List of members of the House of Lords

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

Current sitting members

Current composition of the House of Lords
Group			Sitting members
Conservative Party			273
Labour Party			187
Liberal Democrats			78
Democratic Unionist Party			6
Ulster Unionist Party			3
Green Party			2
Plaid Cymru			2
Independents			1
Non-affiliated			43
Crossbench			184
Lord Speaker			1
Lords Spiritual			25
Last updated: 28 November 2024Total number of sitting members: 805 Non-sitting members: 024

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Lords Spiritual

See also: Lords Spiritual and List of bishops in the Church of England § Diocesan bishops

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 2025 to become new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats allocated by seniority.

Bishopric	Name	Summoned to Lords	Diocesan bishop as of
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury	Justin Welby	28 November 2011	2011
Lord Archbishop of York	Stephen Cottrell	10 February 2014	2010
Lord Bishop of London	Sarah Mullally	10 April 2018	2018
Lord Bishop of Durham	vacant
Lord Bishop of Winchester	Philip Mounstephen	15 November 2023	2023
Lord Bishop of Bristol	Vivienne Faull	2 October 2018	2018
Lord Bishop of Chelmsford	Guli Francis-Dehqani	25 June 2021	2021
Lord Bishop of Chichester	Martin Warner	3 January 2018	2012
Lord Bishop of Derby	Libby Lane	28 March 2019	2019
Lord Bishop of Gloucester	Rachel Treweek	7 September 2015	2015
Lord Bishop of Guildford	Andrew Watson	16 December 2021	2014
Lord Bishop of Hereford	Richard Jackson	15 November 2023	2020
Lord Bishop of Leeds	Nick Baines	3 December 2014	2011
Lord Bishop of Leicester	Martyn Snow	6 October 2022	2013
Lord Bishop of Lichfield	Michael Ipgrave	25 October 2022	2016
Lord Bishop of Lincoln	Stephen Conway	4 June 2014	2011
Lord Bishop of Manchester	David Walker	28 July 2020	2013
Lord Bishop of Newcastle	Helen-Ann Hartley	21 September 2023	2023
Lord Bishop of Norwich	Graham Usher	17 October 2023	2014
Lord Bishop of Oxford	Steven Croft	15 July 2013	2009
Lord Bishop of Peterborough	Debbie Sellin	18 October 2024	2023
Lord Bishop of Sheffield	Pete Wilcox	17 January 2023	2017
Lord Bishop of Southwark	Christopher Chessun	11 November 2014	2011
Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham	Paul Williams	19 April 2022	2015
Lord Bishop of St Albans	Alan Smith	3 October 2013	2009
Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich	Martin Seeley	17 January 2022	2015

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.

