List of female members of the House of Lords
This is a list of women who have been sat as members of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death.
List of members
Party | Portrait | Name | Year joined | Year left | Type of peerage | |
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Labour | Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger[1] | 8 August 1958 | 11 July 1988 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Stella Isaacs, Baroness Swanborough[2] | 22 September 1958 | 22 May 1971 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood | 26 September 1958 | 3 January 1994 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Irene Curzon, Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston[3] | 6 October 1958 | 9 February 1966 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill[4] | 4 February 1961 | 4 February 1980 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry[5] | 13 April 1962 | 1981: Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDP | Life peeress | ||
SDP | 1981 | 3 March 1988: SDP merged into Liberal Democrats, sat as a crossbencher | ||||
Crossbench | 3 March 1988 | 6 October 1991 | ||||
Conservative | Rosina MacNamee, 24th Baroness Audley | 31 July 1963 | 24 October 1974 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont[6] | 31 July 1963 | 31 August 1971 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll[7] | 31 July 1963 | 16 May 1978 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss | 31 July 1963 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland[8] | 31 July 1963 | 17 April 1982 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange[9] | 19 November 1963 | 12 December 1974 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Frances Davidson, Baroness Northchurch[10] | 13 January 1964 | 25 November 1985 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Katherine Bigham, 12th Lady Nairne[11] | 27 October 1964 | 20 September 1995 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte[12] | 8 December 1964 | 1 September 2000 | Life peeress | ||
Liberal | Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury[13] | 21 December 1964 | 19 February 1969 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips[14] | 21 December 1964 | 14 August 1992 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer[15] | 10 May 1965 | 13 June 1972 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill[16] | 17 May 1965 | 12 December 1977 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre | 17 October 1965 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Labour | Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks | 17 January 1966 | 6 July 1975 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Ann Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill | 30 December 1965 | 19 July 1966: Joined the Conservatives | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | 19 July 1966 | 6 July 1995 | ||||
Labour | Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota[17] | 20 January 1967 | 21 October 2002 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley | 5 April 1967 | 17 October 1992 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun | 22 June 1967 | 1 November 2002 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Labour | Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe[18] | 29 August 1967 | 6 November 1997 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Alma Birk, Baroness Birk | 15 September 1967 | 29 December 1996 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland | 27 March 1968 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth | 9 June 1969 | 24 February 2008 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton[19] | 25 February 1970 | 12 March 2023 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie[20] | 1 July 1970 | 11 March 1978 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Eirene White, Baroness White[21] | 12 October 1970 | 23 December 1999 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon | 14 October 1970 | 24 March 1993 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge[22] | 5 November 1970 | 16 November 1988 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Rosemary Portal, 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford | 22 April 1971 | 29 September 1990 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Liberal | Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear | 18 May 1971 | 23 April 1997 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Janet Young, Baroness Young | 24 May 1971 | 6 September 2002 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Evelyn Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve[23] | 8 June 1971 | 17 November 1999 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Barbara Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley | 19 April 1972 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples[24] | 18 June 1973 | 18 December 2017 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Anne Palmer, 11th Baroness Lucas | 27 September 1973 | 12 October 1991 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Liberal | Inga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington | 14 May 1974 | 9 February 1999 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike[25] | 15 May 1974 | 11 January 2004 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Phyllis Stedman, Baroness Stedman | 25 June 1974 | 1981: Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDP | Life peeress | ||
SDP | 1981 | 3 March 1988: SDP merged into Liberal Democrats, joined continuing SDP | ||||
SDP | 3 March 1988 | May 1990: Continuing SDP dissolved | ||||
Crossbench | May 1990 | 8 June 1996 | ||||
Conservative | Irene Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside[26] | 23 January 1975 | 26 April 1980 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Joan Vickers, Baroness Vickers[27] | 27 January 1975 | 23 May 1994 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch | 28 January 1975 | 28 December 1984 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles | 31 January 1975 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar | 11 September 1975 | 1 May 2020 (Retired) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | Rosamund Greaves, 11th Countess of Dysart | 2 June 1975 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Labour | Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood | 27 February 1978 | 18 May 2017 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw[28] | 31 January 1979 | 2 November 2000 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff | 30 July 1979 | 13 May 2012 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Diana Neave, Baroness Airey of Abingdon[29] | 6 August 1979 | 27 November 1992 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Betty Harvie Anderson, Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter[30] | 4 October 1979 | 7 November 1979 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun[31] | 3 December 1979 | 12 December 2014 (Retired) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington | 4 February 1980 | 24 October 2017 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Felicity Lane-Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox | 19 May 1981 | 17 April 1988 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Jane Ewart-Biggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs[32] | 22 May 1981 | 8 October 1992 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle | 28 May 1981 | 1 February 2015 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Trixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 23 June 1981 | 14 April 2024 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 14 July 1982 | 9 November 2010 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Wendy Nicol, Baroness Nicol | 20 January 1983 | 15 January 2018 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox | 24 January 1983 | 2004: Expelled from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2004 | |||||
