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
|
189 | 68 | 0 | 257 |
|
Crossbench
|
139 | 47 | 0 | 186 |
|
Labour
|
111 | 59 | 0 | 170 |
|
Liberal Democrat
|
51 | 32 | 0 | 83 |
|
Non-affiliated
|
34 | 5 | 0 | 39 |
|
Bishops
|
20 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
|
Democratic Unionist Party
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
Green Party
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
Ulster Unionist Party
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Conservative Independent
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Independent Social Democrat
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Labour Independent
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
Lord Speaker
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Plaid Cymru
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 555 | 219 | 0 | 774 |