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 peer | ||
Crossbench | Stella Isaacs, Baroness Swanborough[2] | 22 September 1958 | 22 May 1971 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Irene Curzon, Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston[3] | 6 October 1958 | 9 February 1966 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill[4] | 4 February 1961 | 4 February 1980 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry[5] | 13 April 1962 | 1981: Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDP | Life peer | ||
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 peer | ||
Conservative | Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont[6] | 31 July 1963 | 31 August 1971 | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll[7] | 31 July 1963 | 16 May 1978 | Hereditary peer | ||
Crossbench | Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss | 31 July 1963 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland[8] | 31 July 1963 | 17 April 1982 | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange[9] | 19 November 1963 | 12 December 1974 | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Frances Davidson, Baroness Northchurch[10] | 13 January 1964 | 25 November 1985 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Katherine Bigham, 12th Lady Nairne[11] | 27 October 1964 | 20 September 1995 | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte[12] | 8 December 1964 | 1 September 2000 | Life peer | ||
Liberal | Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury[13] | 21 December 1964 | 19 February 1969 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips[14] | 21 December 1964 | 14 August 1992 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer[15] | 10 May 1965 | 13 June 1972 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill[16] | 17 May 1965 | 12 December 1977 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre | 17 October 1965 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Labour | Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks | 17 January 1966 | 6 July 1975 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Ann Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill | 19 July 1966 | 6 July 1995 | Hereditary peer | ||
Labour | Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota[17] | 20 January 1967 | 21 October 2002 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley | 5 April 1967 | 17 October 1992 | Hereditary peer | ||
Crossbench | Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun | 22 June 1967 | 1 November 2002 | Hereditary peer | ||
Labour | Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe[18] | 29 August 1967 | 6 November 1997 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Alma Birk, Baroness Birk | 15 September 1967 | 29 December 1996 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland | 27 March 1968 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Crossbench | Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth | 9 June 1969 | 24 February 2008 | Hereditary peer | ||
Crossbench | Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton[19] | 25 February 1970 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie[20] | 1 July 1970 | 11 March 1978 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Eirene White, Baroness White[21] | 12 October 1970 | 23 December 1999 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon | 14 October 1970 | 24 March 1993 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge[22] | 5 November 1970 | 16 November 1988 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Rosemary Portal, 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford | 22 April 1971 | 29 September 1990 | Hereditary peer | ||
Liberal | Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear | 18 May 1971 | 23 April 1997 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Janet Young, Baroness Young | 24 May 1971 | 6 September 2002 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Evelyn Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve[23] | 8 June 1971 | 17 November 1999 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Barbara Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley | 19 April 1972 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples[24] | 18 June 1973 | 18 December 2017 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Anne Palmer, 11th Baroness Lucas | 27 September 1973 | 12 October 1991 | Hereditary peer | ||
Liberal | Inga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington | 14 May 1974 | 9 February 1999 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike[25] | 15 May 1974 | 11 January 2004 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Phyllis Stedman, Baroness Stedman | 25 June 1974 | 1981: Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDP | Life peer | ||
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 peer | ||
Conservative | Joan Vickers, Baroness Vickers[27] | 27 January 1975 | 23 May 1994 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch | 28 January 1975 | 28 December 1984 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles | 31 January 1975 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Crossbench | Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar | 11 September 1975 | 1 May 2020 (Retired) | Hereditary peer | ||
Crossbench | Rosamund Greaves, 11th Countess of Dysart | 2 June 1975 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Labour | Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood | 27 February 1978 | 18 May 2017 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw[28] | 31 January 1979 | 2 November 2000 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff | 30 July 1979 | 13 May 2012 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Diana Neave, Baroness Airey of Abingdon[29] | 6 August 1979 | 27 November 1992 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Betty Harvie Anderson, Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter[30] | 4 October 1979 | 7 November 1979 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun[31] | 3 December 1979 | 12 December 2014 (Retired) | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington | 4 February 1980 | 24 October 2017 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Felicity Lane-Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox | 19 May 1981 | 17 April 1988 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Jane Ewart-Biggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs[32] | 22 May 1981 | 8 October 1992 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle | 28 May 1981 | 1 February 2015 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 14 July 1982 | 9 November 2010 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Wendy Nicol, Baroness Nicol | 20 January 1983 | 15 January 2018 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox | 24 January 1983 | 2004: Expelled from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 2004 | |||||
