Lord |
Party |
Type |
Notes
|
The Lord Aberdare
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Aberdare
|
The Baroness Adams of Craigielea
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Paisley North from 1990 to 2005
|
The Lord Addington
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Addington
|
The Lord Adebowale
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
|
The Lord Adonis
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Transport
|
The Baroness Afshar
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Commissioner of the UK Drug Policy Commission
|
The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party
|
The Lord Ahmed
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Expelled from Party after being jailed for dangerous driving
|
The Lord Alderdice
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and former leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|
The Lord Allan of Hallam
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former chair of the Information Select Committee in the House of Commons
|
The Lord Allen of Kensington
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Executive Board of the Labour Party
|
The Lord Alli
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
First openly gay peer in parliament
|
The Lord Alliance
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of N Brown Group
|
The Lord Alton of Liverpool
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Liverpool Mossley Hill from 1983 to 1997
|
The Lord Anderson of Swansea
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Swansea East from 1974 to 2005
|
The Baroness Andrews
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Children, Schools and Families; chair of English Heritage
|
The Baroness Anelay of St Johns
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and former Government Chief Whip in the Lords
|
The Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Conservative whip withdrawn following conviction for perjury in 2000
|
The Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 1987 to 2010
|
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
|
The Earl of Arran
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Sits as Baron Sudley in the peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the peerage of Ireland
|
The Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats and United Nations High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
The Lord Ashton of Hyde
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Ashton of Hyde
|
The Viscount Astor
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Astor
|
The Lord Astor of Hever
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Astor
|
The Earl Attlee
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Government whip
|
The Lord Avebury
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970
|
The Lord Bach
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former parliamentary under-secretary of state in several departments and former Minister of State for Defence Procurement
|
The Lord Baker of Dorking
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Home Secretary, former Secretary of State for Education and Science and former of the Environment
|
The Baroness Bakewell
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Writer and broadcaster
|
The Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Councillor of South Somerset District Council
|
The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Earldom of Baldwin of Bewdley
|
The Lord Balfe
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of the European Parliament for London from 1979 to 2004
|
The Lord Bamford
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of JCB
|
The Baroness Barker
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Liberal Democrat spokesperson on health matters
|
The Lord Bassam of Brighton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chief whip
|
The Lord Bates
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh from 1992 to 1997
|
The Lord Beecham
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee
|
The Lord Bell
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Advertising and public relations executive who advised Margaret Thatcher for her three successful general election campaigns
|
The Baroness Benjamin
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Actress, author and television presenter
|
The Lord Berkeley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Gueterbock
|
The Lord Berkeley of Knighton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Composer and music broadcaster
|
The Baroness Berridge
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Executive Director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship
|
The Lord Best
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
President of the Local Government Association
|
The Lord Bew
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Irish Politics at Queen's University Belfast
|
The Lord Bhatia
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Suspended from the House October 2010-June 2011 and told to repay £27,446 due to the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
|
The Lord Bhattacharyya
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Founder of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
|
The Lord Bichard
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former permanent secretary for the Department for Education (and later the Department for Education and Employment)
|
The Lord Bilimoria
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Founder and chairman of Cobra Beer
|
The Baroness Billingham
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of the European Parliament for Northamptonshire and Blaby from 1994 to 1999
|
The Lord Birt
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Director-General of the BBC
|
The Lord Black of Brentwood
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Executive Director of the Telegraph Media Group
|
The Baroness Blackstone
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts
|
The Lord Blackwell
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit under the government of John Major from 1995 to 1997
|
The Lord Blair of Boughton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
|
The Baroness Blood
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
First woman in Northern Ireland to be given a life peerage
|
The Lord Boateng
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury and British High Commissioner to South Africa
|
The Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Lead Liberal Democrats spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Lords
|
The Baroness Boothroyd
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Speaker of the House of Commons
|
The Lord Borrie
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former head of the Office of Fair Trading from 1976 to 1992
|
The Lord Borwick
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Borthwick
|
The Lord Boswell of Aynho
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees
|
The Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Health and former Secretary of State for National Heritage
|
The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and member of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2011
|
The Lord Bowness
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of Croydon London Borough Council
|
The Lord Boyce
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
|
The Lord Brabazon of Tara
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Brabazon of Tara
|
The Lord Bradley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington from 1987 to 2005
|
The Lord Bradshaw
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Liberal Democrats spokesperson on transport in the House of Lords
|
The Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Vice-chairman of West Ham United FC and senior non-executive director of the Syco and Arcadia brands
|
The Lord Bragg
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Broadcaster and author
|
The Lord Brennan
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the APPG on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
|
The Viscount Bridgeman
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Bridgeman
|
The Baroness Brinton
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Executive Director of the Association of Universities in the East of England
|
The Lord Broers
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former president of the Royal Academy of Engineering
|
The Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former General Secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation and former joint-General Secretary of the Public Services Tax and Commerce Union
|
The Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for National Heritage and former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
|
The Viscount Brookeborough
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Brookeborough
|
The Lord Brookman
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation from 1993 to 1999
|
The Lord Brougham and Vaux
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Brougham and Vaux
|
The Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2012), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2004–2009)
|
The Lord Browne of Belmont
|
DUP
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast East from 2007 to 2011
|
The Lord Browne of Ladyton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Defence
|
The Lord Browne of Madingley
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former chief executive of BP from 1995 to 2007
|
The Lord Browne-Wilkinson
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Former Senior Law Lord
|
The Baroness Browning
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton from 1997 to 2010
|
The Lord Burnett
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon from 1997 to 2005
|
The Lord Burns
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former chief economic advisor and permanent secretary at the treasury
|
The Baroness Buscombe
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the Press Complaints Commission
|
The Lord Butler of Brockwell
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
|
The Baroness Butler-Sloss
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Lady Justice of Appeal and former president of the Family Division of the High Court
|
The Baroness Byford
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Conservative spokesperson on Food, Farming and Rural Affairs from 1997 to 2007 in the House of Lords
|
The Earl of Caithness
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Earldom of Caithness and chief of Clan Sinclair
|
The Lord Callanan
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Conservative MEP for North East of England
|
The Lord Cameron of Dillington
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
President of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists, former chair of the Countryside Agency
|
The Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Lord Advocate of Scotland and Senator of the College of Justice, a judicial position
|
The Baroness Campbell of Loughborough
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of UK Sport
|
The Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, former Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence and former Commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission
|
The Lord Campbell-Savours
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Workington from 1979 to 2001