Crossbench | Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby | 29 March 1983 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock | 6 February 1985 | 20 March 2019 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden | 29 May 1985 | 13 June 2017 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Mary Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye | 9 April 1986 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange | 3 December 1986 | December 1998: Resigned the Conservative Party whip, elected as an excepted crossbencher in 1999 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Crossbench | December 1998 | 11 March 2005 | ||||
Labour | Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone | 18 March 1987 | 2018: Resigned from the Labour Party, changed affiliation to Independent Labour | Life peeress | ||
Independent Labour | 2018 | |||||
Conservative | Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch | 4 July 1987 | 31 May 2005 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma | 8 July 1987 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Sarah Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes[33] | 9 February 1989 | 25 February 2019 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth | 27 February 1990 | 24 March 2010 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton | 4 April 1990 | 15 May 2000 | Hereditary peeress | ||
Conservative | Diana Eccles, Baroness Eccles of Moulton[34] | 10 May 1990 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege | 18 May 1990 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke | 21 May 1990 | 30 April 2004 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather | 11 June 1990 | 1998: Resigned from the Conservative whip | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 1998 | 1999: Rejoined the Conservatives | ||||
Conservative | 1999 | 2008: Resigned from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher | ||||
Crossbench | 2008 | 6 February 2024 | ||||
Crossbench | Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn | 24 August 1990 | 29 June 2010 (Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn[35] | 16 July 1990 | 3 May 2002 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe | 14 February 1991 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon | 14 June 1991 | 5 November 2021 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu[36] | 19 June 1991 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain | 21 June 1991 | 23 April 2021 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark | 16 July 1991 | 26 May 2016 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey[37] | 24 April 1992 | 3 February 2023 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher[38] | 28 April 1992 | 8 April 2013 | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby[39] | 1 February 1993 | 11 February 2016 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon | 14 October 1993 | 21 June 2014 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings[40] | 5 October 1994 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood | 6 October 1994 | 18 May 2016 (Removed for non-attendance) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill[41] | 17 February 1995 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners | 25 October 1995 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Labour | Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman[42] | 2 January 1996 | 2006: Resigned from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2006 | |||||
Conservative | Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox | 16 January 1996 | 17 December 2020 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury | 12 July 1996 | 28 June 2006 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 7 October 1996 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 11 October 1996 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 14 October 1996 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford[43] | 15 October 1996 | 5 May 2020 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton | 17 February 1997 | 1 November 2019 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles[44] | 4 June 1997 | 27 March 1998 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 23 September 1997 | 24 March 2016 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ludford, Baroness Ludford[45] | 30 September 1997 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Janet Fookes, Baroness Fookes[46] | 30 September 1997 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley | 6 October 1997 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos | 23 October 1997 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Ruth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh | 24 October 1997 | 2 May 2015 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws | 27 October 1997 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock[47] | 30 October 1997 | 26 June 2020 | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 1 November 1997 | 12 February 2016 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne[48] | 3 November 1997 | 2016: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Conservative | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | 2016 | |||||
Labour | Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone | 4 November 1997 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 6 November 1997 | 9 June 2022 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie | 21 July 1998 | 2022: Removed from the Labour Party Whip | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 2022 | 11 January 2023 (Suspended) | ||||
Labour | Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin | 21 July 1998 | 2010: Expelled from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2010 | |||||
