982010

Expelled from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
2010
23 July 1998Life peeress
23 July 1998 Life peeress
Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley[49] 24 July 1998 Life peeress
28 July 1998 Life peeress
1 August 1998 31 July 2016 (Retired) Life peeress
3 August 199820 December 2018 (Retired)Life peeress
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve[50] 25 February 1999Life peeress
Jennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington27 May 199911 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeress
Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe10 July 1999Life peeress
Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern13 July 1999Life peeress
Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar15 July 1999Life peeress
Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids21 July 199910 January 2019 (Retired)Life peeress
Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen26 July 199920 April 2024Life peeress
Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham27 July 199922 July 2020 (Retired)Life peeress
Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins30 July 1999Life peeress
31 July 1999 Life peeress
31 July 1999 4 September 2018 (Retired) Life peeress
3 August 1999 Life peeress
4 August 1999 Life peeress
Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker[51] 5 August 1999 Life peeress
6 August 1999 Life peeress
20 October 1999 2008

Changed affiliation to non-affiliated

Life peeress
Non-affiliated200822 December 2020 (Took a leave of absence)
Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross[52] 15 February 2000 23 June 2022 Life peeress
Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham[53] 2 May 2000 Life peeress
3 May 2000 Life peeress
9 May 2000 Life peeress
10 May 2000 Life peeress
15 May 2000 Life peeress
15 May 2000 Life peeress
7 June 2000 Life peeress
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd[54] 15 January 2001 26 February 2023 Life peeress
20 June 2001 Life peeress
25 June 2001 Life peeress
28 June 2001 Life peeress
29 June 2001 2 June 2020 (Retired) Life peeress
Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach[55] 14 July 2001 6 May 2008 Life peeress
Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig[56] 8 June 2004 29 February 2024 Life peeress
10 June 2004 25 January 2017 Life peeress
11 June 2004 2011

Resigned from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
Crossbench
11 June 2004 Life peeress
14 June 2004 3 September 2009 Life peeress
15 June 2004 2019

Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
Crossbench
15 June 2004 2011

Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
Crossbench
17 June 2004 Life peeress
22 June 2004 Life peeress
22 June 2004 Life peeress
Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh[57] 24 June 2004 Life peeress
25 June 2004 Life peeress
Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury[58] 21 July 2004 Life peeress
15 September 2004 Life peeress
31 May 2005 1 July 2024 (Retired) Life peeress
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley[59] 14 June 2005 Life peeress
Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton[60] 14 June 2005 Life peeress
Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton[61] 21 June 2005 Life peeress
Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke[62] 21 June 2005 Life peeress
Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold[63] 21 June 2005 Life peeress
Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone[64] 24 June 2005 Life peeress
Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge[65] 27 June 2005 2012

Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
Crossbench 19 February 2021 (Retired)
Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea[66] 28 June 2005 Life peeress
Jean Corston, Baroness Corston[67] 29 June 2005 9 July 2024 (Removed) Life peeress
5 October 2005 Life peeress
10 October 2005 Life peeress
Molly Meacher, Baroness Meacher[68] 2 May 2006 Life peeress
26 May 2006 Life peeress
Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin[69] 30 May 2006 Life peeress
1 June 2006 Life peeress
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss[70] 13 June 2006 Life peeress
Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's[71] 14 June 2006 30 October 2017 (Retired) Life peeress
22 June 2006 Life peeress
23 March 2007 Life peeress
30 March 2007 Life peeress
2 July 2007 Life peeress
11 July 2007 2011

Changed affiliation to non-affiliated

Life peeress
Non-affiliated201116 May 2022 (Took a leave of absence)
12 July 2007 2009

Changed affiliation to non-affiliated

Life peeress
Non-affiliated2009
15 October 2007 Life peeress
18 October 2007 Life peeress
13 December 2007 22 May 2022 Life peeress
Elizabeth Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller[72] 2 June 2008 Life peeress
10 November 2008 19 January 2022 (Took a leave of absence) Life peeress
Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead[73] 30 June 2009 9 April 2021 (Retired) Life peeress
11 September 2009 Life peeress
23 March 2010 Life peeress
Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top[74] 18 June 2010 Life peeress
20 June 2010 Life peeress
Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece25 June 2010Life peeress
25 June 2010 24 April 2012 Life peeress
26 June 2010 Life peeress
26 June 2010 Life peeress
27 June 2010 Life peeress
5 July 2010 Life peeress
7 July 2010 Life peeress
Angela Browning, Baroness Browning[75] 13 July 2010 Life peeress
Helen Newlove, Baroness Newlove[76] 15 July 2010 Life peeress
15 July 2010 Life peeress
Susan Nye, Baroness Nye[77] 19 July 2010 Life peeress
19 July 2010 Life peeress
21 July 2010 Life peeress
Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins15 November 2010Life peeress
Elizabeth Doocey, Baroness Doocey[78] 21 December 2010 Life peeress
21 December 2010 Life peeress
Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer[79] 22 December 2010 Life peeress
22 December 2010 Life peeress
11 January 2011 31 July 2024 (Retired) Life peeress
12 January 2011 Life peeress
18 January 2011 Life peeress
21 January 2011 Life peeress
Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely[80] 24 January 2011 12 May 2021 (Took a leave of absence to serve as an MS) Life peeress
26 January 2011 Life peeress
Oona King, Baroness King of Bow[81] 26 January 2011 9 July 2024 (Retired) Life peeress
Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson[82] 27 January 2011 Life peeress
31 January 2011 17 April 2023 (Took a leave of absence) Life peeress
1 February 2011 Life peeress
1 February 2011 Life peeress
Sarah Brinton, Baroness Brinton[83] 10 February 2011 Life peeress
26 June 2012 Life peeress
Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe[84] 4 February 2013 Life peeress
26 March 2013 Life peeress
17 September 2013 Life peeress
Alicia Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley[85] 19 September 2013 Life peeress
3 October 2013 Life peeress
10 October 2013 2016

Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Conservative

Life peeress
Conservative
15 October 2013 Life peeress
15 October 2013 Life peeress
5 November 2013 Life peeress
5 November 2013 Life peeress
12 September 2014 Life peeress -Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park[86] 12 September 2014 Life peeress
Dido Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe[87] 15 September 2014Life peeress
Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen[88] 16 September 2014 28 November 2022: Resigned the Conservative whip, became non-affiliated Life peeress
Non-affiliated 28 November 2022
16 September 2014 Life peeress
18 September 2014 Life peeress
Gail Rebuck, Baroness Rebuck[89] 18 September 2014 Life peeress
Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik[90] 19 September 20148 September 2017 (Took a leave of absence to serve as an MEP)Life peeress
1 February 2020
Karren Brady, Baroness Brady[91] 22 September 2014 Life peeress
23 September 2014 Life peeress
24 September 2014 Life peeress
2 December 2014 Life peeress
19 May 2015 7 September 2015

Expelled from the Labour Party, having already been a Conservative peeress

Life peeress
7 September 201516 August 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated
Non-affiliated16 August 2024
Rachel Treweek (Bishop of Gloucester) 15 June 2015 Lords Spiritual
Christine Hardman (Bishop of Newcastle) 22 September 2015 30 November 2021 (Retired)
1 October 2015 Life peeress
Anne McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering[92] 6 October 2015 Life peeress
7 October 2015 Life peeress
9 October 2015 Life peeress
15 October 2015 6 December 2022 (Took a leave of absence) Life peeress
15 October 2015 Life peeress
16 October 2015 18 January 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated Life peeress
Non-affiliated18 January 2024
20 October 2015 Life peeress
20 October 2015Life peeress
21 October 2015 Life peeress
Catherine Fall, Baroness Fall[93] 22 October 2015 Life peeress
Sharon Bowles, Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted[94] 23 October 2015 Life peeress
26 October 2015 Life peeress
Tessa Jowell, Baroness Jowell[95] 27 October 2015 12 May 2018 Life peeress
30 October 2015 Life peeress
2 November 2015 Life peeress
Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo[96] 8 December 2015 Life peeress
30 August 2016 Life peeress
2 September 2016 Life peeress
Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie[97] 5 September 2016 12 December 2022 Life peeress
Camilla Cavendish, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice[98] 6 September 2016 2016