|
The Lord Carey of Clifton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Archbishop of Canterbury
|
The Lord Carlile of Berriew
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Deputy High Court Judge, Former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, president of the Howard League for Penal Reform,
|
The Lord Carrington
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary General of NATO, former Secretaries of State for Defence, Foreign Affairs and Energy, former First Lord of the Admiralty; hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Carington of Upton
|
The Lord Carrington of Fulham
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Fulham from 1987 to 1997
|
The Lord Carswell
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Former Law Lord and former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
|
The Lord Carter of Barnes
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chief executive of Ofcom, group chief executive at Brunswick Group LLP and former Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting
|
The Lord Carter of Coles
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the NHS Pathology review panel
|
The Lord Cashman
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former MEP for West Midlands MEP, former actor
|
The Earl Cathcart
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Chief of the Name and Arms of Clan Cathcart
|
The Lord Cavendish of Furness
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former High Sheriff of Cumbria and a member of the Cumbria County Council, current Chairman of the Holker Estate Group and President of South Cumbria Rivers Trust
|
The Lord Chadlington
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman, former chief executive and currently executive director of Huntsworth; former director of Halifax
|
The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Minister of State for Overseas Development
|
The Viscount Chandos
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot
|
The Lord Chidgey
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 1994 to 2005
|
The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Co-chairman of the Conservative candidates committee
|
The Lord Christopher
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former 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
|
The Earl of Clancarty
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Sits as Viscount Clancarty, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the peerage of Ireland
|
The Lord Clark of Windermere
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Chair of the Forestry Commission
|
The Lord Clarke of Hampstead
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the Labour Party, former Deputy General Secretary of the Union of Communication Workers
|
The Lord Clement-Jones
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former head of legal services and legal director in LWT and Grand Metropolitan respectively and former group secretary of Kingfisher plc, chairman of Environmental Context Ltd
|
The Lord Clinton-Davis
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former European Commissioner for the environment, consumer protection and transport
|
The Lord Coe
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Athlete and chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations
|
The Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Author and former governor of the BBC
|
The Lord Collins of Highbury
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Assistant General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and former General Secretary of the Labour Party
|
The Lord Collins of Mapesbury
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2009), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009–2011)
|
The Viscount Colville of Culross
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Colville of Culross
|
The Lord Colwyn
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Royal Society of Medicine, former president of the Huntingdon's Disease Association, the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry, the Arterial Health Foundation, of the Metropolitan branch of the British Dental Association and practising dentist for forty years
|
The Lord Condon
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
|
The Lord Cooper of Windrush
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Vice-chairman of West Ham United FC and senior non-executive director of the Syco and Arcadia brands
|
The Lord Cope of Berkeley
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Paymaster General
|
The Lord Cormack
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the Northern Ireland Select Committee
|
The Baroness Corston
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
|
The Lord Cotter
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare from 1997 to 2005
|
The Earl of Courtown
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Sits as Baron Saltersford, in the Peerage of Great Britain; his other titles are in the peerage of Ireland
|
The Baroness Coussins
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former chief executive of the Portman Group
|
The Baroness Cox
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Founder and CEO of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust
|
The Lord Craig of Radley
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
|
The Viscount Craigavon
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Craigavon
|
The Lord Crathorne
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Former director of (variously) Blakeney Hotels Ltd, Woodhouse Securities Ltd, Hand Picked Hotels, Cliveden Ltd.
|
The Baroness Crawley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Chair of the Women's National Commission
|
The Lord Crickhowell
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Wales
|
The Lord Crisp
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former chief executive of the NHS
|
The Lord Cromwell
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Lord Justice General and former Lord President of the Court of Session, both senior positions in the Scottish judiciary
|
The Baroness Cumberlege
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Vice President of the Royal Colleges of Nursing and Midwives
|
The Lord Cunningham of Felling
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
|
The Lord Currie of Marylebone
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of Ofcom
|
The Lord Curry of Kirkharle
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Current Chair of NFU Mutual
|
The Baroness D'Souza
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Current Lord Speaker, formerly Convenor of the Crossbench peers
|
The Lord Dannatt
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the General Staff of the British Army
|
The Lord Darzi of Denham
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Surgery at Imperial College London
|
The Lord Davidson of Glen Clova
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Advocate General for Scotland, author of Judicial review in Scotland, and the International Commission of Jurists' chef de mission for Egypt in 1998
|
The Lord Davies of Abersoch
|
Labour
|
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
|
The Lord Davies of Coity
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former General Secretary of USDAW
|
The Lord Davies of Oldham
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010 and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
|
The Lord Davies of Stamford
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support, former diplomat
|
The Lord De Mauley
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of de Mauley
|
The Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former General Secretary of SOGAT, former chair of the Housing Corporation and former vice-chair of University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
|
The Lord Dear
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and former chief constable of West Midlands police
|
The Lord Deben
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for the Environment, Minister of State for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Chairman of environment consultancy company Sancroft International and of Veolia Water
|
The Baroness Deech
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Gresham Professor of Law at Gresham College
|
The Lord Deighton
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chief Executive, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
|
The Lord Denham
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Denham
|
The Lord Desai
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Professor Emeritus of Economics at the London School of Economics
|
The Lord Dholakia
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chair of Nacro
|
The Lord Dixon-Smith
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of Essex County Council
|
The Lord Dobbs
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Author
|
The Baroness Donaghy
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chair of ACAS,
|
The Lord Donoughue
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Visiting Professor of Government at the London School of Economics
|
The Baroness Doocey
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the London Assembly and has run DD Enterprises Management Consultancy
|
The Baroness Drake
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former President of the Trades Union Congress and commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission
|
The Lord Drayson
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Co-founder and former chief executive of PowderJect Pharmaceuticals
|
The Lord Dubs
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former director of the Refugee Council, former chair of Liberty and former chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission
|
The Earl of Dundee
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Earldom of Dundee
|
The Lord Dykes
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Harrow East from 1970 to 1997
|
The Lord Eames
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Archbishop of Armagh
|
The Baroness Eaton
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the Local Government Association
|
The Lord Eatwell
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Professor of Financial Policy at Judge Business School
|
The Baroness Eccles of Moulton
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
As the wife of Viscount Eccles, she is also entitled to the style "Vicountess Eccles"
|
The Viscount Eccles
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Eccles
|
The Lord Eden of Winton
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West from 1954 to 1983
|
The Lord Edmiston
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Founder of IM Group
|
The Lord Elder
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party
|
The Lord Elis-Thomas
|
Plaid Cymru
|
Life peer
|
Former Presiding officer of the National Assembly for Wales, former leader of Plaid Cymru
|
The Lord Elton
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Elton
|
The Lord Elystan-Morgan
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former circuit judge
|
The Baroness Emerton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chancellor and Chief Commander of St John Ambulance and former Chief Nursing Officer of South East Thames Regional Health Authority
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The Lord Empey
|
Ulster Unionist