Crossbench | Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby | 29 March 1983 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Crossbench | Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock | 6 February 1985 | 20 March 2019 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden | 29 May 1985 | 13 June 2017 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Mary Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye | 9 April 1986 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange | 3 December 1986 | December 1998: Resigned the Conservative Party whip, elected as an excepted crossbencher in 1999 | Hereditary peer | ||
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 peer | ||
Independent Labour | 2018 | |||||
Conservative | Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch | 4 July 1987 | 31 May 2005 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma | 8 July 1987 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Sarah Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes[33] | 9 February 1989 | 25 February 2019 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth | 27 February 1990 | 24 March 2010 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton | 4 April 1990 | 15 May 2000 | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Diana Eccles, Baroness Eccles of Moulton[34] | 10 May 1990 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege | 18 May 1990 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke | 21 May 1990 | 30 April 2004 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather | 11 June 1990 | 1998: Resigned from the Conservative whip | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 1998 | 1999: Rejoined the Conservatives | ||||
Conservative | 1999 | 2008: Resigned from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher | ||||
Crossbench | 2008 | |||||
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 peer | ||
Labour | Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn[35] | 16 July 1990 | 3 May 2002 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon | 14 June 1991 | 5 November 2021 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Labour | Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu[36] | 19 June 1991 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain | 21 June 1991 | 23 April 2021 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark | 16 July 1991 | 26 May 2016 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey[37] | 24 April 1992 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher[38] | 28 April 1992 | 8 April 2013 | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby[39] | 1 February 1993 | 11 February 2016 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon | 14 October 1993 | 21 June 2014 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings[40] | 5 October 1994 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood | 6 October 1994 | 18 May 2016 (Removed for non-attendance) | Life peer | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill[41] | 17 February 1995 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners | 25 October 1995 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Conservative | Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox | 13 February 1996 | 17 December 2020 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury | 12 July 1996 | 28 June 2006 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 7 October 1996 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 11 October 1996 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 14 October 1996 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford[42] | 15 October 1996 | 5 May 2020 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton | 17 February 1997 | 1 November 2019 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles[43] | 4 June 1997 | 27 March 1998 | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 23 September 1997 | 24 March 2016 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ludford, Baroness Ludford[44] | 30 September 1997 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley | 6 October 1997 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos | 23 October 1997 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Ruth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh | 24 October 1997 | 2 May 2015 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws | 27 October 1997 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock[45] | 30 October 1997 | 26 June 2020 | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 1 November 1997 | 12 February 2016 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne[46] | 3 November 1997 | 2016: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Conservative | Life peer | ||
Conservative | 2016 | |||||
Labour | Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone | 4 November 1997 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 6 November 1997 | 23 March 2016 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peer | ||
Labour | Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie | 21 July 1998 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin | 21 July 1998 | 2010: Expelled from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 2010 | |||||
Conservative | Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe | 23 July 1998 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton | 23 July 1998 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley[47] | 24 July 1998 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Miller, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 28 July 1998 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 1 August 1998 | 31 July 2016 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow | 3 August 1998 | 20 December 2018 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve[48] | 25 February 1999 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Jennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington | 27 May 1999 | 11 November 1999 (Removed) | Hereditary peer | ||
Labour | Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 10 July 1999 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern | 13 July 1999 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar | 15 July 1999 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids | 21 July 1999 | 10 January 2019 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Labour | Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen | 26 July 1999 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham | 27 July 1999 | 22 July 2020 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Labour | Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins | 30 July 1999 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker | 31 July 1999 | Life peer | |||
