House of Lords data dashboard: Current membership of the House
This page provides interactive data on the current membership of the House of Lords.

This Library Note provides background information about the membership and age profile of the House of Lords, together with information on the public positions held by Members, as the House was composed on 30 March 2015—the date on which the 2010–15 Parliament was dissolved.
House of Lords: Profile of Membership (428 KB , PDF)
Section two contains tables which list Members with the longest continuous membership of the House as at 30 March 2015: table 2.1 lists the 40 eligible Members with the longest continuous membership; table 2.2 lists Life Peers with membership of 30 years or more; and table 2.3 lists all female Members with membership of 20 years or more.
Section three of the Note provides information about the age profile of the membership of the House as at 30 March 2015. Table 3.1 provides a snapshot of the membership of the whole House by age bands; table 3.2 breaks this information down, showing the age bands in each party/group; table 3.3 lists the names of Members aged under 50 as at 30 March 2015; and table 3.4 lists those Members who were aged 90 and over as at the same date.
Section four provides information about public positions held by Members of the House up to the end of the 2010–15 Parliament. In this section, Members are listed by select public office, including positions in the Cabinet, once or currently held.
House of Lords: Profile of Membership (428 KB , PDF)
This page provides interactive data on the current membership of the House of Lords.
The government’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill would remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords and abolish its jurisdiction in hereditary peerage claims. The bill completed its Commons stages unamended and was introduced in the House of Lords in November 2024. The bill’s second reading in the Lords took place on 11 December 2024. This briefing provides an overview of that debate and lists the areas which future amendments could focus on.
The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) vets nominations to the House and recommends non-party political members. While its advice is usually followed, it is not a statutory body and the prime minister can choose to disregard its advice. This briefing provides an overview of the role and powers of the commission and summarises recent debates concerning its reform.