Conservative | Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe | 23 July 1998 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton | 23 July 1998 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley[49] | 24 July 1998 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Miller, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 28 July 1998 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 1 August 1998 | 31 July 2016 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow | 3 August 1998 | 20 December 2018 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve[50] | 25 February 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Jennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington | 27 May 1999 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peeress | ||
Labour | Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 10 July 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern | 13 July 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar | 15 July 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids | 21 July 1999 | 10 January 2019 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen | 26 July 1999 | 20 April 2024 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham | 27 July 1999 | 22 July 2020 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins | 30 July 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker | 31 July 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | May Blood, Baroness Blood | 31 July 1999 | 4 September 2018 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 3 August 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Anita Gale, Baroness Gale | 4 August 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker[51] | 5 August 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Angela Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond | 6 August 1999 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 20 October 1999 | 2008: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 2008 | 22 December 2020 (Took a leave of absence) | ||||
Crossbench | Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross[52] | 15 February 2000 | 23 June 2022 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham[53] | 2 May 2000 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Janet Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico | 3 May 2000 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews | 9 May 2000 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover | 10 May 2000 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 15 May 2000 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley | 15 May 2000 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes | 7 June 2000 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd[54] | 15 January 2001 | 26 February 2023 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 20 June 2001 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 25 June 2001 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 28 June 2001 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 29 June 2001 | 2 June 2020 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach[55] | 14 July 2001 | 6 May 2008 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig[56] | 8 June 2004 | 29 February 2024 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Margaret Wall, Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 10 June 2004 | 25 January 2017 | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 11 June 2004 | 2011: Resigned from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2011 | |||||
Labour | Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser | 11 June 2004 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman | 14 June 2004 | 3 September 2009 | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 15 June 2004 | 2019: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2019 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger | 15 June 2004 | 2011: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2011 |
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Crossbench | Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy | 17 June 2004 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton | 22 June 2004 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey | 22 June 2004 | Life peeress
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Labour | Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh[57] | 24 June 2004 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 25 June 2004 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury[58] | 21 July 2004 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza | 15 September 2004 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie | 31 May 2005 | 1 July 2024 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley[59] | 14 June 2005 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton[60] | 14 June 2005 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton[61] | 21 June 2005 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke[62] | 21 June 2005 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold[63] | 21 June 2005 | Life peeress
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Conservative | Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone[64] | 24 June 2005 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge[65] | 27 June 2005 | 2012: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2012 | 19 February 2021 (Retired) | ||||
Labour | Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea[66] | 28 June 2005 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Jean Corston, Baroness Corston[67] | 29 June 2005 | 9 July 2024 (Removed) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech | 5 October 2005 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine | 10 October 2005 | Life peeress
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Crossbench | Molly Meacher, Baroness Meacher[68] | 2 May 2006 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Celia Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 26 May 2006 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin[69] | 30 May 2006 | Life peeress
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Labour | Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill | 1 June 2006 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss[70] | 13 June 2006 | Life peeress | |||
DUP | Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's[71] | 14 June 2006 | 30 October 2017 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma | 22 June 2006 | Life peeress
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Crossbench | Jean Coussins, Baroness Coussins | 23 March 2007 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 30 March 2007 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi | 2 July 2007 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera | 11 July 2007 | 2011: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 2011 | 16 May 2022 (Took a leave of absence) | ||||
Labour | Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford | 12 July 2007 | 2009: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 2009 |
