Lords membership - by gender
This page shows eligible Members of the House of Lords, broken down by gender, who can scrutinise bills, investigate government activity through committee work, and questions government through oral and written questions, as well as debates.
Party/group | Men | Women | Non-binary | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Conservative
|
209 | 70 | 0 | 279 |
|
Labour
|
125 | 88 | 0 | 213 |
|
Crossbench
|
135 | 47 | 0 | 182 |
|
Liberal Democrat
|
46 | 31 | 0 | 77 |
|
Non-affiliated
|
28 | 11 | 0 | 39 |
|
Bishops
|
16 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
|
Democratic Unionist Party
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
|
Ulster Unionist Party
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
Green Party
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
Plaid Cymru
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
|
Conservative Independent
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Lord Speaker
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 571 | 258 | 0 | 829 |