Key

‡	Indicates peer who returned to the House after leaving it

Peer	Date joined	Party		Type	Notes
Lord Aberdare	20 July 2009		Crossbench	Hereditary peer	Businessman, Deputy Lieutenant of Dyfed
Baroness Adams of Craigielea	28 June 2005		Labour	Life peer	Former MP for Paisley North (1990–2005)
Lord Addington	17 June 1986		Liberal Democrat	Hereditary peer	President of the British Dyslexia Association
Lord Adebowale	30 June 2001		Crossbench	Life peer	Former chief executive of Turning Point, chair of the NHS Confederation
Lord Adonis	16 May 2005		Labour	Life peer	Former Secretary of State for Transport (2009–2010), former chairman of European Movement UK (2021–2022)
Lord Agnew of Oulton	19 October 2017		Conservative	Life peer	Former 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
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon	13 January 2011		Conservative	Life peer	Former 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)
Lord Alderdice	8 October 1996		Liberal Democrat	Life peer	Former 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)
Lord Allan of Hallam	22 July 2010		Non-affiliated	Life peer	Former MP for Sheffield Hallam (1997–2005)
Lord Allen of Kensington	2 October 2013		Labour	Life peer	Businessman, chairman of THG plc, Global Radio and 2 Sisters Food Group, former chairman of EMI, former chief executive of Granada Group and ITV plc
Lord Alli	18 July 1998		Labour	Life peer 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. The following peers are currently on a leave of absence. Lord Party On leave since Type Notes Lord Barker of Battle Conservative 27 February 2019 Life peer Former MP for Bexhill and Battle (2001–2015) Lord Barwell Conservative 1 February 2023 Life peer Former Downing Street Chief of Staff and former MP for Croydon Central (2010–2017) Lord Bates Conservative 11 October 2021 Life peer Former MP for Langbaurgh (1992–1997) Lord Boyd of Duncansby Non-affiliated 17 July 2024 Life peer Former judge, Outer House of the Court of Session in the Supreme Courts of Scotland Baroness Clark of Kilwinning Labour 24 May 2022 Life peer Former MP for North Ayrshire and Arran (2005–2015) Lord Collins of Mapesbury Crossbench 11 May 2022 Law life peer  Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2009), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009–2011) Lord Davies of Abersoch Non-affiliated 9 June 2022 Life peer Former 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 Lord Feldman of Elstree Conservative 22 June 2020 Life peer Chief executive and former managing director of Jayroma (London) Ltd, former chairman of the Conservative Party Lord Freud Conservative 16 December 2021 Life peer Former vice-chairman of investing banking at UBS AG Baroness Fullbrook Conservative 31 December 2022 Life peer Former MP for South Ribble (2010–2015) Lord Geidt Crossbench 18 July 2024 Life peer Former Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II Lord Hague of Richmond Conservative 31 January 2021 Life peer Former MP for Richmond (Yorks) (1989–2015), former Foreign Secretary, former Leader of the House of Commons and former Leader of the Opposition Lord Llewellyn of Steep Conservative 1 November 2016 Life peer UK Ambassador to Italy, former UK Ambassador to France and former Downing Street Chief of Staff Lord Malloch-Brown Crossbench 30 July 2024 Life peer Former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and briefly Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Baroness Mone Conservative 6 December 2022 Life peer Businesswoman, founder of Ultimo Duke of Montrose Conservative 30 July 2024 Hereditary peer  Former shadow minister for the Scotland Office Baroness Morgan of Ely Labour 12 May 2021 Life peer Leader of Welsh Labour (since 2024), MS for Mid and West Wales (since 2016), Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government (since 2021), Honorary Distinguished Professor at Cardiff University and former MEP for Mid and West Wales (1994–1999) and Wales (1999–2009) Lord O'Shaughnessy Conservative 17 December 2021 Life peer Director of Policy to Prime Minister David Cameron Lord Palumbo of Southwark Liberal Democrat  18 August 2021 Life peer Businessman and novelist Baroness Vadera Non-affiliated 16 May 2022 Life peer Investment banker and economist, chair of Prudential plc, former chair of Santander UK, former government adviser Baroness Worthington Crossbench 17 April 2023 Life peer Environmental 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. The following peers are currently subject to this provision. Lord Party Disqualified since Type Notes Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill Non-affiliated  6 November 2023 Life peer  Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Reed of Allermuir Crossbench 