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Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords are peers who do not belong to any parliamentary group in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. They do not take a political party's whip, nor affiliate to the crossbench group, nor are they Lords Spiritual (active Church of England bishops).
This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Crossbench members of the British House of Lords are not aligned to any particular party. Until 2009, these included the Law Lords appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. In addition, former Speakers of the House of Commons (such as Lord Martin of Springburn and Baroness Boothroyd) and former Lord Speakers of the House of Lords (such a...
In the federal Parliament of Australia as well as the parliaments of the Australian states and territories, the term crossbencher refers to any and all minor party and independent members of the parliaments. More precisely, a crossbencher is any member who are not part of the governing party or parties, nor the party or parties forming what is know...
In the New Zealand House of Representatives, MPs from parties that are not openly aligned with either the government or the official opposition (such as those belonging to New Zealand First from 2011 to 2017) are sometimes referred to as crossbenchers, but those who support the government in confidence and supply agreements are regarded as part of ...
The term "crossbencher" is generally not used for the federal Parliament of Canada or any of the provincial or territorial legislatures. Instead, any party that is not the governing party is an "opposition party", with the largest of these designated the official opposition (and their leader is designated Leader of the Opposition). Opposition parti...
5 giorni fa · Meet our members. How members are appointed. Members of the House of Lords are appointed by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister. Some non-party-political members are recommended by an independent body, the House of Lords Appointments Commission. More on how members are appointed.
Library briefings are compiled for the benefit of Members of the House of Lords and their personal staff, to provide impartial, authoritative, politically balanced briefing on subjects likely to be of interest to Members of the Lords.
Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords are peers who do not belong to any parliamentary group in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. They do not take a political party's whip, nor affiliate to the crossbench group, nor are they Lords Spiritual (active Church of England bishops).
This page shows a summary of eligible Members of the House of Lords who can scrutinise bills, investigate government activity through committee work, and questions government through oral and written questions, as well as debates. Summary. By peerage. By gender. List view. CON. Conservative. 278. Members. Men. 206. Women. 72.