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
|
The Earl of Erroll
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Earldom of Erroll
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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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Conservative
|
Life peer
|
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The Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of publishing company Faber and Faber and former governor of the British Film Institute
|
The Lord Evans of Watford
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of several publishing companies
|
The Lord Evans of Weardale
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Director of the Security Service
|
The Lord Ezra
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of the National Coal Board
|
The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Lord Chancellor
|
The Baroness Falkender
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Political Secretary to Harold Wilson
|
The Viscount Falkland
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Falkland
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The Baroness Falkner of Margravine
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Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chief executive of Student Partnerships Worldwide
|
The Lord Farmer
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Founding partner of RK Mine Finance group, trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust and Conservative Party co-treasurer
|
The Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former member of the Council of Europe and a councillor in local government
|
The Lord Faulkner of Worcester
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Communications advisor to the Leader of the Labour Party in the 1987, 1992 and 1997 general elections
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The Lord Faulks
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Recorder
|
The Lord Fearn
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Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Southport from 1987 to 1992 and 1997 to 2001
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The Lord Feldman
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Director of The Young Entrepreneurs Fund
|
The Lord Feldman of Elstree
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chief executive and former managing director of Jayroma (London) Ltd, former chairman of the Conservative Party
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The Lord Fellowes
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the Prison Reform Trust and former Private Secretary to the Queen
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The Lord Fellowes of West Stafford
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter, chairman of the RNIB appeal for Talking Books and vice-president of the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust
|
The Lord Filkin
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former parliamentary under-secretary of state in various government departments
|
The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Palliative Medicine at the Cardiff University School of Medicine and former president of the Royal Society of Medicine
|
The Lord Fink
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
CEO and chairman of the Man Group, the largest listed hedge fund company in the world
|
The Lord Finkelstein
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Current Executive Editor of The Times
|
The Baroness Flather
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
First Asian woman to receive a peerage
|
The Lord Flight
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs from 1997 to 2005
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The Baroness Fookes
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Chair of the RSPCA and former deputy speaker of the House of Commons
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The Baroness Ford
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Chair 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 the Epilepsy Action
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The Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Scotland
|
The Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former opposition chief whip in the Commons
|
The Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Member of the Scottish Parliament, former chairman of Hearts Football club and President of the Caribbean Britain Business Council
|
The Lord Fowler
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the House of Lords Communications Select Committee
|
The Lord Fox
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
PR director at GKN engineering and former Liberal Democrat chief executive
|
The Lord Framlingham
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former deputy Speaker in the House of Commons
|
The Lord Freeman
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
|
The Lord Freud
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former vice-chairman of investing banking at UBS AG
|
The Lord Freyberg
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Freyberg
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The Baroness Fritchie
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Honorary Professor of Creative Leadership at the University of York and six other Universities
|
The Baroness Gale
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
President of National Association of Old Age Pensioners, Wales and President of Treherbert and District British Legion
|
The Baroness Garden of Frognal
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Vice President of the Institute of Export
|
The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Deputy chief executive of the Countryside Alliance
|
The Baroness Gardner of Parkes
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Australian-born dentist
|
The Lord Garel-Jones
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former whip in the House of Commons and Minister for Europe
|
The Lord Geddes
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Geddes
|
The Lord German
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former deputy First Minister of Wales
|
The Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former President of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
|
The Lord Giddens
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Emeritus 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
|
The Earl of Glasgow
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Earldom of Glasgow
|
The Lord Glasman
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Senior lecturer in political theory at London Metropolitan University
|
The Lord Glenarthur
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Glenarthur
|
The Lord Glendonbrook
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Owner of BMI
|
The Lord Glentoran
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Barony of Glentoran
|
The Lord Goddard of Stockport
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of Stockport Council
|
The Lord Gold
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Lawyer
|
The Baroness Goldie
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from 2005 until 2011
|
The Baroness Golding
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Radiographer and former Member of Parliament
|
The Lord Goldsmith
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Attorney General
|
The Lord Goodhart
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of JUSTICE, the UK section of the International Commission of Jurists and leading human rights lawyer
|
The Lord Goodlad
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the Constitution Committee
|
The Lord Gordon of Strathblane
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former political editor of STV, former managing director of Radio Clyde, former chief executive and chair of Scottish Radio Holdings, currently chair of Johnston Press plc, Radio Audience Research and AIM Trust Plc
|
The Viscount Goschen
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Holder of the Viscountcy of Goschen
|
The Baroness Goudie
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former European director of public affairs for the World Wide Fund for Nature, chair of the Women Leaders’ Council to Fight Human Trafficking at UN Gift
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The Baroness Gould of Potternewton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former pharmacist, former director of organisation for the Labour Party and former executive member of the Women's National Commission
|
The Lord Grabiner
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Head of Chambers at One Essex Court and deputy High Court Judge
|
The Lord Grade of Yarmouth
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors
|
The Lord Graham of Edmonton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former National Secretary and President of the congress of the Co-operative Party and President of the Institute of Meat
|
The Lord Grantchester
|
Labour
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Former director of Littlewoods and former chairman of the Dairy Farmers of Britain,
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The Lord Greaves
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former member of Lancashire County Council for 25 years
|
The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc
|
The Lord Green of Deddington
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former British Ambassador
|
The Baroness Greenfield
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Oxford University and former director of the Royal Institution
|
The Baroness Greengross
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former director-general of Age Concern England
|
The Lord Greenway
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Former chairman of The World Ship Trust
|
The Baroness Grender
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Head of Communications for the Liberal Democrats
|
The Baroness Grey-Thompson
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former paralympic athlete
|
The Lord Griffiths of Burry Port
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former President of the Methodist Congress
|
The Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Vice-president of the Nature in Art trust and vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs International
|
The Lord Grocott
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former presenter and producer at Central Television and former MP
|
The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
|
The Lord Hall of Birkenhead
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chief 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
|
The Lord Hameed
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Alpha Hospital Group, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the London International Hospital, former Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Cromwell Hospital, President of The Little Foundation and Chairman of The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths
|
The Lord Hamilton of Epsom
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former MP and former chairman of the 1922 Committee
|
The Baroness Hamwee
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Vice president of Parity and
|
The Baroness Hanham
