The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house,the House of Commons,it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London,England. One of the oldest institutions in the world,its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century.
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr,13th Marquess of Lothian,Baron Kerr of Monteviot,,commonly known as Michael Ancram,is a Scottish politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly styled Earl of Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004.
Peter Bruce Lilley,Baron Lilley,PC is a British politician and life peer who served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) Hitchin and Harpenden from 1997 to 2017 and,prior to boundary changes,St Albans from 1983.
John Selwyn Gummer,Baron Deben,is a British Conservative Party politician,formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and now a member of the House of Lords. He was Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1983 to 1985 and held various government posts including Secretary of State for the Environment from 1993 to 1997.
Brian Stanley Mawhinney,Baron Mawhinney,was a British Conservative politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 to 1997 and a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005.
Gregory Leonard George Barker,Baron Barker of Battle,is a British Conservative Party politician and life peer. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change,a role in which he served until 2014. At the following year's general election he stood down as MP for Bexhill and Battle and was appointed to the House of Lords.
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,Baron Young of Cookham,,known as Sir George Young,6th Baronet from 1960 to 2015,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015,having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions:as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997;as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2012 to 2014.
Kenneth Wilfred Baker,Baron Baker of Dorking,is a British politician,Conservative Member of Parliament from 1968 to 1997,and a cabinet minister,including holding the offices of Home Secretary,Education Secretary and Conservative Party Chairman. He is a life member of the Tory Reform Group.
John Cradock Maples,Baron Maples was a British politician and life peer who served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1989 to 1992. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham West from 1983 to 1992 and Stratford-upon-Avon from 1997 to 2010.
Alexander John Randall,Baron Randall of Uxbridge,is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge from 1997 to 2010 and for Uxbridge and South Ruislip until 2015,before being awarded a life peerage in 2018. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Government Deputy Chief Whip from May 2010 and October 2013,as well as Environment Adviser to Theresa May from 2017 to 2019.
Andrew Guy Tyrie,Baron Tyrie,is a British politician and former chair of the Competition and Markets Authority. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 1997 to 2017. Tyrie was previously a special adviser at HM Treasury and chair of the Treasury Select Committee,having taken up the role on 10 June 2010. He was described by Donald Macintyre of The Independent in 2013 as "the most powerful backbencher in the House of Commons",and by The Economist as a liberal conservative.
John David Beckett Taylor,Baron Taylor of Warwick is a member of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. His full title is "The Lord Taylor of Warwick". In 1996,at the age of 44,he became one of the youngest people in the upper house.
Michael Anthony Ashcroft,Baron Ashcroft,is a British-Belizean businessman,pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972 and was the 132nd richest person in the UK,as ranked by the Sunday Times Rich List 2021,with an estimated fortune of £1.257 billion.
David Anthony Freud,Baron Freud,is a British politician,life peer,and former investment banker who served as Minister for Welfare Reform from 2010 to 2016. Before he joined the Conservative Party,he was vice-chairman of investment banking at UBS and a government adviser on welfare reform.
Peter Selwyn Gummer,Baron Chadlington FCIPR FIoD FCinstM FRSA is an English businessman and former head of Huntsworth,one of the largest lobbying firms in the United Kingdom.
Guy Vaughan Black,Baron Black of Brentwood is Deputy Chairman of the Telegraph Media Group.
Andrew Simon Feldman,Baron Feldman of Elstree,is a British barrister,businessman and Conservative fundraiser and politician.
Raminder Singh Ranger,Baron Ranger,is a British businessman,and the founder of Sun Mark and Sea Air &Land Forwarding,an international marketing and distribution company. He is also chairman and managing director of Sea Air and Land Forwarding Ltd.
Stephen Parkinson,Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay is a British Conservative member of the House of Lords who serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts,Heritage and Libraries since March 2022.
