Lords by party and gender

Membership: 1 February 2013

 

Party Life Peers Excepted
Hereditary Peers
Bishops Total
Conservative 165 48 213
Labour 218 4 222
Liberal Democrat 86 4 90
Crossbench 147 31 178
Bishops 25 25
Other* 31 1 32

Total

647

88

25

760

 

By party/group and gender Men Women Total
Conservative 174 39 213
Labour 158 64 222
Liberal Democrat 64 26 90
Crossbench 141 37 178
Bishops 25 0 25
Other* 26 6 32
TOTAL 588 172 760

Note: These tables exclude those members not eligible to sit: 38 members who are on leave of absence, 11 disqualified as senior members of the judiciary and 1 disqualified as an MEP.

 

*These are:

Other political parties:
L. Bannside: DUP
L. Browne of Belmont: DUP
L. Elis-Thomas: Plaid Cymru
L. Empey: UUP
L. Laird: UUP
L. Morrow: DUP
B. Paisley of St George's: DUP
L. Pearson of Rannoch: UKIP
L. Rogan: UUP
L. Rooker: Labour Independent
L. Stevens of Ludgate: Conservative Independent
L. Stoddart of Swindon: Independent Labour
B. Tonge: Independent Liberal Democrat 
L. Wigley: Plaid Cymru
L. Willoughby de Broke: UKIP

Non affiliated members:
L. Archer of Weston-Super-Mare
L. Bhatia
L. Boswell of Aynho: Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees
L. Collins of Mapesbury
B. D'Souza: Lord Speaker 
B. Ford
L. Hanningfield
L. Jacobs
L. Kalms
L. Maginnis of Drumglass
L. Paul
L. Sewel: Chairman of Committees
L. Smith of Finsbury 
L. Taylor of Warwick
L. Truscott
B. Uddin
B. Young of Old Scone

This information is updated monthly. As at 6pm 31 January 2013.