11 January 2020 Life peer President of the Supreme Court 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. Lord Party Suspended since Type Length of suspension Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Independent Ulster Unionist  7 December 2020 Life peer  Minimum 18 months Ceased to be members Apart from retired Lords Spiritual and the surviving hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999, including the Marquess of Cholmondeley who was exempt from the 1999 Act by virtue of his position as Lord Great Chamberlain until the accession of Charles III in September 2022, there are a number of living peers who have permanently ceased to be members of the House. Resigned Under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers may permanently retire or otherwise resign their membership of the House. The following peers have exercised that right and are still living: Lord Party Date Type Notes Lord Grenfell Labour 1 October 2014 Life peer Hereditary peer who sat by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Grenfell of Kilvey Previously retired under the Resolution of the House of 27 June 2011 on 31 March 2014 Lord Lloyd of Berwick Crossbench 27 March 2015 Law life peer Former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord Nickson Crossbench 27 March 2015 Life peer Businessman, former chairman of the Clydesdale Bank, Scottish & Newcastle, and CBI Scotland, former chancellor of the Glasgow Caledonian University Lord Ashcroft Conservative 3 April 2015 Life peer Businessman and pollster Lord Hope of Thornes Crossbench 30 April 2015 Life peer Former Archbishop of York Lord Sharman Liberal Democrat 30 April 2015 Life peer Accountant, former chairman of Aviva Group and former chairman of KPMG International Lord Edmiston Conservative 22 July 2015 Life peer Businessman, motor trade entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Christian Vision Lord Sewel Non-affiliated 30 July 2015 Life peer Former chairman of committees Lord Simpson of Dunkeld Labour 30 July 2015 Life peer Businessman, former CEO of Marconi plc, former CEO of Lucas Industries Lord Cameron of Lochbroom Crossbench 21 April 2016 Life peer Former Lord Advocate Baroness Perry of Southwark Conservative 26 May 2016 Life peer Educator, former Chief Inspector of Schools in England and former president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge Lord Hurd of Westwell Conservative 9 June 2016 Life peer Former MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Home Secretary Baroness Sharp of Guildford Liberal Democrat 31 July 2016 Life peer Economist Lord Scott of Foscote Crossbench 21 December 2016 Law life peer Former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Labour 27 April 2017 Life peer Television executive and journalist, trade unionist, former chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, former chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, former Minister of State for Transport Lord Hattersley Labour 19 May 2017 Life peer Former MP, Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Marquess of Salisbury Conservative 8 June 2017 Life peer Hereditary peer who sat by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil Formerly known as Viscount Cranborne; former MP and Leader of the House of Lords Lord Simon of Highbury Non-affiliated 9 June 2017 Life peer Businessman, former chief executive of BP Earl of Mar and Kellie Liberal Democrat 30 June 2017 Life peer Hereditary peer who sat by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower Lord Lloyd-Webber Conservative 17 October 2017 Life peer Composer and impresario of musical theatre Baroness Paisley of St George's Democratic Unionist 30 October 2017 Life peer Former MLA for Belfast East, widow of Ian Paisley Lord Tanlaw Conservative 3 November 2017 Life peer Former director of Inchcape plc and former chancellor of the University of Buckingham Lord Condon Crossbench 21 December 2017 Life peer Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth Conservative 22 December 2017 Life peer Businessman, chairman of Vodafone and chairman of Tesco, former chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, former president of the Marylebone Cricket Club and former chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire Lord Blyth of Rowington Conservative 1 January 2018 Life peer Businessman, former chairman of the London Business School Lord Sanderson of Bowden Conservative 29 March 2018 Life peer Former chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland Lord Glentoran Conservative 1 June 2018 Hereditary peer Former bobsledder and Olympic champion Baroness Richardson of Calow Crossbench 20 December 2018 Life peer Methodist Minister, first female President of the Methodist Conference Lord Higgins Conservative 1 January 2019 Life peer Former MP Baroness Howells of St Davids Labour 10 January 2019 Life peer Former chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire Lord Mogg Crossbench 14 January 2019 Life peer Former chairman of Ofgem Lord Cullen of Whitekirk Crossbench 1 February 2019 Life peer Former Lord President of the Court of Session Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Conservative 25 February 2019 Life peer Former MP Baroness Gould of Potternewton Labour 22 July 2019 Life peer Former president of the Family Planning Association, trade unionist and political activist Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Conservative 26 July 2019 Life peer Former MP, Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary of State for Education and Science and Leader of the House of Commons Lord Palumbo Conservative 2 September 2019 Life peer Property developer and art collector, last chair of the Arts Council of Great Britain Baroness Emerton Crossbench 1 November 2019 Life peer Nurse Lord Vallance of Tummel Liberal Democrat 13 January 2020 Life peer Businessman, former chairman of BT Lord Steel of Aikwood Non-affiliated 27 March 2020 Life peer Former MP, Leader of the Liberal Party and Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Lord Brookman Labour 2 April 2020 Life peer Steel worker and trade unionist, former general secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Countess of Mar Crossbench 1 May 2020 Hereditary peer  Farmer and goats cheesemaker, former civil servant Baroness Byford Conservative 5 May 2020 Life peer Former president of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire Lord Cope of Berkeley Conservative 13 May 2020 Life peer Former MP and Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords Lord Woolmer of Leeds Labour 26 May 2020 Life peer Former MP Lord Luce Crossbench 29 June 2020 Life peer Former MP, Lord Chamberlain and Governor of Gibraltar Lord Morris of Handsworth Labour 21 July 2020 Life peer Trade unionist, former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union Baroness Hanham Conservative 22 July 2020 Life peer Former leader of the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council Lord Jones of Birmingham Crossbench 31 August 2020 Life peer Businessman former director general of the Confederation of British Industry and former Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Williams of Oystermouth Crossbench 31 August 2020 Life peer Formerly Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Liberal Democrat 2 September 2020 Life peer Former MP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (1983–2005) Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony Crossbench 14 September 2020 Life peer Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Master of the Rolls Lord Freeman Conservative 1 October 2020 Life peer Former MP Lord Ahmed Non-affiliated 14 November 2020 Life peer Property developer Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank Crossbench 1 December 2020 Life peer Former Chief of the Defence Staff Lord Haskins Crossbench 1 December 2020 Life peer Businessman Baroness Wilcox Conservative 17 December 2020 Life peer Businesswoman Lord Cavendish of Furness Conservative 1 January 2021 Life peer Landowner, former High Sheriff of Cumbria and former member of the Cumbria County Council Lord Wilson of Tillyorn Crossbench 12 February 2021 Life peer Former Governor of Hong Kong Baroness Tonge Non-affiliated 19 February 2021 Life peer Former MP Lord Ryder of Wensum Conservative 12 April 2021 Life peer Former MP Lord Sainsbury of Turville Labour 1 July 2021 Life peer Businessman, chairman of Sainsbury's and chancellor of the University of Cambridge Lord Beecham Labour 1 September 2021 Life peer Former leader of Newcastle City Council and current councilor for Benwell and Scotswood, former chairman of the Local Government Association Lord Puttnam Labour 27 October 2021 Life peer Film producer, former chancellor of the Open University and former chancellor of the University of Sunderland Lord Tyler Liberal Democrat 28 October 2021 Life peer Former MP for Bodmin (1974) and North Cornwall (1992–2005), former chairman of the Liberal Party Lord Hunt of Chesterton Labour 30 October 2021 Life peer Meteorologist, former chief executive of the Meteorological Office Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Labour 5 November 2021 Life peer Former police officer with the Metropolitan Police Lord Broers Crossbench 17 December 2021 Life peer Electrical engineer, former vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge and former master of Churchill College Viscount Ridley Conservative 17 December 2021 Hereditary peer Science writer, journalist