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Conservative | Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones | 15 October 2007 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal | 18 October 2007 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar | 13 December 2007 | 22 May 2022 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Elizabeth Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller[72] | 2 June 2008 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough | 10 November 2008 | 19 January 2022 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead[73] | 30 June 2009 | 9 April 2021 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan | 11 September 2009 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Tanni Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson | 23 March 2010 | Life peeress
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Labour | Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top[74] | 18 June 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Jeannie Drake, Baroness Drake | 20 June 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece | 25 June 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton | 25 June 2010 | 24 April 2012 | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin | 26 June 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy | 26 June 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler | 27 June 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Maeve Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock | 5 July 2010 | Life peeress
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Labour | Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon | 7 July 2010 | Life peeress
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Conservative | Angela Browning, Baroness Browning[75] | 13 July 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Helen Newlove, Baroness Newlove[76] | 15 July 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Parminter, Baroness Parminter | 15 July 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Susan Nye, Baroness Nye[77] | 19 July 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott | 19 July 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton | 21 July 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins | 15 November 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Doocey, Baroness Doocey[78] | 21 December 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Fiona Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia | 21 December 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer[79] | 22 December 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Patience Wheatcroft, Baroness Wheatcroft | 22 December 2010 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Jolly, Baroness Jolly | 11 January 2011 | 31 July 2024 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 12 January 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Berridge, Baroness Berridge | 18 January 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Joan Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell | 21 January 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely[80] | 24 January 2011 | 12 May 2021 (Took a leave of absence to serve as an MS) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Anne Jenkin, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington | 26 January 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Oona King, Baroness King of Bow[81] | 26 January 2011 | 9 July 2024 (Retired) | Life peeress | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson[82] | 27 January 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington | 31 January 2011 | 17 April 2023 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 1 February 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Claire Tyler, Baroness Tyler of Enfield | 1 February 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Brinton, Baroness Brinton[83] | 10 February 2011 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Beeban Kidron, Baroness Kidron | 26 June 2012 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe[84] | 4 February 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Sohoy | 26 March 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Suttie, Baroness Suttie | 17 September 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Alicia Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley[85] | 19 September 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Annabel Goldie, Baroness Goldie | 3 October 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor | 10 October 2013 | 2016: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Conservative | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | 2016 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Cathy Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 15 October 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon | 15 October 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Green | Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 5 November 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford | 5 November 2013 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Smith, Baroness Smith of Newnham | 12 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park[86] | 12 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Dido Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe[87] | 15 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen[88] | 16 September 2014 | 28 November 2022: Resigned the Conservative whip, became non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 28 November 2022 | |||||
Conservative | Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields | 16 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Arminka Helić, Baroness Helić | 18 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Gail Rebuck, Baroness Rebuck[89] | 18 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik[90] | 19 September 2014 | 8 September 2017 (Took a leave of absence to serve as an MEP) | Life peeress | ||
1 February 2020 | ||||||
Conservative | Karren Brady, Baroness Brady[91] | 22 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kath Pinnock, Baroness Pinnock | 23 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Janke, Baroness Janke | 24 September 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Alison Wolf, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich | 2 December 2014 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Rosalind Altmann, Baroness Altmann | 19 May 2015 | 7 September 2015: Expelled from the Labour Party, having already been a Conservative peeress | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | 7 September 2015 | 16 August 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | ||||
Non-affiliated | 16 August 2024 | |||||
Crossbench | Rachel Treweek (Bishop of Gloucester) | 15 June 2015 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Crossbench | Christine Hardman (Bishop of Newcastle) | 22 September 2015 | 30 November 2021 (Retired) | Lords Spiritual | ||