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of St. Mary's Hospital NHS Trust and Westminster Primary Care Trust, parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Communities and Local Government
|
The Lord Hannay of Chiswick
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former senior diplomat
|
The Lord Hanningfield
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of Essex County Council and former chair of the Council of Local Education Authorities and former leader of the Association of County Councils, co-founder of local government think-tank Localis; suspended from the House July 2011-May 2012 after being charged with six offences under the Theft Act of 1968 relating to false accounting over overnight allowance claims. Suspended again in May 2014 over a further breach of expenses rules.
|
The Viscount Hanworth
|
Labour
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Hardie
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Harding of Winscombe
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chief executive of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
|
The Lord Harries of Pentregarth
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Gresham Professor of Divinity, former Church of England 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
|
The Lord Harris of Haringey
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former 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
|
The Lord Harris of Peckham
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Carpetright Plc
|
The Baroness Harris of Richmond
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chair 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
|
The Lord Harrison
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former MEP
|
The Lord Hart of Chilton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former planning solicitor with Herbert Smith
|
The Lord Haskel
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
President of the Environment Industries Commission, and former international president of The Textile Institute
|
The Lord Haskins
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of Northern Foods, former chairman of the Better Regulation Task Force and Chairman of the Council of the Open University
|
The Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Vice-president of Catch22, ambassador of Make Justice Work
|
The Lord Hattersley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection
|
The Lord Haughey
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Haworth
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and former Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Affairs
|
The Lord Hay of Ballyore
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
|
The Baroness Hayman
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Lord Speaker (2006–11) and former chair of Cancer Research UK, former chair of the Human Tissue Authority and former chair of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
|
The Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Healey
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Secretary of State for Defence
|
The Baroness Helic
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Government special adviser on preventing sexual violence in conflict zones
|
The Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Henig
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the Security Industry Authority
|
The Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London
|
The Lord Henley
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Sits as Baron Northington, in the peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the peerage of Ireland
|
The Lord Heseltine
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Deputy Prime Minister, former Secretary of State for Defence, the Environment and former President of the Board of Trade
|
The Baroness Heyhoe-Flint
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
President of the Lady Taverners, former captain of the woman's cricket team, cricket journalist and broadcaster, director of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
|
The Lord Higgins
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Commander of the Metropolitan Police
|
The Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Hogg
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
As the wife of Viscount Hailsham, she is also entitled to the style "Viscountess Hailsham"
|
The Lord Hollick
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Hollins
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor of the psychiatry of learning disability at St George's, University of London, former president of the Royal Society of Psychiatrists
|
The Baroness Hollis of Heigham
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former lecturer in modern history, reader and Dean at the University of East Anglia
|
The Lord Holmes of Richmond
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Earl of Home
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Baroness Hooper
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
President of Waste Watch, President of the European Foundation For Heritage Skills, and president of Good Guy's Cancer Appeal
|
The Lord Hope of Craighead
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
|
The Lord Horam
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Howard of Lympne
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Home Secretary and former Leader of the Opposition
|
The Lord Howard of Rising
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Director of Fortress Holdings
|
The Baroness Howarth of Breckland
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, former chief executive of ChildLine and vice-chair of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation
|
The Lord Howarth of Newport
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Earl Howe
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Howe of Aberavon
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Deputy Prime Minister, former Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
|
The Baroness Howe of Idlicote
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission
|
The Lord Howell of Guildford
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretaries of State for Energy and Transport
|
The Baroness Howells of St Davids
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Howie of Troon
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Hoyle
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Hughes of Stretford
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former 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
|
The Lord Hughes of Woodside
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Vice-president of the British Humanist Association
|
The Baroness Humphreys
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Hunt of Chesterton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former director-general and chief executive of the Meteorological Office, professor of climate modelling at University College London
|
The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
President of the Royal Society for Public Health and former Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, and former director of its two predecessor organisations
|
The Lord Hunt of Wirral
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Partner at the law firm Beachcroft LLP
|
The Lord Hurd of Westwell
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Foreign Secretary, former Home Secretary and former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
|
The Lord Hussain
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Deputy Group Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Luton Borough Council
|
The Baroness Hussein-Ede
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former non-executive director of Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, and former Equality and Human Rights Commissioner
|
The Lord Hutton of Furness
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and former Secretary of State for Defence
|
The Lord Hylton
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Imbert
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
|
The Lord Inge
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
|
The Lord Inglewood
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Irvine of Lairg
|
Labour
|
Law life peer
|
Former Lord Chancellor
|
The Lord James of Blackheath
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Corporate trouble-shooter and former agent for MI5
|
The Baroness Janke
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of Bristol City Council
|
The Lord Janvrin
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Permanent Lord-in-Waiting; former Private Secretary to the Queen
|
The Lord Jay of Ewelme
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service
|
The Baroness Jay of Paddington
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the House of Lords Constitution Committee
|
The Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
PR consultant, and active in promoting women in Parliament
|
The Baroness Jolly
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chair of Executive Committee of Liberal Democrats in Devon and Cornwall
|
The Lord Jones
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Jones of Birmingham
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry
|
The Lord Jones of Cheltenham
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former computer programmer and systems analyst at International Computers Limited and former MP
|
The Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
|
Green
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Director of Policy and Public Affairs at UNISON and former Chair of the Labour Party
|
The Lord Jopling
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Jordan
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former 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
|
The Lord Judd
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former director of Oxfam
|
The Lord Judge
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 2008-13
|
The Lord Kakkar
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Surgical Sciences at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University
|
The Lord Kalms
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Life president and former chairman of DSG International plc and former chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies
|
The Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Kennedy of Southwark
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Criminal and human rights lawyer, Chair of JUSTICE
|
The Lord Kerslake
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Permanent Secetary to the Department of Communities and Local Government and Head of the Home Civil Service
|
The Lord Kestenbaum
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chief Executive of National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
|
The Baroness Kidron
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Film director
|
The Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service
|
The Lord Kilclooney
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party; the only active politician to have served in all levels of government in Northern Ireland, from local council, the Parliament of Northern Ireland, Westminster, Europe, all previous failed Assemblies and Conventions and the current incarnation of the Assembly
|
The Baroness King of Bow
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord King of Bridgwater
