Ésta es una lista de miembros de la Cámara de los Lores , la cámara alta del Parlamento del Reino Unido .
Veintiséis obispos de la Iglesia de Inglaterra se sientan en la Cámara de los Lores: los arzobispos de Canterbury y de York , los obispos de Londres , de Durham y de Winchester , y los siguientes 21 obispos diocesanos de mayor rango (con la excepción del obispo en Europa y el Obispo de Sodor y Man ). Según la Ley de los Señores Espirituales (Mujeres) de 2015 , las obispas tienen prioridad sobre los hombres hasta mayo de 2025 para convertirse en nuevas Señores Espirituales para los 21 escaños asignados por antigüedad.
Los Lores Temporales incluyen pares vitalicios , exceptuados los pares hereditarios elegidos bajo la Ley de la Cámara de los Lores de 1999 y los pares vitalicios legales restantes .
Notas
También hay pares que siguen siendo miembros de la Cámara, pero que actualmente no son elegibles para sentarse y votar.
Según el artículo 23 del Reglamento de la Cámara de los Lores, los pares pueden obtener un permiso de ausencia por el resto del Parlamento. [1] Los siguientes compañeros se encuentran actualmente en excedencia. [2]
Under section 137(3) 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.[3] The following peers are currently subject to this provision.
The following peers are currently suspended from the House in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015.
Apart from retired Lords Spiritual and the surviving hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999, including the Marquess of Cholmondeley who was exempt from the 1999 Act by virtue of his position as Lord Great Chamberlain until the accession of Charles III in September 2022,[6] there are a number of living peers who have permanently ceased to be members of the House.
Under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers may permanently retire or otherwise resign their membership of the House.[7] The following peers have exercised that right and are still living:[8]
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:[11]
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.[12] The following peers opted to exercise that right and are still living:[8]
The following life peers and elected hereditary peers have died since August 2023:[13]
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.
That, in accordance with Standing Order 12, Lord Maginnis of Drumglass be suspended from the service of the House for a period of at least 18 months and until the Conduct Committee confirms that he has satisfactorily completed the other requirements of the sanction
That, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Ranger of Northwood be suspended from the service of the House for a period of three weeks