Conservative | Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud | 1 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Anne McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering[92] | 6 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Liz Redfern, Baroness Redfern | 7 October 2015 | Life peeress
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Liberal Democrats | Lorely Burt, Baroness Burt of Solihull[79] | 9 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone | 15 October 2015 | 6 December 2022 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Kate Rock, Baroness Rock | 15 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith | 16 October 2015 | 18 January 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 18 January 2024 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone, Baroness Featherstone[79] | 20 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Simone Finn, Baroness Finn | 20 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill, Baroness Thornhill | 21 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Catherine Fall, Baroness Fall[93] | 22 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Bowles, Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted[94] | 23 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan | 26 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Tessa Jowell, Baroness Jowell[95] | 27 October 2015 | 12 May 2018 | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge | 30 October 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Mary Watkins, Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 2 November 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo[96] | 8 December 2015 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg | 30 August 2016 | Life peeress
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Conservative | Gabrielle Bertin, Baroness Bertin | 2 September 2016 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie[97] | 5 September 2016 | 12 December 2022 | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Camilla Cavendish, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice[98] | 6 September 2016 | 2016: Resigned from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | 2016 | |||||
Labour | Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti | 6 September 2016 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Charlotte Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton[99] | 12 September 2016 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 13 September 2016 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Laura Wyld, Baroness Wyld | 22 June 2017 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Rona Fairhead, Baroness Fairhead | 19 October 2017 | 2022: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 2022 | 2023: Changed affiliation again to crossbencher | ||||
Crossbencher | 2023 | |||||
Crossbench | Sarah Mullally (Bishop of London) | 8 March 2018 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Conservative | Catherine Meyer, Baroness Meyer | 19 June 2018 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Pauline Bryan, Baroness Bryan of Partick | 20 June 2018 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Amanda Sater, Baroness Sater | 20 June 2018 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Diana Barran, Baroness Barran | 2 July 2018 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott | 9 July 2018 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Deborah Bull, Baroness Bull | 11 July 2018 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Vivienne Faull (Bishop of Bristol) | 20 October 2018 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Labour | Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor[100] | 26 November 2018 | Life peeress
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Conservative | Nicola Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford[101] | 4 February 2019 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Libby Lane (Bishop of Derby) | 11 February 2019 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Green | Natalie Bennett, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 7 October 2019 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton | 8 October 2019 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett | 11 October 2019 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Christine Blower, Baroness Blower | 15 October 2019 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Ruth Hunt, Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green | 16 October 2019 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Margaret Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick[102] | 16 October 2019 | 20 October 2021: Joined the Labour Party | Life peeress | ||
Labour | 20 October 2021 | |||||
Conservative | Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn | 21 October 2019 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Debbie Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox of Newport | 4 November 2019 | Life peeress
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Conservative | Nicola Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes[103] | 6 January 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Kathryn Clark, Baroness Clark of Kilwinning[104] | 3 September 2020 | 24 May 2022 (Took a leave of absence, already serving as an MSP) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston[105] | 7 September 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Lorraine Fullbrook, Baroness Fullbrook of Dogmersfield[106] | 7 September 2020 | 31 December 2022 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peeress | ||
Labour | Susan Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock[107] | 9 September 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Non-affiliated | Catharine Hoey, Baroness Hoey[108] | 14 September 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Helena Morrissey, Baroness Morrissey | 14 September 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley[109] | 14 September 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Veronica Wadley, Baroness Fleet[110] | 8 October 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik | 15 October 2020 | 1 July 2023 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peeress | ||
