List of members of the House of Lords


This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Current sitting members

Lords Spiritual

26 bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords: the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York, the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, and the next 21 most senior diocesan bishops. Under the Lords Spiritual Act 2015, female bishops take precedence over men until May 2025 to become new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats allocated by seniority.
BishopricNameSummoned
to Lords		Diocesan
bishop since		Notes
Lord Archbishop of CanterburyJustin Welby20112011Previously Lord Bishop of Durham
Lord Archbishop of YorkStephen Cottrell20142010
Lord Bishop of LondonSarah Mullally20182018
Lord Bishop of DurhamPaul Butler20142010
Lord Bishop of WinchesterTim Dakin20122012
Lord Bishop of BirminghamDavid Urquhart20102006
Lord Bishop of BlackburnJulian Henderson20192013
Lord Bishop of BristolVivienne Faull20182018Joined Lords per Lords Spiritual Act
Lord Bishop of CarlisleJames Newcome20132009
Lord Bishop of ChichesterMartin Warner20182012
Lord Bishop of CoventryChristopher Cocksworth20132008
Lord Bishop of DerbyLibby Lane20192019Joined Lords per Lords Spiritual Act
Lord Bishop of ElyStephen Conway20142010
Lord Bishop of GloucesterRachel Treweek20152015Joined Lords per Lords Spiritual Act
Lord Bishop of LeedsNick Baines20142011
Lord Bishop of LincolnChristopher Lowson20172011
Lord Bishop of ManchesterDavid Walker20202013
Lord Bishop of NewcastleChristine Hardman20152015Joined Lords per Lords Spiritual Act
Lord Bishop of OxfordSteven Croft20132009Previously Lord Bishop of Sheffield
Lord Bishop of PeterboroughDonald Allister20142010
Lord Bishop of PortsmouthChristopher Foster20142010
Lord Bishop of RochesterJames Langstaff20142010
Lord Bishop of St AlbansAlan Smith20132009
Lord Bishop of SalisburyNick Holtam20142011
Lord Bishop of SouthwarkChristopher Chessun20142011
Lord Bishop of WorcesterJohn Inge20122008

Lords Temporal

Lords Temporal include life peers, excepted hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 and remaining law life peers.
Indicates peer who returned to the House

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Current non-sitting members

There are also peers who remain members of the House, but are currently ineligible to sit and vote.

Peers on leave of absence

Under section 23 of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, peers may obtain a leave of absence for the remainder of a Parliament. The following peers are currently on a leave of absence.

Peers disqualified

Under section 137 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, holders of certain judicial offices who are peers are disqualified from sitting and voting in the House of Lords while in office. The following peers are currently subject to this provision.

Recently deceased

The following peers have died since August 2019:

Ceased to be members

In addition to the hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999 and retired Lords Spiritual, there are a number of peers who have permanently ceased to be members of the House.

Resigned

Under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers may permanently retire or otherwise resign their membership of the House. The following peers have exercised that right since the Act came into force in August 2014 and are either still living or have died since August 2019:
Additionally, the following peer elected to retire from the House of Lords in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 27 June 2011, under which peers were granted the option to signal their intention to voluntarily retire and have their service recognised in the House and marked informally outside the House, and has died since August 2019.

Removed for non-attendance

Under section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers who fail to attend any sittings of the House during a whole parliamentary session cease to be members of the House at the start of the next session. The following peers have been subject to this provision since the Act came into force and are still living or have died since August 2019:

Resigned under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010

Under section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, peers are automatically and compulsorily treated as domiciled in the United Kingdom for tax purposes. Section 42 allowed peers who did not wish to comply with the provision to choose within three months of the act coming into force to give notice with the same effect as to resign and retire from the House of Lords. The following peers opted to exercise that right and are still living or have died since August 2019: