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The House of Lords [a] is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [5] Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. [6] One of the oldest extant institutions in the world, its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century. [7 ...
Reform of the House of Lords has been a part of successive government policies since the early 19th century. [2] The last major change was made in the House of Lords Act 1999 under the first Blair ministry, which provided that: [2] No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
Former Lord Speaker, former chairman of the House of Lords Communications Select Committee and former MP Lord Fox: 11 September 2014 Liberal Democrat Life peer PR director at GKN engineering and former Liberal Democrat chief executive Baroness Fox of Buckley: 14 September 2020 Non-affiliated Life peer Former MEP for North West England (2019–2020)
Massey John Henry Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough (born 22 December 1969) is a British hereditary peer and a Conservative member of the House of Lords.. Lord Roborough became a member of the House in October 2022, after being one of the two winners in a hereditary peers' by-election to replace both the Viscount Ullswater and the Lord Colwyn.
List of members of the House of Lords may refer to: List of current members of the House of Lords; List of life peerages; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
Ralph William Robert Stonor, 8th Baron Camoys (born 10 September 1974), is a British hereditary peer and a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lord Camoys became a member of the House in November 2023, after winning a hereditary peers' by-election to replace Lord Brougham and Vaux .
Members of the House of Lords who wished to stand for election were required to have a proposer and a seconder. The alternative vote system was used in the election and all members who had taken the oath in the current parliament by 25 March 2021 and were not on leave of absence, disqualified or suspended from the House were eligible to stand and to vote.
Following the death of Lord Carrington in July 2018, Christopher became the oldest sitting member of the House of Lords. [4] In March 2021, he took a leave of absence from the House of Lords. From 1953 until her death, Christopher was married to Adela Joy Thompson. Lady Christopher died on 11 October 2024, at the age of 105. [5]