Crossbench | Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock | 30 October 2020 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Stephanie Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | 26 January 2021 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds | 1 February 2021 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Gillian Merron, Baroness Merron[111] | 8 February 2021 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Foster, Baroness Foster of Oxton | 9 February 2021 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington[112] | 1 March 2021 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Susan Black, Baroness Black of Strome | 26 April 2021 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Ruth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links[113] | 20 July 2021 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Guli Francis-Dehqani (Bishop of Chelmsford) | 1 November 2021 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Crossbench | Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir | 24 June 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Katherine Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown | 24 June 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 28 October 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Ruth Lea, Baroness Lea of Lymm | 31 October 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Sheila Lawlor, Baroness Lawlor | 3 November 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross[114] | 7 November 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Teresa O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bexley | 7 November 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Angie Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln[106] | 8 November 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo | 8 November 2022 | 19 July 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 19 July 2024 | |||||
Crossbench | Arlene Foster, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee[115] | 9 November 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Kate Lampard, Baroness Lampard | 17 November 2022 | 18 July 2024: Changed affiliation to non-affiliated | Life peeress | ||
Non-affiliated | 18 July 2024 | |||||
Labour | Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent[116] | 18 November 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Frances O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway | 9 December 2022 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Kay Swinburne, Baroness Swinburne | 20 June 2023 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge | 12 July 2023 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Helen-Ann Hartley (Bishop of Newcastle) | 21 September 2023 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Non-affiliated | Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill | 6 November 2023 | 6 November 2023 (Disqualified as the Chief Justice) | Life peeress | ||
Conservative | Ruth Porter, Baroness Porter of Fulwood | 13 February 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Rosa Monckton, Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest | 12 March 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Jane Ramsey, Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath | 13 March 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Plaid Cymru | Carmen Smith, Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 13 March 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Ayesha Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika | 14 March 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Alexandra Freeman, Baroness Freeman of Steventon | 5 June 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Jacqui Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern[111] | 17 July 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon, Baroness Pidgeon[117] | 12 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Barbara Keeley, Baroness Keeley[118] | 13 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Rosie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster[119] | 13 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Margaret Beckett, Baroness Beckett[120] | 14 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Margaret Hodge, Baroness Hodge of Barking[121] | 14 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Minette Batters, Baroness Batters | 16 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Labour | Harriet Harman, Baroness Harman[122] | 19 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Theresa May, Baroness May of Maidenhead[123] | 21 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Crossbench | Hilary Cass, Baroness Cass | 22 August 2024 | Life peeress | |||
Conservative | Eleanor Laing, Baroness Laing of Elderslie[124] | 22 August 2024 | Life peeress |
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- ^ Daughter of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
- ^ Labour MP 1938–1961. Mother of Shirley Summerskill
- ^ Labour MP 1950–1959
- ^ Wife of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop
- ^ Wife of Iain Moncreiffe
- ^ Wife of George Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle and Walter Monckton
- ^ Wife of John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
- ^ Conservative MP 1937–1959. Wife of J. C. C. Davidson
- ^ Wife of John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
- ^ Wife of Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor. Mother of Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville and Sir Henry Brooke
- ^ Daughter of Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Wife of Sir Maurice Bonham Carter. Mother of Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham Carter of Yarnbury, Raymond Bonham Carter and Laura, Baroness Grimond of Firth
- ^ Wife of Morgan Phillips
- ^ Wife of Leslie Plummer
- ^ Wife of Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Mother of Diana Churchill, Randolph Churchill, Sarah Touchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley, Marigold Churchill and Mary Soames, Baroness Soames
- ^ Mother of Nicholas Serota
- ^ Wife of Richard Llewelyn-Davies, Baron Llewelyn-Davies
- ^ Wife of David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton
- ^ Conservative MP 1946–1966
- ^ Labour MP 1950–1970. Daughter of Thomas Jones
- ^ Labour MP 1929–1931 & 1945–1970. Wife of Aneurin Bevan.
- ^ Wife of Iain Macleod
- ^ Wife of Richard Sharples
- ^ Conservative MP 1956–1974
- ^ Conservative MP 1931–1945 & 1950–1974
- ^ Conservative MP 1955–1974
- ^ Wife of Leonard Cheshire
- ^ Wife of Airey Neave
- ^ Conservative MP 1959–1979
- ^ Wife of Alexander Ramsay of Mar
- ^ Wife of Christopher Ewart-Biggs
- ^ Conservative MP 1970–1987. Mother of Phillip Oppenheim.
- ^ Wife of John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles
- ^ Labour MP 1945–1979. Wife of Edward Castle, Baron Castle
- ^ Daughter of Joseph Percival William Mallalieu.
- ^ Conservative MP 1974–1992
- ^ Conservative Prime Minister 1979–1990. Conservative MP 1959–1992.
- ^ Labour MP 1964–1979 & SDP MP 1981–1983. Daughter of George Catlin & Vera Brittain
- ^ Conservative MEP 1989–1994
- ^ Wife of John Smith
- ^ Labour MP 1974–1979
- ^ Daughter of Cyril Osborne
- ^ Labour MP 1966–1983 & 1987–1997.
- ^ Liberal Democrat MEP 1999–2014
- ^ Conservative MP 1974–1997
- ^ Liberal Democrat MP 1993–1997. Wife of Alan Beith
- ^ Conservative MP 1987–1995. Liberal Democrat MP 1995–1997 and Liberal Democrat MEP 1999–2009. Daughter of Godfrey Nicholson.
- ^ Labour MEP 1984–1999
- ^ Daughter of Con O'Neill
- ^ Wife of Ben Whitaker
- ^ Wife of Alan Greengross
- ^ Labour MEP 1994–1999
- ^ Labour MP 1973–1992, Speaker of the House of Commons 1992–2000
- ^ Liberal Democrat MP 1987–2001. Daughter of John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan
- ^ Wife of Stanley Henig
- ^ Sister of Siobhain McDonagh.