Labour | May Blood, Baroness Blood | 31 July 1999 | 4 September 2018 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Labour | Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 3 August 1999 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker[49] | 5 August 1999 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Angela Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond | 6 August 1999 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 20 October 1999 | 2008: Changed affiliation to Non-affiliated | Life peer | ||
Non-affiliated | 2008 | 22 December 2020 (Took a leave of absence) | ||||
Crossbench | Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross[50] | 15 February 2000 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham[51] | 2 May 2000 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Janet Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico | 3 May 2000 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews | 9 May 2000 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover | 10 May 2000 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 15 May 2000 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley | 15 May 2000 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes | 7 June 2000 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd[52] | 15 January 2001 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 20 June 2001 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 25 June 2001 | 25 March 2021 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 28 June 2001 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 29 June 2001 | 2 June 2020 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach[53] | 14 July 2001 | 6 May 2008 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Margaret Wall, Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 10 June 2004 | 25 January 2017 | Life peer | ||
Labour | Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 11 June 2004 | 2011: Resigned from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 2011 | |||||
Labour | Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser | 11 June 2004 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman | 14 June 2004 | 3 September 2009 | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 15 June 2004 | 2019: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 2019 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger | 15 June 2004 | 2011: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 2011 |
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Crossbench | Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy | 17 June 2004 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton | 22 June 2004 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey | 22 June 2004 | Life peer
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Labour | Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh[54] | 24 June 2004 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury[55] | 21 July 2004 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza | 15 September 2004 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie | 31 May 2005 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley[56] | 14 June 2005 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton[57] | 14 June 2005 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton[58] | 21 June 2005 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke[59] | 21 June 2005 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold[60] | 21 June 2005 | Life peer
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Conservative | Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone[61] | 24 June 2005 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge[62] | 27 June 2005 | 2012: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 2012 | 19 February 2021 (Retired) | ||||
Labour | Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea[63] | 28 June 2005 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Jean Corston, Baroness Corston[64] | 29 June 2005 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech | 5 October 2005 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine | 10 October 2005 | Life peer
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Crossbench | Molly Meacher, Baroness Meacher[65] | 2 May 2006 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Celia Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 26 May 2006 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin[66] | 30 May 2006 | Life peer
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Labour | Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill | 1 June 2006 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss[67] | 13 June 2006 | Life peer | |||
DUP | Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's[68] | 14 June 2006 | 30 October 2017 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Conservative | Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma | 22 June 2006 | Life peer
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Crossbench | Jean Coussins, Baroness Coussins | 23 March 2007 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 30 March 2007 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi | 2 July 2007 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera | 11 July 2007 | 2011: Changed affiliation to Non-affiliated | Life peer | ||
Non-affiliated | 2011 | 8 December 2011 (Took a leave of absence) | ||||
Labour | Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford | 12 July 2007 | 2009: Changed affiliation to Non-affiliated | Life peer | ||
Non-affiliated | 2009 |
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Conservative | Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones | 15 October 2007 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal | 18 October 2007 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar | 13 December 2007 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Elizabeth Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller[69] | 2 June 2008 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough | 10 November 2008 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead[70] | 30 June 2009 | 9 April 2021 (Retired) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan | 11 September 2009 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Tanni Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson | 23 March 2010 | Life peer
