List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present)
This page lists former members of the House of Lords who stopped serving from 2000 onward. It covers several ways people have left the Lords:
- Retirement or resignation under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. Some peers have chosen permanent retirement or to resign, and those who are still living are noted here.
- Non-attendance. Under the Reform Act, peers who do not attend any sittings during a full parliamentary session automatically cease to be members at the start of the next session.
- Tax-related resignation. The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 treated peers as domiciled in the United Kingdom for tax purposes, but some chose to resign under provisions that let them retire to avoid this arrangement; those who did so are listed and are still living.
The Lords Spiritual and bishops
- Twenty-six Church of England bishops sit in the Lords: the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester, and the next 21 most senior diocesan bishops (the Bishop in Europe and the Bishop of Sodor and Man are not included).
- The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 gives female bishops priority to fill the 21 senior seats for the period up to May 2030.
- All bishops must retire at age 70.
Died since 2000
- The page also lists life peers, elected hereditary peers, and Lords Spiritual who have died since 2000.
Note
- There was a special exemption for the Marquess of Cholmondeley from the 1999 Act as Lord Great Chamberlain until the accession of Charles III in September 2022.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 13:08 (CET).