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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).
- List of members of the House of Lords - Wikipedia
This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper...
- Category : Members of the British House of Lords by party
Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords. Categories:...
- List of members of the House of Lords - Wikipedia
There are currently 783 sitting members of the House of Lords, of which 667 are life peers (as of 2 October 2023) and 228 are women (see:Women in the House of Lords). An additional 37 Lords are ineligible to participate, including two peers who are constitutionally disqualified as members of the Judiciary.
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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...
No individual may be a member of both Houses, and members of the House of Lords are legally barred from voting in elections for members of the House of Commons. Formerly, no-one could be a Member of Parliament (MP) while holding an office of profit under the Crown, thus maintaining the separation of powers , but the principle has been gradually eroded.
The House of Lords is one of the two Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom (UK). It is in London, the capital city of the UK. The other house is the House of Commons. Together, the two houses form the government and parliament of the UK.