Resigned from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher

Life peeress
6 September 2016 Life peeress
Charlotte Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton[99] 12 September 2016 Life peeress
13 September 2016 Life peeress
22 June 2017 Life peeress
19 October 2017 2022: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated Life peeress
Non-affiliated20222023: Changed affiliation again to crossbencher
Crossbencher2023
Sarah Mullally (Bishop of London) 8 March 2018
19 June 2018 Life peeress
20 June 2018 Life peeress
20 June 2018 Life peeress
2 July 2018 Life peeress
9 July 2018 Life peeress
11 July 2018 Life peeress
Vivienne Faull (Bishop of Bristol) 20 October 2018
Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor[100] 26 November 2018 Life peeress
Nicola Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford[101] 4 February 2019 Life peeress
Libby Lane (Bishop of Derby) 11 February 2019
7 October 2019 Life peeress
8 October 2019 Life peeress
11 October 2019 Life peeress
15 October 2019 Life peeress
16 October 2019 Life peeress
Margaret Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick[102] 16 October 2019 20 October 2021: Joined the Labour Party Life peeress
20 October 2021
21 October 2019 Life peeress
4 November 2019 Life peeress
Nicola Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes[103] 6 January 2020 Life peeress
Kathryn Clark, Baroness Clark of Kilwinning[104] 3 September 2020 24 May 2022 (Took a leave of absence, already serving as an MSP) Life peeress
Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston[105] 7 September 2020 Life peeress
Lorraine Fullbrook, Baroness Fullbrook of Dogmersfield[106] 7 September 2020 31 December 2022 (Took a leave of absence) Life peeress
Susan Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock[107] 9 September 2020 Life peeress
Non-affiliated Catharine Hoey, Baroness Hoey[108] 14 September 2020 Life peeress
14 September 2020 Life peeress
Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley[109] 14 September 2020 Life peeress
Veronica Wadley, Baroness Fleet[110] 8 October 2020 Life peeress
15 October 2020 1 July 2023 (Took a leave of absence) Life peeress
Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock30 October 2020Life peeress
Stephanie Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie26 January 2021Life peeress
Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds1 February 2021Life peeress
Gillian Merron, Baroness Merron[111] 8 February 2021Life peeress
Jacqueline Foster, Baroness Foster of Oxton9 February 2021Life peeress
Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington[112] 1 March 2021Life peeress
Susan Black, Baroness Black of Strome26 April 2021Life peeress
Ruth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links[113] 20 July 2021Life peeress
Guli Francis-Dehqani (Bishop of Chelmsford)1 November 2021Lords Spiritual
Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir24 June 2022Life peeress
Katherine Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown24 June 2022Life peeress
Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage28 October 2022Life peeress
Ruth Lea, Baroness Lea of Lymm31 October 2022Life peeress
Sheila Lawlor, Baroness Lawlor3 November 2022Life peeress
Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross[114] 7 November 2022Life peeress
Teresa O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bexley7 November 2022Life peeress
Angie Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln8 November 2022Life peeress
Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo8 November 202219 July 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliatedLife peeress
Non-affiliated19 July 2024
Arlene Foster, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee[115] 9 November 2022Life peeress
Kate Lampard, Baroness Lampard17 November 202218 July 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliatedLife peeress
Non-affiliated18 July 2024
Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent[116] 18 November 2022Life peeress
Frances O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway9 December 2022Life peeress
Kay Swinburne, Baroness Swinburne20 June 2023Life peeress
Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge12 July 2023Life peeress
Helen-Ann Hartley (Bishop of Newcastle)21 September 2023Lords Spiritual
Non-affiliatedSue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill6 November 20236 November 2023 (Disqualified as the Chief Justice)Life peeress
Ruth Porter, Baroness Porter of Fulwood13 February 2024Life peeress
Rosa Monckton, Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest12 March 2024Life peeress
Jane Ramsey, Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath13 March 2024Life peeress
Plaid CymruCarmen Smith, Baroness Smith of Llanfaes13 March 2024Life peeress
Ayesha Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika14 March 2024Life peeress
Alexandra Freeman, Baroness Freeman of Steventon5 June 2024Life peeress
Jacqui Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern17 July 2024Life peeress
Caroline Pidgeon, Baroness Pidgeon[117] 12 August 2024Life peeress
Barbara Keeley, Baroness Keeley[118] 13 August 2024Life peeress
Rosie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster[119] 13 August 2024Life peeress
Margaret Beckett, Baroness Beckett[120] 14 August 2024Life peeress
Margaret Hodge, Baroness Hodge of Barking[121] 14 August 2024Life peeress
Minette Batters, Baroness Batters16 August 2024Life peeress
Harriet Harman, Baroness Harman[122] 19 August 2024Life peeress
Theresa May, Baroness May of Maidenhead[123] 21 August 2024Life peeress
Hilary CassAugust – 2024 Dissolution HonoursTo be sworn inLife peeress
Eleanor Laing[124]

