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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.
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 ...
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 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 legitimate children of a life peer appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable", although they cannot inherit the peerage itself. Prior to 2009, life peers of baronial rank could also be so created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 for senior judges (referred to as Law ...
28 peers elected by the crossbench hereditary peers; 15 peers elected by the whole House; By convention, whole-House elections elect members of the same affiliation as the departed peer. [2] These numbers elected by each group reflected the relative strengths of the parties among hereditary peers in 1999; this allocation has remained unchanged ...
This is a list of life peerages in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 from 2010 to 2024, during the tenures of Conservative prime ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.
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.