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The following are lists of members of the House of Lords: List of current members of the House of Lords; List of life peerages; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal, former director of the New Schools Network and deputy director at Policy Exchange: Lord Evans of Guisborough: 6 February 2025 Conservative Life peer Former London Assembly member for Havering and Redbridge (2000–2016), former Deputy Mayor of London (2015–2016) Lord Evans of Rainow: 9 ...
Number of members of the House of Lords from 1998 to 2021. The size of the House of Lords has varied greatly throughout its history. The English House of Lords—then comprising 168 members—was joined at Westminster by 16 Scottish peers to represent the peerage of Scotland—a total of 184 nobles—in 1707's first Parliament of Great Britain.
The electorates are either the whole membership of the House of Lords (including life peers), or a party group of sitting hereditary peers. A standing order of the House, approved prior to the commencement of the House of Lords Act 1999, mandates that the 90 elected hereditary peers consist of: [1] 2 peers elected by the Labour hereditary peers
Many small constituencies, known as pocket or rotten boroughs, were controlled by members of the House of Lords , who could ensure the election of their relatives or supporters. During the reforms of the 19th century, beginning with the Reform Act 1832 , the electoral system for the House of Commons was progressively regularised.
List of current members of the House of Lords; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of law life peerages (1876–2009) List of life peerages (1377–1876)
Known as the Unlearned Parliament, the Lawless Parliament. [160] The Parliament of Dunces or Parliamentum Indoctorum met at Coventry. 6th 21 December 1405 1405/1406 1 March 1406 22 December 1406 3 John Tiptoft: Known as the Long Parliament.; the autumn session was held at Gloucester. [161] 7th 26 August 1407 1407 20 October 1407 2 December 1407 1
The leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords.The post is also the leader of the governing party in the House of Lords who acts as the government party chairperson in the house.