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Environment Secretary, former Transport Secretary, former Employment Secretary, former Northern Ireland Secretary and former chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee
|
The Lord King of Lothbury
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Governor of the Bank of England
|
The Baroness Kingsmill
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former deputy chair of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and of the Competition Commission
|
The Lord Kinnock
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of the Labour Party, former European Commissioner for Transport and Administrative Reform and Vice-President of the European Commission
|
The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Minister of State for Europe and for Africa and the United Nations
|
The Earl of Kinnoull
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Kirkham
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Executive Chairman of DFS Furniture Company Ltd
|
The Lord Kirkhill
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former MP
|
The Baroness Knight of Collingtree
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the British Inter-Parliamentary Union
|
The Lord Knight of Weymouth
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
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The Baroness Kramer
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Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
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Former Vice-President of Citibank, Director and co-founder of International Capital Partners, former MP. Minister of State for Transport 2013-
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The Lord Krebs
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Crossbench
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Life peer
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Professor 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
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The Lord Laird
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Ulster Unionist
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Life peer
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Former Chairman of the Ulster-Scots Agency. Suspended from the House for four months from 18 December 2013.[1]
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The Lord Laming
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Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Psychiatric social worker and chairman of the Harold Shipman inquiry and the Baby P inquiry
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The Lord Lamont of Lerwick
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Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
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The Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
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Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
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The Lord Lang of Monkton
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
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Former 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
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The Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
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Labour
|
Life peer
|
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The Lord Lawson of Blaby
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
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Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
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The Lord Layard
|
Labour
|
Life peer
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Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
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The Lord Lea of Crondall
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
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The Lord Leach of Fairford
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Conservative
|
Life peer
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Chairman of Open Europe
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The Lord Lee of Trafford
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Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
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The Lord Leigh of Hurley
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
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The Lord Leitch
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Bupa, Scottish Widows and Intrinsic Financial Services, former Chairman and Chief Executive of Zurich's British operations
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The Lord Lennie
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former deputy secretary general of the Labour Party
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The Lord Lester of Herne Hill
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Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Deputy High Court Judge
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The Lord Levene of Portsoken
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of Lloyd's of London and former vice chairman of Deutsche Bank
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The Lord Levy
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Labour
|
Life peer
|
President of Jews' Free School, former Special Envoy to the Middle East; arrested but not charged in relation to the Cash for Honours affair
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The Lord Lexden
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Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Consultant and Editor in Chief of the Conservative Research Department and former lecturer in modern history
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The Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former British High Commissioner to Australia and former Secretary of State for Scotland
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The Lord Liddle
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman 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
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The Earl of Lindsay
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
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The Lord Lingfield
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the League of Mercy, former Director-General of St. John Ambulance and advocate of free schools
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The Baroness Linklater of Butterstone
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Co-founder of the Prison Reform Trust, former Child Care Officer and former school governor
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The Lord Livingston of Parkhead
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Minister for Trade and Investment
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The Lord Lipsey
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Lister of Burtersett
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University
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The Earl of Listowel
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Sits as Baron Hare, in the peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the peerage of Ireland
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The Lord Lisvane
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Clerk of the House of Commons
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The Earl of Liverpool
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
The Lord Lloyd-Webber
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Composer of musical theatre
|
The Lord Loomba
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Executive chairman of the Rinku Group and pioneer of widow's rights
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The Marquess of Lothian
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Kerr of Monteviot
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The Lord Low of Dalston
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Leeds
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The Lord Lucas
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
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The Lord Luce
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Governor of Gibraltar and Lord Chamberlain
|
The Baroness Ludford
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
MEP for London 1999-2014
|
The Lord Luke
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Lyell
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Earl of Lytton
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord McAvoy
|
Labour
|
life peer
|
Former deputy chief whip in the House of Commons
|
The Lord McCluskey
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Solicitor-General for Scotland
|
The Lord McColl of Dulwich
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Guy's Hospital, associated with King's College London
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The Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former First Minister of Scotland
|
The Lord Macdonald of River Glaven
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Director of Public Prosecutions
|
The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chair of Scottish Media Group plc and former minister
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The Baroness McDonagh
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former general secretary of the Labour Party
|
The Lord McFall of Alcluith
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee
|
The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Life President and former chairman of United Distillers, Guinness Plc, former director of General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation
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The Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretaries of State for Transport and Education and Science, chairman of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee
|
The Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Associate Producer at the Royal Shakespeare Company, former Executive Director of the Royal National Theatre
|
The Lord Mackay of Clashfern
|
Conservative
|
Law life peer
|
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
|
The Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former nurse and President of the Trades Union Congress
|
The Lord McKenzie of Luton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Partner at accounting firm Price Waterhouse
|
The Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief Superintendent in the Durham Constabulary, former President of the Police Superintendents' Association. Suspended from the House for six months from 18 December 2013.[2]
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The Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of Vodafone and former Chairman and former Chief Executive of Tesco
|
The Lord Maclennan of Rogart
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats
|
The Lord McNally
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Minister of State for Justice and leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
|
The Baroness Maddock
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Magan of Castletown
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Former Ulster Unionist MP and Peer. Resigned from the UUP on 28 August 2012[3]
