List of current members of the House of Lords
This is a list of current members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Current sitting members
Lords Spiritual
Twenty-six 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 (Women) Act 2015, until May 2030, female bishops take precedence over men to become new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats allocated by seniority.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 after leaving it |
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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.Peers suspended
The following peers are currently suspended from the House in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015.Incoming members
The following people have been announced to become peers but have not yet received their writ of summons or letters patent and have not been introduced.In addition, three individuals currently sitting as excepted hereditary peers will be created life peers: