Membership and Roles September 2020 This booklet contains some basic information about the current membership of the House and its committees. It is intended to be used as a quick reference guide. Full and up-to-date membership data can be accessed online at www.parliament.uk/ mps-lords-and-offices/lords/. Links to further membership information are also listed on the inside back cover. Feedback and corrections may be sent by email to [email protected]. Contents Membership A–Z ....................................................................... 3 Lord Speaker and Senior Deputy Speaker ................30 Deputy Speakers and Deputy Chairmen ...................31 “Noble and Gallant” Lords .................................................33 “Noble and Learned” Lords ...............................................33 “Noble and Right Reverend” Lords ...............................34 Ineligible members ...................................................................35 Management Board .................................................................36 Registrar of Lords’ Interests ................................................36 Committees and their membership ..............................37 Other bodies and their Lords membership ..............56 Government and Party Spokespeople .........................58 2 Keys Keys Title abbreviations Abp. .....................................Archbishop B.............................................Baroness Bp. .........................................Bishop D. ..........................................Duke E. ............................................Earl L. ............................................Lord (Baron) M. ..........................................Marquess V. ...........................................Viscount Parties and groups Con. .....................................Conservative Con. Ind. ...........................Conservative Independent DUP.....................................Democratic Unionist Party Green .................................Green Party Ind. Lab. .............................Independent Labour Ind. SD ...............................Independent Social Democrat Ind. UU ..............................Independent Ulster Unionist Lab. .......................................Labour Lab. Ind. .............................Labour Independent LD .........................................Liberal Democrat 1 Keys PC .........................................Plaid Cymru UUP .....................................Ulster Unionist Party XB .........................................Crossbench Terms of address and Privy Counsellors (Membership A–Z, marked before each name) g .............................................A “noble and gallant” Lord l ..............................................A “noble and learned” Lord p .............................................Privy Counsellor r ����������������������������������������������A “noble and right reverend” Lord Current Bishops of the Church of England are referred to as “the right reverend Prelate, the Bishop of...” Current Archbishops of the Church of England are referred to as “the most reverend Primate, the Archbishop of...” Further information on terms of address can be found in the Short Guide to Procedure. 2 Membership A–Z Membership A–Z A Aberdare, L. ......................................................................XB Adams of Craigielea, B. ..............................................Lab. Addington, L. ....................................................................LD Adebowale, L. ..................................................................XB p Adonis, L. ............................................................................Lab. Afshar, B. .............................................................................XB Agnew of Oulton, L. ....................................................Con. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. .........................................Con. Ahmed, L. ...........................................................................Non-affiliated Alderdice, L. ......................................................................LD Allan of Hallam, L. .........................................................LD Allen of Kensington, L. ................................................Lab. Alli, L. ....................................................................................Lab. Alliance, L. ..........................................................................LD Altmann, B. ........................................................................Con. Alton of Liverpool, L. ...................................................XB p Amos, B. ..............................................................................Lab. Anderson of Ipswich, L. ..............................................XB p Anderson of Swansea, L. ...........................................Lab. Andrews, B. .......................................................................Lab. p Anelay of St Johns, B. ...................................................Con. p Arbuthnot of Edrom, L...............................................Con. Archer of Weston-Super-Mare, L. ......................Non-affiliated p Armstrong of Hill Top, B. ..........................................Lab. Arran, E................................................................................Con. p Ashton of Hyde, L. ........................................................Con. p Ashton of Upholland, B..............................................Non-affiliated Astor, V. ..............................................................................Con. 3 Membership A–Z p Astor of Hever, L. ..........................................................Con. Attlee, E. ..............................................................................Con. Austin of Dudley, L. ......................................................Non-affiliated B Bach, L. .................................................................................Lab. p Baker of Dorking, L. ......................................................Con. Bakewell, B. ........................................................................Lab. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. ..............LD Balfe, L. .................................................................................Con. Bamford, L. ........................................................................Con. Barker, B. .............................................................................LD p Barker of Battle, L. .........................................................Con. Barran, B. .............................................................................Con. p Barwell, L. ...........................................................................Con. p Bassam of Brighton, L. .................................................Lab. p Bates, L.................................................................................Con. Beecham, L. .......................................................................Lab. p Beith, L. ................................................................................LD Benjamin, B. .......................................................................LD Bennett of Manor Castle, B. ....................................Green Berkeley, L..........................................................................Lab. Berkeley of Knighton, L. .............................................XB Berridge, B. ........................................................................Con. Bertin, B. ..............................................................................Con. Best, L. ..................................................................................XB Bethell, L. ............................................................................Con. Bew, L. ..................................................................................XB Bhatia, L. ..............................................................................Non-affiliated Bichard, L. ...........................................................................XB Bilimoria, L. ........................................................................XB Billingham, B. .....................................................................Lab. 4 Membership A–Z Bird, L....................................................................................XB Birmingham, Bp. ..............................................................Bishop Birt, L. ....................................................................................XB Black of Brentwood, L. ...............................................Con. Black of Crossharbour, L. ..........................................Non-affiliated Blackburn, Bp. ...................................................................Bishop p Blackstone, B.....................................................................Lab. Ind. Blackwell, L. .......................................................................Con. Blackwood of North Oxford, B. ...........................Con. Blair of Boughton, L. .....................................................XB p Blencathra, L. ....................................................................Con. Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, B. ........................Con. Blower, B. ...........................................................................Lab. p Blunkett, L. .........................................................................Lab. p Boateng, L. .........................................................................Lab.