- ^ Wife of Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall. Daughter of Mark Bonham Carter. Granddaughter of Maurice Bonham Carter and Violet Bonham Carter. Great-granddaughter of Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
- ^ Labour MP 1992–2005. Daughter of Charles Morris.
- ^ Labour MP 1974–1983 & 1987–2005
- ^ Labour MP 1997–2005. Senator of the College of Justice 2006–2019
- ^ Labour MP 1994–2005. British High Commissioner to Australia 2005–2009
- ^ Conservative MP 1987–2005
- ^ Conservative MP 1984–2005. Wife of Peter Bottomley
- ^ Liberal Democrat MP 1997–2005
- ^ Labour MP 1990–2005. Wife of Allen Adams
- ^ Labour MP 1992–2005. Wife of Peter Townsend
- ^ Wife of Richard Layard, Baron Layard. Ex-wife of Michael Meacher
- ^ Labour MP 1987–2005. Labour MEP 1979–1989
- ^ Daughter of Michael Havers, Baron Havers.
- ^ Wife of Ian Paisley
- ^ Daughter of Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne
- ^ Labour MEP 1994–2009. Wife of Neil Kinnock. Mother of Stephen Kinnock. Mother-in-law of Helle Thorning-Schmidt
- ^ Labour MP 1987–2010. Daughter of Ernest Armstrong. Wife of Paul Corrigan
- ^ Conservative MP 1992–2010
- ^ Wife of Gary Newlove
- ^ Wife of Gavyn Davies
- ^ Liberal Democrat London AM 2004–2012
- ^ a b c Liberal Democrat MP 2005–2010
- ^ Welsh Senedd Member 2016-present. Labour MEP 1994–2009. First Minister of Wales 2024–present.
- ^ Daughter of Preston King; Labour MP 1997–2005
- ^ Liberal Democrat AM 1999–2011
- ^ Daughter of Tim Brinton
- ^ Wife of Richard Packer
- ^ Wife of Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark
- ^ Wife of James Wild
- ^ Daughter of John Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton
- ^ Daughter of John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont and Pamela Wyndham, Lady Egremont
- ^ Wife of Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood
- ^ Conservative MEP 2017–2020
- ^ Wife of Paul Peschisolido
- ^ Conservative MP 1997–2015
- ^ Daughter of Sir Brian Fall
- ^ Liberal Democrat MEP 2005–2014
- ^ Labour MP 1992–2015
- ^ Labour MP 1987–2015
- ^ Daughter of Dame Marion Roe
- ^ Wife of Huw van Steenis
- ^ Wife of Mike Chattey
- ^ Mother of Kate Osamor
- ^ Conservative MP 2010–2017
- ^ SDLP MP 2010–2017
- ^ Conservative MP 2010–2019
- ^ Labour MP 2005–2015 and MSP 2021–present
- ^ Labour MP 1997–2017
- ^ a b Conservative MP 2010–2015
- ^ Labour MP 2010–2019
- ^ Labour MP 1989–2019
- ^ Brexit Party MEP 2019–2020
- ^ Wife of Tom Bower
- ^ a b Labour MP 1997–2010
- ^ Labour MP 2010–2019
- ^ Conservative MSP 2011–2021
- ^ Labour MLA 2012–2020
- ^ First Minister of Northern Ireland 2016–2017 and 2020–2021. Democratic Unionist Party MLA 2003–2021. Left the party in 2021.
- ^ Labour MP 2015–2019
- ^ Liberal Democrat MLA 2010–2024
- ^ Labour MP 2005–2024
- ^ Labour MP 1997–2024
- ^ Labour MP 1974–1979 & 1983–2024
- ^ Labour MP 1994–2024. Wife of Sir Henry Hodge
- ^ Labour MP 1982–2024. Wife of Jack Dromey
- ^ Conservative Prime Minister 2016–2019. Conservative MP 1997–2024. Wife of Sir Philip May
- ^ Conservative MP 1997–2024
See also
- Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
- Women in the House of Lords
- List of members of the House of Lords
- List of female members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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