House of Lords Reform Act 2014

House of Lords Reform Act 2014

Long title An Act to make provision for resignation from the House of Lords; and to make provision for the expulsion of Members of the House of Lords in specified circumstances.
Citation 2014 c. 24
Introduced by Dan Byles
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent 14 May 2014
Commencement
  • 14 August 2014 (Sections 1-2)
  • 14 May 2014 (Sections 3-7)
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The House of Lords Reform Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom.[1] It received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014. The act allows members of the House of Lords to retire or resign, which was previously constitutionally impossible. It also makes provision to exclude members who commit serious criminal offences resulting in a jail sentence of at least one year, and members who fail to attend the House for a whole session. The act does not have retrospective effect.

Peers retired or resigned under the provisions of the act

Rank Peer   Party Member of the House Date of retirement
or resignation
001 Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell Labour 1976–1999, 2000–2014 1 October 2014
002 David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold Crossbencher 1987–1999, 2000–2014 13 October 2014
003 Roger Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley Crossbencher 1978–1999, 2001–2014 17 November 2014
004 Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Crossbencher 1979–2014 12 December 2014
005 Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding Conservative 1987–2015 6 January 2015
006 David Waddington, Baron Waddington Conservative 1990–2015 26 March 2015
007 David Nickson, Baron Nickson Crossbencher 1994–2015 27 March 2015
008 Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick Crossbencher 1993–2015 27 March 2015
009 Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe Labour 2000–2015 30 March 2015
010 Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs Crossbencher 1990–2015 31 March 2015
011 Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead Conservative 1994–2015 31 March 2015
012 Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft Conservative 2000–2015 3 April 2015
013 John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside Labour 1997–2015 20 April 2015
014 Colin Sharman, Baron Sharman Liberal Democrat 1999–2015 30 April 2015
015 David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes Crossbencher 1991–2005,[lower-alpha 1] 2005–2015 30 April 2015
016 William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby Crossbencher 1983–2015 1 May 2015
017 Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury Liberal Democrat 1998–2015 7 May 2015
018 Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg Liberal Democrat 1997–2015 8 May 2015
019 William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart Liberal Democrat 1997–2015 15 May 2015
020 Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon Labour 2001–2015 18 May 2015
021 Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon Conservative 1992–2015 19 May 2015
022 John Roper, Baron Roper Liberal Democrat 2000–2015 23 May 2015
023 Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies Labour 1983–2015 23 May 2015
024 Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock Crossbencher 1985–2015 1 June 2015
025 Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden Conservative 1997–2015 1 June 2015
026 John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton Conservative 1983–2015 11 June 2015
027 Arthur Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke Conservative 1996–2015 24 June 2015
028 Robert Edmiston, Baron Edmiston Conservative 2011–2015 22 July 2015
029 Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins Labour 1999–2015 23 July 2015
030 David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Crossbencher[lower-alpha 2] 1976–1999, 2005–2015 23 July 2015
031 George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld Labour 1997–2015 30 July 2015
032 John Sewel, Baron Sewel Non-affiliated[lower-alpha 3] 1996–2015 30 July 2015
033 Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson Conservative 1992–2015 14 September 2015
034 Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Conservative 2001–2015 18 September 2015
035 Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont Crossbencher 1964–2015 10 November 2015
036 Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby Conservative 1992–2015 12 November 2015
037 Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior Conservative 1990–2015 31 December 2015
038 Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon Labour 1997–2016 9 February 2016
039 Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby Liberal Democrat 1993–2016 11 February 2016
040 Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone Liberal Democrat 1997–2016 12 February 2016
041 Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson Crossbencher 1991–2016 1 March 2016
042 Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill Crossbencher 1996–2016 9 March 2016
043 Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree Conservative 1997–2016 24 March 2016
044 Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury Crossbencher 1992–2016 25 March 2016
045 Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Crossbencher 1961–2016 31 March 2016
046 Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry Conservative 1997–2016 14 April 2016
047 Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom Crossbencher 1984–2016 21 April 2016
048 Peter Inge, Baron Inge Crossbencher 1997–2016 25 April 2016
049 Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark Conservative 1991–2016 26 May 2016
050 Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell Conservative 1997–2016 9 June 2016
051 Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden Conservative 1991–2016 21 July 2016
052 Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford Liberal Democrat 1998–2016 31 July 2016
053 Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff Liberal Democrat 1981–2016 13 October 2016
054 William Wade, Baron Wade of Chorlton Conservative 1990–2016 1 November 2016
  1. ↑ Sat as Bishop of London to 1995 and then as Archbishop of York.
  2. ↑ Sat as Conservative from 1976 to 1999.
  3. ↑ Labour until 2012.

Peers removed for non-attendance under the provisions of the act

Rank Peer   Party Member of the House Date of removal
001 Thomas Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges Crossbencher 1969–2016 18 May 2016
002 Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen Crossbencher 1997–2016 18 May 2016
003 Terence James Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield Labour 1997–2016 18 May 2016
004 Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Wallisford Liberal Democrat 1994–2016 18 May 2016

See also

References

  1. ↑ "House of Lords Reform Act 2014". UK Statute Law Database. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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