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The Baroness Mallalieu
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
President of the Countryside Alliance
|
The Lord Mancroft
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Former heroin addict, chair of the Addict Recovery Foundation, chair of the Drug and Alcohol Foundation
|
The Lord Mandelson
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Northern Ireland and former European Commissioner for Trade
|
The Baroness Manningham-Buller
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Director of the Security Service
|
The Baroness Manzoor
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Countess of Mar
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
President of the Elderly Accommodation Counsel, former President of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists and former chairman of both Honest Food and the Environmental Medicine Foundation
|
The Earl of Mar and Kellie
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower
|
The Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Commercial and family law QC with specialist interest in human rights and constitutional reform
|
The Lord Marland
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Herriot Ltd and of Hunter Boot Ltd
|
The Lord Marlesford
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Martin of Springburn
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Speaker of the House of Commons
|
The Baroness Masham of Ilton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chair of Phoenix House
|
The Baroness Massey of Darwen
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the National Treatment Agency for substance misuse
|
The Lord Mawhinney
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the Football League; former Secretary of State for Transport and former chairman of the Conservative Party
|
The Lord Mawson
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
A founder and board member of Poplar HARCA (housing association) and author of The Social Entrepreneur: Making Communities Work
|
The Lord Maxton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord May of Oxford
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London, former president of the Royal Society
|
The Lord Mayhew of Twysden
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Attorney-General for Northern Ireland and longest-serving Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
|
The Baroness Meacher
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of the Security Industry Authority, former chair of the Police Complaints Authority and two NHS trusts, and a social worker
|
The Lord Mendelsohn
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Mitchell
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Mobarik
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Businesswomen, founder of the Scotland Pakistan Network
|
The Lord Monks
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former General Secretary of both the Trades Union Congress and the European Trade Union Confederation
|
The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Duke of Montrose
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Moonie
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former clinical pharmacologist and community medicine specialist and former MP
|
The Lord Moore of Lower Marsh
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretaries of State for Social Services and Transport
|
The Lord Morgan
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Professor of History at Brunel University
|
The Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former director or chief executive of various voluntary sector organisations such as Shelter, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Workplace Nursery Campaign and Childcare Umbrella
|
The Baroness Morgan of Ely
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Honorary Distinguished Professor at Cardiff University and former MEP
|
The Baroness Morgan of Huyton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Morris of Aberavon
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Attorney General for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland
|
The Baroness Morris of Bolton
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
President of the National Benevolent Institution
|
The Lord Morris of Handsworth
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
|
The Baroness Morris of Yardley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Morrow
|
DUP
|
Life peer
|
Former Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland
|
The Lord Moser
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Professor of Social Statistics at the London School of Economics
|
The Lord Moynihan
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Baroness Murphy
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals United Medical School
|
The Lord Myners
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Chairman of the Guardian Media Group and former Chairman of the Low Pay Commission
|
The Lord Naseby
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Nash
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Neill of Bladen
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Commercial and public international lawyer, former head of Serle Court and former Chairman of the Press Council
|
The Baroness Neuberger
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Philanthropist, author, social reformer, rabbi, former Chair of Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust, former chairman of the King's Fund
|
The Baroness Neville-Jones
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Minister of State for Security, former diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
|
The Baroness Neville-Rolfe
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Newby
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chair of Sport at The Prince's Trust
|
The Baroness Newlove
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Community reform campaigner
|
The Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Executive Chairman of the AMAR International Charitable Foundation and of the Iraq Britain Business Council
|
The Baroness Noakes
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former partner at KPMG
|
The Lord Noon
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Founder of Noon Products; implicated in the Cash-for-Peerages scandal
|
The Lord Northbourne
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Deputy chair of Toynbee Hall, chair of Betteshanger Farms Ltd, chair of the Parenting Support Forum and former chair of the Stepney Children's Fund
|
The Lord Northbrook
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Baroness Northover
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Norton of Louth
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Government at the University of Hull
|
The Baroness Nye
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Director of Government Relations former diary secretary to the then-prime minister Gordon Brown
|
The Baroness O'Cathain
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former director of, amongst others, Midland Bank plc, Tesco plc, British Airways plc, BNP/Paribas (UK) and Allders
|
The Lord O'Donnell
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
|
The Baroness O'Loan
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Human Rights Enquiry
|
The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor 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
|
The Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former social worker
|
The Lord Ouseley
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chair and chief executive of the Commission for Racial Equality
|
The Lord Owen
|
Independent Social Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Foreign Secretary, and former co-chairman of the Conference on Yugoslavia, and former leader of the Social Democratic Party
|
The Lord Oxburgh
|
Crossbench
|
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
|
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Paddick
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Palmer
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former councillor
|
The Lord Palumbo
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Property developer and Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain
|
The Lord Palumbo of Southwark
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Pannick
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Leading human rights barrister, arguing over a hundred cases before the UK's highest court and the European Court of Justice and of Human Rights
|
The Lord Parekh
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Centennial 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
|
The Lord Parkinson
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretaries of State for Transport, Energy and Trade and Industry
|
The Baroness Parminter
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former 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
|
The Lord Patel
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former 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
|
The Lord Patel of Blackburn
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Patel of Bradford
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor at the University of Central Lancashire
|
The Lord Patten
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Education
|
The Lord Patten of Barnes
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the BBC Trust, former Secretary of State for the Environment, former Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong, former European Commissioner for External Relations
|
The Lord Paul
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Resigned the Labour whip in October 2010
|
The Lord Pearson of Rannoch
|
UKIP
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of UKIP
|
The Earl Peel
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Pendry
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
President of Oyston Steel Estates Ltd, President of the Football Foundation Ltd
|
The Baroness Perry of Southwark
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the Research Governance Committee at the Cambridge University Clinical School
|
The Lord Peston
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Queen Mary's College
|
The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
President 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)
|
The Baroness Pinnock
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of Kirklees Council
|
The Baroness Pitkeathley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chief executive of Carers UK and a founding member of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
|
The Lord Plant of Highfield
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy at King's College London and former Professor of European Political Thought at the University of Southampton
|
The Lord Plumb
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former general-secretary of the National Farmers Union and former president of the European Parliament
|
The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton
|
The Lord Popat
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Founder and chairman of hospitality and health care firm TLC Group Ltd
|
The Lord Powell of Bayswater
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former diplomat
|
The Baroness Prashar
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission and president of the Royal Commonwealth Society
