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Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords are peers who do not belong to any parliamentary group in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. They do not take a political party's whip, nor affiliate to the crossbench group, nor are they Lords Spiritual (active Church of England bishops).
- List of members of the House of Lords - Wikipedia
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, former Minister of...
- List of members of the House of Lords - Wikipedia
There are currently 785 sitting members of the House of Lords, of which 667 are life peers (as of 2 October 2023) and 228 are women (see:Women in the House of Lords). An additional 36 Lords are ineligible to participate, including two peers who are constitutionally disqualified as members of the Judiciary.
- The Lord True, Conservative, since 6 September 2022
- The Lord Gardiner of Kimble, since 11 May 2021
- The Lord McFall of Alcluith, since 1 May 2021
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Crossbench members of the British House of Lords are not aligned to any particular party. Until 2009, these included the Law Lords appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. In addition, former Speakers of the House of Commons (such as Lord Martin of Springburn and Baroness Boothroyd) and former Lord Speakers of the House of Lords (such a...
In the federal Parliament of Australia as well as the parliaments of the Australian states and territories, the term crossbencher refers to any and all minor party and independent members of the parliaments. More precisely, a crossbencher is any member who are not part of the governing party or parties, nor the party or parties forming what is know...
In the New Zealand House of Representatives, MPs from parties that are not openly aligned with either the government or the official opposition (such as those belonging to New Zealand First from 2011 to 2017) are sometimes referred to as crossbenchers, but those who support the government in confidence and supply agreements are regarded as part of ...
The term "crossbencher" is generally not used for the federal Parliament of Canada or any of the provincial or territorial legislatures. Instead, any party that is not the governing party is an "opposition party", with the largest of these designated the official opposition (and their leader is designated Leader of the Opposition). Opposition parti...
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Hace 5 días · The majority are life peers. Find out more about the membership of the Lords. Meet our members. How members are appointed. Members of the House of Lords are appointed by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister. Some non-party-political members are recommended by an independent body, the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
Democrats counted 93.1 The non-affiliated group comprised 49 Members, some of whom held positions that required them to remain unaffiliated with any particular party or group and some of whom had a political affiliation previously but either resigned the whip or had the whip withdrawn.
Independent members of the House of Lords. Redirect to: Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords#Independent members.
