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The Life Peerages Bill was introduced into the House of Lords on 21 November 1957, and its second reading took place on 3 and 5 December 1957. Committee stage was taken on 17 and 18 December 1957. The bill was reported without amendment and given a third reading on 30 January 1958.
As of 10 February 2025, there are 723 life peers eligible to vote in the House of Lords. [12] This includes 234 Conservative, 210 Labour, 74 Liberal Democrat, and 151 crossbench peers. There are also 13 others representing 4 other parties, 39 non-affiliated, 1 labelling themselves as "independent" but close to a party, and the Lord Speaker. [12]
As of March 2024, there are 670 life peers eligible to vote in the House. [78] Life peers rank only as barons or baronesses, and are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958. Like all other peers, life peers are created by the Sovereign, who acts on the advice of the Prime Minister or the House of Lords Appointments Commission. By convention ...
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
The largest group of Lords Temporal, and indeed of the whole House, are life peers. As of March 2024 there are 670 life peers. [8] Life peerages rank only as barons or baronesses, and are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958. Like all other peers, life peers are created by the Crown, who acts on the advice of the Prime Minister or the House ...
The 26 Lords Spiritual and a variable number of life peers would remain in the House. The sections of the Bill as introduced are listed below: [4] Section 1: Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers. This section repeals section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999, removing the exceptions for hereditary peers remaining in the House of Lords.
Life peer Businesswoman, former civil servant and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury: Lord Newby: 25 September 1997 Liberal Democrat Life peer Chair of Sport at The Prince's Trust: Baroness Newlove: 14 July 2010 Conservative Life peer Community reform campaigner Baroness Nichols of Selby: 31 January 2025 Labour Life peer Trade unionist
In 1648, the House of Commons passed an Act abolishing the House of Lords, "finding by too long experience that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the people of England." The Peerage was not abolished, and peers became entitled to be elected to the sole remaining House of Parliament.