|
The Lord Prescott
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Deputy Prime Minister
|
The Baroness Prosser
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Deputy Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and former president of the Trades Union Congress
|
The Lord Purvis of Tweed
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Puttnam
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Film producer
|
The Baroness Quin
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the Franco-British Council (British Section) and former Minister of State for Europe
|
The Lord Quirk
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Professor of English Language at the University of Durham and former Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London
|
The Lord Radice
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Author, Chairman of the British Association for Central and Eastern Europe and former Chairman of Policy Network
|
The Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former diplomat and former case officer in the Secret Intelligence Service
|
The Lord Ramsbotham
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former General and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons
|
The Lord Rana
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
President of Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry
|
The Baroness Randerson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language and former Cardiff Council Leader
|
The Baroness Rawlings
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
President of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and former Chairman of King's College London Council
|
The Lord Razzall
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Rea
|
Labour
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Doctor
|
The Baroness Rebuck
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Penguin Random House UK publishers
|
The Lord Redesdale
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Hereditary peer who sits by virtue of a life peerage, Baron Mitford
|
The Lord Rees of Ludlow
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and Astronomer Royal, president of the Royal Society
|
The Lord Reid of Cardowan
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretaries of State for Scotland, Health, Defence and former Home Secretary
|
The Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Emeritus Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton
|
The Lord Rennard
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Renton of Mount Harry
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former chief whip in the House of Commons
|
The Lord Renwick of Clifton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former diplomat, and former British Ambassadors to South Africa and to the United States
|
The Lord Ribeiro
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Consultant General Surgeon; member of the Health Policy Research Advisory Board of the American College of Surgeons
|
The Lord Richard
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former British Ambassador to the United Nations and former European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs and former Leader of the House of Lords
|
The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
|
The Baroness Richardson of Calow
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former President of the Methodist Conference
|
The Viscount Ridley
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Scientist, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
|
The Lord Risby
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party responsible for business links in the City of London
|
The Lord Rix
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
President of the Royal Mencap Society
|
The Lord Roberts of Llandudno
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
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Former President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
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The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former NATO Secretary General and Secretary of State for Defence
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The Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank
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Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
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Former Secretary of State for Transport, former Director-General of the Royal Institute of British Architects, formre Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority and member of the Gang of Four that founded the Social Democratic Party
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The Lord Rogan
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Ulster Unionist
|
Life peer
|
Former president of the Ulster Unionist Party
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The Lord Rogers of Riverside
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Modernist architect and winner of the RIBA Gold Medal, the Thomas Jefferson Medal, the RIBA Stirling Prize, the Minerva Medal and Pritzker Prize
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The Lord Rooker
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Independent Labour
|
Life peer
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Chairman of the Food Standards Agency
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The Lord Roper
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Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former director of the Institute for Security Studies of Western European Union
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The Lord Rose of Monewden
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Conservative
|
Life peer
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Former chief executive and chairman of Marks & Spencer
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The Lord Rosser
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Labour
|
Life peer
|
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The Earl of Rosslyn
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
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The Lord Rotherwick
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Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
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The Lord Rowe-Beddoe
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Deputy Chair of the UK Statistics Authority
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The Lord Rowlands
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
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The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Leader of the House of Lords
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The Lord Russell of Liverpool
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Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
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The Lord Ryder of Wensum
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former vice-chairman of the BBC
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The Lord Saatchi
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Co-founder and executive director of Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi
|
The Lord Sacks
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
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The Lord St John of Bletso
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
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The Lord Sanderson of Bowden
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Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Earl of Sandwich
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Sassoon
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury and former President of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
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The Lord Saville of Newdigate
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Former Law Lord and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
|
The Lord Sawyer
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Attorney General for England and Wales and former Advocate General for Northern Ireland
|
The Lord Scott of Foscote
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Former Law Lord
|
The Baroness Scott of Needham Market
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former President of the Liberal Democrats
|
The Lord Scriven
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of Sheffield City Council
|
The Baroness Seccombe
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Earl of Selborne
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Selkirk of Douglas
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Selsdon
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Sewel
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Committees
|
The Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Solicitor
|
The Lord Sharkey
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of the Liberal Democrat 2010 General Election campaign
|
The Baroness Sharp of Guildford
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Sharples
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Sheikh
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman and executive of Camberford Law
|
The Lord Sheldon
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee
|
The Baroness Shephard of Northwold
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Education and Employment and former Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
|
The Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Sherlock
|
Labour
|
life peer
|
Former 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
|
The Baroness Shields
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Digital adviser to David Cameron, chairwoman of Tech City UK
|
The Lord Shipley
|
Liberal Democrat
|
life peer
|
|
The Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Shutt of Greetland
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Viscount Simon
|
Labour
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Singh of Wimbledon
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Skelmersdale
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Skidelsky
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick
|
The Viscount Slim
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Baroness Smith of Basildon
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Minister of State for Third Sector
|
The Lord Smith of Clifton
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Politics at Queen Mary College, honorary Professor of Politics of the University of Ulster and former visiting Professor of Politics at the Universities of York and Portsmouth
|
The Lord Smith of Finsbury
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and former chair of the Advertising Standards Authority
|
The Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
President of Scottish Opera and chairman of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
|
The Lord Smith of Kelvin
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of The Weir Group and Scottish and Southern Energy former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation
|
The Lord Smith of Leigh
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Local Government Leadership
|
The Baroness Smith of Newnham
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Senior lecturer in international relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), Cambridge University