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Labour | Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top[71] | 18 June 2010 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Jeannie Drake, Baroness Drake | 20 June 2010 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece | 25 June 2010 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton | 25 June 2010 | 24 April 2012 | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin | 26 June 2010 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy | 26 June 2010 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler | 27 June 2010 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Maeve Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock | 5 July 2010 | Life peer
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Labour | Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon | 7 July 2010 | Life peer
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Conservative | Angela Browning, Baroness Browning[72] | 13 July 2010 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Helen Newlove, Baroness Newlove[73] | 15 July 2010 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Parminter, Baroness Parminter | 15 July 2010 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Susan Nye, Baroness Nye[74] | 19 July 2010 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott | 19 July 2010 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton | 21 July 2010 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins | 15 November 2010 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Doocey, Baroness Doocey[75] | 21 December 2010 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Fiona Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia | 21 December 2010 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer[76] | 22 December 2010 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Patience Wheatcroft, Baroness Wheatcroft | 22 December 2010 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Jolly, Baroness Jolly | 11 January 2011 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 12 January 2011 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Berridge, Baroness Berridge | 18 January 2011 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Joan Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell | 21 January 2011 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely[77] | 24 January 2011 | 12 May 2021 (Took a leave of absence to serve as an MS) | Life peer | ||
Labour | Oona King, Baroness King of Bow[78] | 26 January 2011 | 12 May 2021 (Took a leave of absence) | Life peer | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson[79] | 27 January 2011 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington | 31 January 2011 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 1 February 2011 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Claire Tyler, Baroness Tyler of Enfield | 1 February 2011 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Brinton, Baroness Brinton[80] | 10 February 2011 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Beeban Kidron, Baroness Kidron | 26 June 2012 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe[81] | 4 February 2013 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Sohoy | 26 March 2013 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Suttie, Baroness Suttie | 17 September 2013 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Alicia Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley[82] | 19 September 2013 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Annabel Goldie, Baroness Goldie | 3 October 2013 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor | 10 October 2013 | 2016: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a Conservative | Life peer | ||
Conservative | 2016 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Cathy Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 15 October 2013 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon | 15 October 2013 | Life peer | |||
Green | Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 5 November 2013 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford | 5 November 2013 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Smith, Baroness Smith of Newnham | 12 September 2014 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen[83] | 16 September 2014 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields | 16 September 2014 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Gail Rebuck, Baroness Rebuck[84] | 18 September 2014 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Karren Brady, Baroness Brady[85] | 22 September 2014 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kath Pinnock, Baroness Pinnock | 23 September 2014 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Janke, Baroness Janke | 24 September 2014 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik[86] | 20 October 2014 | 8 September 2017 (Took a leave of absence to serve as an MEP) | Life peer | ||
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Conservative | Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park[87] | 28 October 2014 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Alison Wolf, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich | 2 December 2014 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Rosalind Altmann, Baroness Altmann | 19 May 2015 | 7 September 2015: Expelled from the Labour Party, having already been a Conservative peer | Life peer | ||
Conservative | 7 September 2015 | |||||
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 peer | |||
Conservative | Anne McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering[88] | 6 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Liz Redfern, Baroness Redfern | 7 October 2015 | Life peer
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Liberal Democrats | Lorely Burt, Baroness Burt of Solihull[89] | 9 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone of Mayfair | 15 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Kate Rock, Baroness Rock | 15 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith | 16 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone, Baroness Featherstone[90] | 20 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Simone Finn, Baroness Finn | 20 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill, Baroness Thornhill | 21 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Catherine Fall, Baroness Fall[91] | 22 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Bowles, Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted[92] | 23 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan | 26 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Tessa Jowell, Baroness Jowell[93] | 27 October 2015 | 12 May 2018 | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge | 30 October 2015 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Mary Watkins, Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 2 November 2015 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo[94] | 8 December 2015 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg | 30 August 2016 | Life peer
