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Peers

Answer

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill delivers the manifesto commitment to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. As a result of the Bill, the 92 seats currently reserved for hereditary peers will be removed. The Bill will remove the remaining hereditary peers at the end of the Parliamentary session in which it receives Royal Assent. A list of the current hereditary peers can be found below

Title	Party/group
Earl Attlee	Conservative
Earl Cathcart	Conservative
Earl Howe	Conservative
Earl Peel	Crossbench
Earl Russell	Liberal Democrat
Lord Aberdare	Crossbench
Lord Addington	Liberal Democrat
Lord Altrincham	Conservative
Lord Ashcombe	Conservative
Lord Ashton of Hyde	Non-affiliated
Lord Bethell	Conservative
Lord Borwick	Conservative
Lord Camoys	Conservative
Lord Carrington	Crossbench
Lord Colgrain	Conservative
Lord Crathorne	Conservative
Lord Cromwell	Crossbench
Lord de Clifford	Crossbench
Lord De Mauley	Conservative
Lord Fairfax of Cameron	Conservative
Lord Freyberg	Crossbench
Lord Geddes	Conservative
Lord Glenarthur	Conservative
Lord Grantchester	Labour
Lord Greenway	Crossbench
Lord Hacking	Labour
Lord Hampton	Crossbench
Lord Harlech	Conservative
Lord Henley	Conservative
Lord Inglewood	Non-affiliated
Lord Londesborough	Crossbench
Lord Lucas	Conservative
Lord Mancroft	Conservative
Lord Meston	Crossbench
Lord Mountevans	Crossbench
Lord Moynihan	Conservative
Lord Northbrook	Conservative
Lord Ravensdale	Crossbench
Lord Reay	Conservative
Lord Remnant	Conservative
Lord Roborough	Conservative
Lord Russell of Liverpool	Crossbench
Lord Sandhurst	Conservative
Lord St John of Bletso	Crossbench
Lord Strathcarron	Conservative
Lord Strathclyde	Conservative
Lord Thurlow	Crossbench
Lord Trefgarne	Conservative
Lord Trevethin and Oaksey	Crossbench
Lord Vaux of Harrowden	Crossbench
Lord Wrottesley	Conservative
The Duke of Montrose	Conservative
The Duke of Norfolk	Crossbench
The Duke of Somerset	Crossbench
The Duke of Wellington	Crossbench
The Earl of Arran	Conservative
The Earl of Caithness	Conservative
The Earl of Clancarty	Crossbench
The Earl of Cork and Orrery	Crossbench
The Earl of Courtown	Conservative
The Earl of Devon	Crossbench
The Earl of Dundee	Conservative
The Earl of Effingham	Conservative
The Earl of Erroll	Crossbench
The Earl of Glasgow	Liberal Democrat
The Earl of Kinnoull	Crossbench
The Earl of Leicester	Conservative
The Earl of Lindsay	Conservative
The Earl of Liverpool	Conservative
The Earl of Lytton	Crossbench
The Earl of Minto	Conservative
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith	Crossbench
The Earl of Rosslyn	Crossbench
The Earl of Shrewsbury	Conservative
The Earl of Stair	Crossbench
Viscount Astor	Conservative
Viscount Bridgeman	Conservative
Viscount Brookeborough	Crossbench
Viscount Camrose	Conservative
Viscount Colville of Culross	Crossbench
Viscount Craigavon	Crossbench
Viscount Eccles	Conservative
Viscount Goschen	Conservative
Viscount Hanworth	Labour
Viscount Stansgate	Labour
Viscount Thurso	Liberal Democrat
Viscount Trenchard	Conservative
Viscount Waverley	Crossbench
Viscount Younger of Leckie	Conservative

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL3770

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Peers

Legislation

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-26

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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