|
The Lord Snape
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former MP and implicated in the Cash for Influence scandal
|
The Duke of Somerset
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Soley
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party and former MP
|
The Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Veterinary surgeon to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, former president of the Royal Society of Medicine, former president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, former Professor of Animal Pathology at the University of Cambridge, former president of the Royal Society for Public Health
|
The Lord Spicer
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former MP and former Chairman of the 1922 Committee
|
The Earl of Stair
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Baroness Stedman-Scott
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chief Executive of Tomorrow's People Trust
|
The Lord Steel of Aikwood
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of the Liberal Party and former MP and MSP
|
The Lord Stephen
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Former Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and former deputy first minister of Scotland
|
The Lord Sterling of Plaistow
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Motability, former executive chairman of P&O
|
The Baroness Stern
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former director of NACRO, former Secretary General of Penal Reform International and author of many books on prison reform
|
The Lord Stern of Brentford
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, author of the Stern Report
|
The Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
|
The Lord Stevens of Ludgate
|
UKIP
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Stevenson of Coddenham
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chairman of Manocap, former chairmen of Aerfi, Pearson and HBOS
|
The Lord Stewartby
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former MP and Fellow of the British Academy
|
The Lord Stirrup
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
|
The Lord Steyn
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Former Law Lord
|
The Lord Stoddart of Swindon
|
Independent Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Stone of Blackheath
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former joint-managing director of Marks and Spencer, Chairman of Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation
|
The Lord Stoneham of Droxford
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Liberal Democrat HQ Operations Director
|
The Lord Storey
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Councillor and former leader of Liverpool City Council
|
The Baroness Stowell of Beeston
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
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
|
The Lord Strasburger
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Strathclyde
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
Former Leader of the House of Lords
|
The Lord Sugar
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
TV personality and businessman
|
The Lord Suri
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Businessman and formerly the general secretary of the Board of British Sikhs
|
The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion
|
The Baroness Suttie
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Swinfen
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Tanlaw
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Taverne
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Taylor of Blackburn
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Taylor of Bolton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Government Chief Whip in the Lords
|
The Lord Taylor of Warwick
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Suspended from the House May 2011-June 2012
|
The Lord Tebbit
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Temple-Morris
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Teverson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Thomas of Gresford
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Deputy High Court Judge
|
The Lord Thomas of Swynnerton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Thomas of Winchester
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Thornton
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Thurlow
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Tomlinson
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Tonge
|
Independent Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Tope
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Tordoff
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Touhig
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Trees
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Trefgarne
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Viscount Trenchard
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Triesman
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Trimble
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord True
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit
|
The Baroness Trumpington
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Truscott
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Suspended from membership May–November 2009
|
The Lord Tugendhat
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Tunnicliffe
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Turnberg
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester
|
The Lord Turnbull
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
|
The Baroness Turner of Camden
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Turner of Ecchinswell
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Chair of the Climate Change Committee and former chair of the Financial Services Authority
|
The Baroness Tyler of Enfield
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Chief executive of Relate
|
The Lord Tyler
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Uddin
|
Non-affiliated
|
Life peer
|
Suspended from the House October 2010-May 2012
|
The Viscount Ullswater
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Baroness Valentine
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Vallance of Tummel
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Verjee
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Verma
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Vinson
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Wade of Chorlton
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Former chairman of Campus Ventures, currently chairman of Rising Stars Growth Fund Ltd
|
The Lord Wakeham
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Walker of Aldringham
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
|
The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Former Law Lord and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
|
The Baroness Wall of New Barnet
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Trade unionist
|
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Emeritus professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, former director of studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
|
The Lord Wallace of Tankerness
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
|
The Baroness Walmsley
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Walpole
|
Crossbench
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Walton of Detchant
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former presidents of the British Medical Association, General Medical Council, the Royal Society of Medicine
|
The Lord Warner
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Warnock
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Warsi
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Wasserman
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Internationally recognised expert on management of police forces
|
The Lord Watson of Invergowrie
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Watson of Richmond
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Wei
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Weidenfeld
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord West of Spithead
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former Admiral
|
The Baroness Wheatcroft
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
Journalist and editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal Europe and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph
|
The Baroness Wheeler
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Whitaker
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Whitby
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Whitty
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Wigley
|
Plaid Cymru
|
Life peer
|
Former leader of Plaid Cymru
|
The Baroness Wilcox
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Wilkins
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Williams of Baglan
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Former United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon
|
The Baroness Williams of Crosby
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life peer
|
Professor Emerita of Electoral Politics at the JFK School of Government at Harvard University and member of the Gang of Four that founded the Social Democratic Party
|
The Lord Williams of Elvel
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Williams of Oystermouth
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Archbishop of Canterbury
|
The Baroness Williams of Trafford
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Williamson of Horton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Secretary-General of the European Commission
|
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life Peer
|
|
The Lord Willoughby de Broke
|
UKIP
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|
The Lord Wills
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Wilson of Dinton
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
|
The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Winston
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London
|
The Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King's College London
|
The Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Wood of Anfield
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Lecturer in politics at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Nexus think-tank
|
The Lord Woolf
|
Crossbench
|
Law life peer
|
Former Law Lord and chairman of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, visiting professor of law at University College London
|
The Lord Woolmer of Leeds
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Worthington
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
Career focusing on promoting environmental and social change
|
The Lord Wrigglesworth
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Life Peer
|
|
The Lord Wright of Richmond
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
Former Head of the Diplomatic Service
|
The Lord Young of Graffham
|
Conservative
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Young of Hornsey
|
Crossbench
|
Life peer
|
|
The Lord Young of Norwood Green
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Baroness Young of Old Scone
|
Labour
|
Life peer
|
|
The Viscount Younger of Leckie
|
Conservative
|
Excepted hereditary peer
|
|