This Library Note provides background information about the age, membership and public positions held by Members of the House of Lords.
House of Lords: Profile of Membership (387 KB , PDF)
This Library Note provides background information about the age, membership and public positions held by Members of the House of Lords. In section two, the Note lists the 40 current Members who hold the longest length of membership, Life Peers with 30 years or more membership and Female Peers with membership of 20 years or more. Section three provides a statistical snapshot of the age profile of the current House, together with lists of Members aged under 50 and Members aged 90 and over. The final section lists a selection of public positions and the Members who have held them. Age profile information is correct as at 29 October 2013.
House of Lords: Profile of Membership (387 KB , PDF)
Following five days of debate, the House of Lords concluded committee stage on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The bill would end the exemption that 92 places in the House are filled by hereditary peers. This short update summarises the current status of the bill ahead of report stage, dates for which are yet to be scheduled.
In March 1925, the House of Lords debated a motion calling for legislation to be introduced to reform the House of Lords. Whilst composition was among the issues raised, debate focused on the loss of the House’s powers, which were curtailed by the Parliament Act 1911. The 1911 act had also called for the House to be reconstituted on a popular rather than hereditary basis. This briefing looks back at the discussion.
This page provides interactive data on the creation of life peerages in the House of Lords.