and businessman, former chairman of Northern Rock Lord Coe Conservative 31 January 2022 Life peer Former track and field athlete, president of World Athletics, former MP for Falmouth and Camborne (1992–1997) Lord Rotherwick Conservative 1 February 2022 Hereditary peer Landowner and estate manager Lord Tebbit Conservative 31 March 2022 Life peer Former MP Lord Lea of Crondall Non-affiliated 7 April 2022 Life peer Former assistant general secretary of the Trades Union Congress Lord Brabazon of Tara Conservative 28 April 2022 Hereditary peer Former Chairman of Committees Lord Oxburgh Crossbench 28 April 2022 Life peer Geophysicist and geologist, former head of the department of earth sciences at the University of Cambridge, former president of the Geological Society of London Lord Moonie Non-affiliated 28 April 2022 Life peer Former MP for Kirkcaldy (1987–2005) Lord Lang of Monkton Conservative 30 June 2022 Life peer Former MP and President of the Board of Trade, current chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and future chairman of the board of directors of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc Lord Vinson Conservative 13 July 2022 Life peer Entrepreneur and philanthropist Viscount Ullswater Conservative 20 July 2022 Hereditary peer Former Minister of State for Housing and former Private Secretary to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Earl of Listowel Crossbench 21 July 2022 Hereditary peer Sat as Baron Hare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland Lord Astor of Hever Conservative 22 July 2022 Hereditary peer Businessman, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Life Guards officer Lord Mackay of Clashfern Conservative 22 July 2022 Life peer Lord Clerk Register, Formerly Lord Chancellor and Law Lord, Lord Advocate, a former judge of the Court of Session and editor-in-chief of Halsbury's Laws of England Lord Soley Labour 19 January 2023 Life peer Former chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party and former MP Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Conservative 3 February 2023 Life peer Former MP for Wallasey (1974–1992) and Minister of State for Overseas Development, president of the Royal Geographical Society Viscount Falkland Crossbench 21 March 2023 Hereditary peer Vice-President of the Royal Stuart Society, officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Lord Davies of Stamford Labour 25 July 2023 Life peer Former MP, Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support and diplomat Lord Watson of Richmond Liberal Democrat 25 July 2023 Life peer Broadcaster and communications consultant, former president of the Liberal Party Lord Hylton Crossbench 27 July 2023 Hereditary peer Former assistant private secretary to the Governor-General of Canada Lord Stevenson of Coddenham Crossbench 1 October 2023 Life peer Chairman of Manocap, former chairman of Aerfi, Pearson and HBOS Lord Ribeiro Conservative 23 October 2023 Life peer Former consultant general surgeon; member of the Health Policy Research Advisory Board of the American College of Surgeons Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Liberal Democrat 12 December 2023 Life peer Former MP, Secretary of State for Transport, director-general of the Royal Institute of British Architects and chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority; member of the Gang of Four that founded the Social Democratic Party Lord Plant of Highfield Labour 28 February 2024 Life peer Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy at King's College London and former Professor of European Political Thought at the University of Southampton Lord Goodlad Conservative 29 February 2024 Life peer Former MP and chairman of the Constitution Committee Lord Bamford Conservative 1 March 2024 Life peer Chairman of JCB Earl of Sandwich Crossbench 20 May 2024 Hereditary peer Businessman Lord Saville of Newdigate Crossbench 20 June 2024 Law life peer Former Law Lord and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Baroness Fritchie Crossbench 1 July 2024 Life peer Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire (since 2012) Lord Rana Conservative 2 July 2024 Life peer President of Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare Non-affiliated 4 July 2024 Life peer Former MP for Louth (Lincolnshire) (1969–1974), novelist Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Labour 8 July 2024 Life peer Former nurse and president of the Trades Union Congress Baroness King of Bow Labour 9 July 2024 Life peer Former MP for Bethnal Green and Bow (1997–2005) Baroness Jolly Liberal Democrat 31 July 2024 Life peer Chair of Executive Committee of Liberal Democrats in Devon and Cornwall Lord Warner Crossbench 1 August 2024 