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Notes and References

  1. Daughter of James Adam
  2. Wife of Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
  3. Daughter of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
  4. Labour MP 1938–1961. Mother of Shirley Summerskill
  5. Labour MP 1950–1959
  6. Wife of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop
  7. Wife of Iain Moncreiffe
  8. Wife of George Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle and Walter Monckton
  9. Wife of John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
  10. Conservative MP 1937–1959. Wife of J. C. C. Davidson
  11. Wife of John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
  12. Wife of Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor. Mother of Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville and Sir Henry Brooke
  13. Daughter of Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Wife of Sir Maurice Bonham Carter. Mother of Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham Carter of Yarnbury, Raymond Bonham Carter and Laura, Baroness Grimond of Firth
  14. Wife of Morgan Phillips
  15. Wife of Leslie Plummer
  16. Wife of Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Mother of Diana Churchill, Randolph Churchill, Sarah Touchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley, Marigold Churchill and Mary Soames, Baroness Soames
  17. Mother of Nicholas Serota
  18. Wife of Richard Llewelyn-Davies, Baron Llewelyn-Davies
  19. Wife of David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton
  20. Conservative MP 1946–1966
  21. Labour MP 1950–1970. Daughter of Thomas Jones
  22. Labour MP 1929–1931 & 1945–1970. Wife of Aneurin Bevan.
  23. Wife of Iain Macleod
  24. Wife of Richard Sharples
  25. Conservative MP 1956–1974
  26. Conservative MP 1931–1945 & 1950–1974
  27. Conservative MP 1955–1974
  28. Wife of Leonard Cheshire
  29. Wife of Airey Neave
  30. Conservative MP 1959–1979
  31. Wife of Alexander Ramsay of Mar
  32. Wife of Christopher Ewart-Biggs
  33. Conservative MP 1970–1987. Mother of Phillip Oppenheim.
  34. Wife of John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles
  35. Labour MP 1945–1979. Wife of Edward Castle, Baron Castle
  36. Daughter of Joseph Percival William Mallalieu.
  37. Conservative MP 1974–1992
  38. Conservative Prime Minister 1979–1990. Conservative MP 1959–1992.
  39. Labour MP 1964–1979 & SDP MP 1981–1983. Daughter of George Catlin & Vera Brittain
  40. Conservative MEP 1989–1994
  41. Wife of John Smith
  42. Labour MP 1974–1979
  43. Daughter of Cyril Osborne
  44. Labour MP 1966–1983 & 1987–1997.
  45. Liberal Democrat MEP 1999–2014
  46. Conservative MP 1974–1997
  47. Liberal Democrat MP 1993–1997. Wife of Alan Beith
  48. Conservative MP 1987–1995. Liberal Democrat MP 1995–1997 and Liberal Democrat MEP 1999–2009. Daughter of Godfrey Nicholson.
  49. Labour MEP 1984–1999
  50. Daughter of Con O'Neill
  51. Wife of Ben Whitaker
  52. Wife of Alan Greengross
  53. Labour MEP 1994–1999
  54. Labour MP 1973–1992, Speaker of the House of Commons 1992–2000
  55. Liberal Democrat MP 1987–2001. Daughter of John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan
  56. Wife of Stanley Henig
  57. Sister of Siobhain McDonagh.
  58. Wife of Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall. Daughter of Mark Bonham Carter. Granddaughter of Maurice Bonham Carter and Violet Bonham Carter. Great-granddaughter of Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
  59. Labour MP 1992–2005. Daughter of Charles Morris.
  60. Labour MP 1974–1983 & 1987–2005
  61. Labour MP 1997–2005. Senator of the College of Justice 2006–2019
  62. Labour MP 1994–2005. British High Commissioner to Australia 2005–2009
  63. Conservative MP 1987–2005
  64. Conservative MP 1984–2005. Wife of Peter Bottomley
  65. Liberal Democrat MP 1997–2005
  66. Labour MP 1990–2005. Wife of Allen Adams
  67. Labour MP 1992–2005. Wife of Peter Townsend
  68. Wife of Richard Layard, Baron Layard. Ex-wife of Michael Meacher
  69. Labour MP 1987–2005. Labour MEP 1979–1989
  70. Daughter of Michael Havers, Baron Havers.
  71. Wife of Ian Paisley
  72. Daughter of Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne
  73. Labour MEP 1994–2009. Wife of Neil Kinnock. Mother of Stephen Kinnock. Mother-in-law of Helle Thorning-Schmidt
  74. Labour MP 1987–2010. Daughter of Ernest Armstrong. Wife of Paul Corrigan
  75. Conservative MP 1992–2010
  76. Wife of Gary Newlove
  77. Wife of Gavyn Davies
  78. Liberal Democrat London AM 2004–2012
  79. Liberal Democrat MP 2005–2010
  80. Welsh Senedd Member 2016-present. Labour MEP 1994–2009. First Minister of Wales 2024–present.
  81. Daughter of Preston King; Labour MP 1997–2005
  82. Liberal Democrat AM 1999–2011
  83. Daughter of Tim Brinton
  84. Wife of Richard Packer
  85. Wife of Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark
  86. Wife of James Wild
  87. Daughter of John Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton
  88. Daughter of John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont and Pamela Wyndham, Lady Egremont
  89. Wife of Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood
  90. Conservative MEP 2017–2020
  91. Wife of Paul Peschisolido
  92. Conservative MP 1997–2015
  93. Daughter of Sir Brian Fall
  94. Liberal Democrat MEP 2005–2014
  95. Labour MP 1992–2015
  96. Labour MP 1987–2015
  97. Daughter of Dame Marion Roe
  98. Wife of Huw van Steenis
  99. Wife of Mike Chattey
  100. Mother of Kate Osamor
  101. Conservative MP 2010–2017
  102. SDLP MP 2010–2017
  103. Conservative MP 2010–2019
  104. Labour MP 2005–2015 and MSP 2021–present
  105. Labour MP 1997–2017
  106. Conservative MP 2010–2015
  107. Labour MP 2010–2019
  108. Labour MP 1989–2019
  109. Brexit Party MEP 2019–2020
  110. Wife of Tom Bower
  111. Labour MP 1997–2010
  112. Labour MP 2010–2019
  113. Conservative MSP 2011–2021
  114. Labour MLA 2012–2020
  115. First Minister of Northern Ireland 2016–2017 and 2020–2021. Democratic Unionist Party MLA 2003–2021. Left the party in 2021.
  116. Labour MP 2015–2019
  117. Liberal Democrat MLA 2010–2024
  118. Labour MP 2005–2024
  119. Labour MP 1997–2024
  120. Labour MP 1974–1979 & 1983–2024
  121. Labour MP 1994–2024. Wife of Sir Henry Hodge
  122. Labour MP 1982–2024. Wife of Jack Dromey
  123. Conservative Prime Minister 2016–2019. Conservative MP 1997–2024. Wife of Sir Philip May
  124. Conservative MP 1997–2024

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