Asked by: Lord Strathclyde (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government which current members of the House of Lords will be affected by the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill as currently drafted.
Answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
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 |