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Pages in category "Crossbench life peers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 332 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A crossbencher is a minor party or independent member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia. They take their name from the crossbenches, between and perpendicular to the government and opposition benches, where crossbenchers sit in the chamber.
List of longest-serving current Members of the House of Lords and List of elected hereditary peers under the House of Lords Act 1999 use the slightly differently named template Crossbench/meta/color with the lighter shade grey. Personally, I prefer the latter (it just seems fitting that non-partisan people should have less strong colours than ...
Others have had no party allegiance and chose this designation rather than joining the crossbench. [2] A member who is elected as Lord Speaker must withdraw from any party affiliation, [3] but is not considered to be a non-affiliated peer. Former lord speakers have sat as crossbenchers after holding office.
Crossbench hereditary peers (67 P) L. Crossbench life peers (332 P) This page was last edited on 12 June 2016, at 16:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Pages in category "Crossbench hereditary peers" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Modern life is difficult. Maybe not as much as it was in the Middle Ages when the plague was looming on the right and an angry mob with pitchforks were chasing "witches" on the left but still ...
In the 2020 Special Honours, she was granted a life peerage as a crossbench peer, [66] and was created Baroness Casey of Blackstock, of Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington, on 30 October 2020. [67] She was introduced to the House of Lords on 13 September 2021. [68] She was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2023. [69]