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Conservative | Gabrielle Bertin, Baroness Bertin | 2 September 2016 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie[95] | 5 September 2016 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Camilla Cavendish, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice[96] | 6 September 2016 | 2016: Resigned from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | 2016 | |||||
Labour | Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti | 6 September 2016 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Charlotte Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton[97] | 12 September 2016 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 13 September 2016 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Laura Wyld, Baroness Wyld | 22 June 2017 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Rona Fairhead, Baroness Fairhead | 19 October 2017 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Sarah Mullally (Bishop of London) | 8 March 2018 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Conservative | Catherine Meyer, Baroness Meyer | 19 June 2018 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Pauline Bryan, Baroness Bryan of Partick | 20 June 2018 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Amanda Sater, Baroness Sater | 20 June 2018 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Diana Barran, Baroness Barran | 2 July 2018 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott | 9 July 2018 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Deborah Bull, Baroness Bull | 11 July 2018 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Vivienne Faull (Bishop of Bristol) | 20 October 2018 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Labour | Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor[98] | 26 November 2018 | Life peer
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Conservative | Nicola Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford[99] | 4 February 2019 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Libby Lane (Bishop of Derby) | 11 February 2019 | Lords Spiritual | |||
Green | Natalie Bennett, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 7 October 2019 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton | 8 October 2019 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett | 11 October 2019 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Christine Blower, Baroness Blower | 15 October 2019 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Ruth Hunt, Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green | 16 October 2019 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Margaret Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick[100] | 16 October 2019 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn | 21 October 2019 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Debbie Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox of Newport | 4 November 2019 | Life peer
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Conservative | Nicola Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes[101] | 6 January 2020 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Kathryn Clark, Baroness Clark of Kilwinning[102] | 3 September 2020 | 6 May 2021 (Took a leave of absence to serve as an MSP) | Life peer | ||
Crossbench | Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston[103] | 7 September 2020 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Lorraine Fullbrook, Baroness Fullbrook of Dogmersfield[104] | 7 September 2020 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Susan Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock[105] | 9 September 2020 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Catharine Hoey, Baroness Hoey of Lylehill and Rathlin[106] | 14 September 2020 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Helena Morrissey, Baroness Morrissey | 14 September 2020 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley[107] | 14 September 2020 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Veronica Wadley, Baroness Fleet[108] | 8 October 2020 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik | 15 October 2020 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock | 30 October 2020 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Stephanie Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | 26 January 2021 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds | 1 February 2021 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Gillian Merron, Baroness Merron[109] | 8 February 2021 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Foster, Baroness Foster of Oxton | 9 February 2021 | Life peer | |||
Labour | Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington[110] | 1 March 2021 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Susan Black, Baroness Black of Strome | 26 April 2021 | Life peer | |||
Conservative | Ruth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links[111] | 20 July 2021 | Life peer | |||
Crossbench | Guli Francis-Dehqani (Bishop of Chelmsford) | 1 November 2021 | Lords Spiritual |
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- ^ Daughter of James Adam
- ^ Wife of Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
- ^ 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
- ^ Daughter of Cyril Osborne
- ^ Labour MP 1966-1983 & 1987-1997.
- ^ Liberal Democrat MEP 1999-2014
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Liberal Democrat MP 2005-2010
- ^ Welsh Senedd Member 2016-present. Labour MEP 1994-2009.
- ^ 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
- ^ Daughter of John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont and Pamela Wyndham, Lady Egremont
- ^ Wife of Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood
- ^ Wife of Paul Peschisolido
- ^ Conservative MEP 2017-2020
- ^ Wife of James Wild
- ^ Conservative MP 1997-2015
- ^ Liberal Democrat MP 2005-2015
- ^ Liberal Democrat MP 2005-2015
- ^ 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
- ^ Conservative MP 2010-2015
- ^ Labour MP 2010-2019
- ^ Labour MP 1989-2019
- ^ Brexit Party MEP 2019-2020
- ^ Wife of Tom Bower
- ^ Labour MP 1997–2010
- ^ Labour MP 2010–2019
- ^ Conservative MSP 2011–2021
See also[]
Categories:
- Members of the British House of Lords
- Women in England
- Lists of women legislators in the United Kingdom
- British women in politics
- Lists of politicians from the United Kingdom
- Lists of female political office-holders in the United Kingdom