Life peer Former civil servant Lord Owen Ind. Social Democrat  13 August 2024 Life peer Former MP for Plymouth Sutton (1966–1974) and for Plymouth Devonport (1974–1992), Foreign Secretary, co-chairman of the Conference on Yugoslavia, leader of the Social Democratic Party 1983–87, and the continuing Social Democratic Party 1988–90 Lord Levene of Portsoken Crossbench 28 November 2024 Life peer Former chairman of Lloyd's of London and former vice chairman of Deutsche Bank Removed for non-attendance Under section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers who fail to attend any sittings of the House during a whole parliamentary session cease to be members of the House at the start of the next session. The following peers have been subject to this provision since the Act came into force and are still living: Lord Party Date Type Notes Lord Dixon-Smith Conservative 7 November 2023 Life peer Former chairman of Essex County Council Lord Black of Crossharbour Non-affiliated 9 July 2024 Life peer Businessman, former newspaper publisher, convicted fraudster Baroness Corston Labour 9 July 2024 Life peer Former MP for Bristol East and Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party Lord Davies of Oldham Labour 9 July 2024 Life peer Former MP, Government Deputy Chief Whip (2003–2010) and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Lord Kalms Non-affiliated 9 July 2024 Life peer Life president and former chairman of Dixons Retail and former chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies Lord Willoughby de Broke Non-affiliated 9 July 2024 Hereditary peer Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire Resigned under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 Under section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, peers are automatically and compulsorily treated as domiciled in the United Kingdom for tax purposes. Section 42 allowed peers who did not wish to comply with the provision to choose within three months of the act coming into force to give notice with the same effect as to resign and retire from the House of Lords. The following peers opted to exercise that right and are still living: Lord Party Date Type Notes Lord Laidlaw Conservative 15 April 2010 Life peer  Retains tax residency (domicile) in Monaco Baroness Dunn Crossbench 30 June 2010 Life peer Retains tax residency (domicile) in Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) Lord Foster of Thames Bank Crossbench 6 July 2010 Life peer Retains tax residency (domicile) in Switzerland Recently deceased The following life peers and elected hereditary peers have died since December 2023: Name Party Ceased to be member (if applicable) Date of death Type Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Labour 9 April 2021 3 December 2023 Life peer Lord Bhatia Non-affiliated 7 November 2023 12 January 2024 Life peer Lord Tomlinson Labour 20 January 2024 Life peer Baroness Flather Crossbench 6 February 2024 Life peer Lord Cormack Conservative 25 February 2024 Life peer Baroness Henig Labour 29 February 2024 Life peer Lord McAvoy Labour 8 March 2024 Life peer Lord Hoyle Labour 25 July 2023 6 April 2024 Life peer Lord Rosser Labour 10 April 2024 Life peer Baroness Gardner of Parkes Conservative 14 April 2024 Life peer Baroness Massey of Darwen Labour 20 April 2024 Life peer Lord Field of Birkenhead Crossbench 23 April 2024 Life peer Lord Stunell Liberal Democrat 29 April 2024 Life peer Lord Fellowes Crossbench 10 February 2022 29 July 2024 Life peer Lord Colwyn Conservative 21 July 2022 4 August 2024 Hereditary peer Lady Saltoun Crossbench 12 December 2014 3 September 2024 Hereditary peer Lord Selsdon Conservative 11 May 2021 15 September 2024 Hereditary peer Marquess of Lothian Conservative 1 October 2024 Life peer Lord Ouseley Crossbench 24 May 2019 2 October 2024 Life peer Lord Leitch Labour 4 October 2024 Life peer Lord Harrison Labour 11 July 2022 18 October 2024 Life peer Lord Hanningfield Non-affiliated 20 October 2024 Life peer Lord Renwick of Clifton Crossbench 31 March 2018 4 November 2024 Life peer Lord Prescott Labour 9 July 2024 20 November 2024 Life peer Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Conservative 15 September 2021 24 November 2024 Life peer Baroness Wilkins Labour 23 July 2015 November/December 2024 Life peer 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. Name Party Date of announcement Type Crossbencher 20 November 2025 Hereditary peer Conservative 9 January 2026 Hereditary peer See also List of life peerages List of excepted hereditary peers List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage Women in the House of Lords References External links United Kingdom Parliament Alphabetical List of Members of the House of Lords