H O U S E of L O R D S
BRIEFING
ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION
- 2 February 2004
By Party Strength
| Party |
Life Peers |
Hereditary: Elected by party |
Hereditary: Elected Office
Holders |
Hereditary: * Royal Office
Holders |
Bishops |
Total |
| Conservative |
161 |
41** |
8 |
|
|
210 |
| Labour |
177 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
181 |
| Liberal Democrat |
59 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
64 |
| Crossbench |
148 |
29** |
2 |
2 |
|
181 |
| Archbishops and Bishops |
|
|
|
|
26 |
26 |
| Other*** |
6 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
| TOTAL |
551 |
75 |
14 |
2 |
26 |
668 |
NB Excludes 11 peers who are on leave of absence.
By Type
| Archbishops and bishops |
|
26 |
| Life Peers under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act
1876 |
(1 women) |
30 |
| Life Peers under the Life Peerages Act 1958 |
(108 women) |
531 |
| Peers under House of Lords Act 1999 |
(4 women) |
92 |
| TOTAL |
|
679 |
* These are: the Duke of Norfolk, The Earl Marshal (Crossbench)
and the Marquess of Cholmondeley, The Lord Great Chamberlain (Crossbench).
**L. Brabazon of Tara was elected as a Conservative but,
as the Chairman of Committees, he now sits on the Crossbenches.
***These are: L. Archer of Weston-super-Mare, Non-affiliated;
L. Beaumont of Whitley, Green Party; L. Fitt, Independent
Socialist; L. Grenfell Non-affiliated; L. Stoddart of
Swindon, Independent Labour; B. Young of Old Scone, Non-affiliated.
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