List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present)

This is a list of former members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who ceased serving after 2000.

Living Apart from retired Lords Spiritual and the surviving hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999, including the Marquess of Cholmondeley who was exempt from the 1999 Act by virtue of his position as Lord Great Chamberlain until the proclamation of accession of Charles III in September 2022,House of Lords Act 1999 § 2. there are a number of living peers who have permanently ceased to be members of the House.

Resigned under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 Under Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers may permanently retire or otherwise resign their membership of the House.House of Lords Reform Act 2014 § 1. The following peers have exercised that right and are still living:

‡ former MP# former MEP

TitlePartyDate joinedResignedTypeNotesLabour17 April 20001 October 2014Hereditary peergiven a Life PeerageSat as Baron Grenfell of KilveyPreviously retired under the Resolution of the House of 27 June 2011 on 31 March 2014Crossbencher22 March 199427 March 2015Life peer, PCConservative20 October 20003 April 2015Life peer, PCCrossbencher31 March 200530 April 2015Life peerArchbishop of York Liberal Democrat2 August 199930 April 2015Life peerConservative14 January 201122 July 2015Life peerNon-affiliated10 January 199630 July 2015Life peerChairman of Committees Junior MinisterLabour5 November 199730 July 2015Life peerConservative16 July 199126 May 2016Life peer, PC ‡Conservative13 June 19979 June 2016Life peerForeign Secretary Home Secretary Cabinet Minister Liberal Democrat1 August 199831 July 2016Life peer, PCCrossbencher17 July 200021 December 2016Law life peerLaw Lord Vice-Chancellor , PCLabour2 October 199827 April 2017Life peerCabinet Minister , PC ‡Conservative17 November 19998 June 2017Hereditary peergiven a Life PeerageSat as Baron Gascoyne-CecilCabinet Minister Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords Non-affiliated16 May 19979 June 2017Life peerLiberal Democrat19 April 200030 June 2017Hereditary peergiven a Life PeerageSat as Baron Erskine of Alloa TowerConservative18 February 199717 October 2017Life peerDUP14 June 200630 October 2017Life peeralso The Lady Bannside also The Dowager Lady Bannside Conservative21 May 19713 November 2017Life peerCrossbencher27 June 200121 December 2017Life peerCommissioner of the Metropolitan Police Conservative18 October 199622 December 2017Life peerConservative24 July 19951 January 2018Life peerConservative11 November 19991 June 2018Elected hereditary peerCrossbencher3 August 199820 December 2018Life peerPresident of the Methodist Conference Crossbencher28 May 200814 January 2019Life peer, PCCrossbencher17 June 20031 February 2019Life peerLord President of the Court of Session Lord Justice Clerk Senator of the College of Justice Labour6 October 199322 July 2019Life peer, PC ‡Conservative5 July 200126 July 2019Life peerCabinet Minister Conservative4 February 19912 September 2019Life peerChairman of Arts Council of Great Britain Liberal Democrat22 June 200413 January 2020Life peer, PC ‡Non-affiliated6 June 199727 March 2020Life peerLeader of the Liberal Party Chief Whip of the Liberal Party Crossbencher11 November 19991 May 2020Elected hereditary peerConservative15 October 19965 May 2020Life peer, PC ‡Conservative4 October 199713 May 2020Life peerJunior MinisterChief Whip of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords ‡Labour3 August 199926 May 2020Life peer, PC ‡Crossbencher2 October 200029 June 2020Life peerLord Chamberlain of the Household Junior MinisterLabour7 June 200621 July 2020Life peerGeneral Secretary of the TGWU President of the Trades Union Congress Crossbencher10 July 200731 August 2020Life peerJunior Minister, PCCrossbencher8 January 201331 August 2020Life peerArchbishop of Canterbury , PC ‡Liberal Democrat10 June 20052 September 2020Life peerChief Whip of the Liberal Democrats Non-affiliated3 August 199814 November 2020Life peerConservative16 January 199617 December 2020Life peerJunior MinisterConservative17 May 19901 January 2021Life peerJunior MinisterCrossbencher14 February 199212 February 2021Life peerGovernor of Hong Kong ‡Non-affiliated23 June 200519 February 2021Life peer, PC ‡Conservative22 November 199712 April 2021Life peerGovernment Chief Whip also Chief Whip of the Conservative Party Labour3 October 19971 July 2021Life peerJunior MinisterLabour27 October 199727 October 2021Life peer, PC ‡Liberal Democrat15 June 200528 October 2021Life peerChief Whip of the Liberal Democrats Labour14 June 19915 November 2021Life peerCrossbencher21 June 200417 December 2021Life peerVice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Conservative6 February 201317 December 2021Elected hereditary peer ‡Conservative16 May 200031 January 2022Life peerConservative11 November 19991 February 2022Elected hereditary peerNon-affiliated20 July 19997 April 2022Life peerAssistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress , PCConservative11 November 199928 April 2022Elected hereditary peerChairman of Committees Junior MinisterCrossbencher27 July 199928 April 2022Life peer ‡Non-affiliated22 June 200528 April 2022Life peerJunior Minister, PC ‡Conservative29 September 199730 June 2022Life peerCabinet Minister Conservative7 February 198513 July 2022Life peer, PCConservative25 March 200320 July 2022Elected hereditary peerJunior MinisterGovernment Chief Whip in the House of Lords also Chief Whip of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords Crossbencher11 November 199921 July 2022Elected hereditary peerSat as Baron Hare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; his other titles are in the Peerage of Ireland, PCConservative11 November 199922 July 2022Elected hereditary peerJunior Minister ‡Labour29 June 200519 January 2023Life peerChairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party , PC ‡Conservative24 April 19923 February 2023Life peerJunior MinisterCrossbencher11 November 199921 March 2023Elected hereditary peerLiberal Democrat23 July 199925 July 2023Life peerCrossbencher11 November 199927 July 2023Elected hereditary peerCrossbencher13 July 19991 October 2023Life peerConservative20 December 201023 October 2023Life peer, PC ‡Liberal Democrat12 February 199212 December 2023Life peerCabinet Minister Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords Labour24 July 199228 February 2024Life peer, PC ‡Conservative19 July 200529 February 2024Life peerGovernment Chief Whip also Chief Whip of the Conservative Party Conservative3 October 20131 March 2024Life peer, PCCrossbencher28 July 199720 June 2024Law life peerJustice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Law Lord Conservative16 June 20042 July 2024Life peerLabour4 August 19998 July 2024Life peerGeneral Secretary of the COHSE President of the Trades Union Congress ‡Labour26 January 20119 July 2024Life peerLiberal Democrat24 December 201031 July 2024Life peerJunior Minister, PCCrossbencher29 July 19981 August 2024Life peerCivil ServantJunior Minister, PC ‡Ind. Social Democrat30 June 199213 August 2024Life peerForeign Secretary Leader of the SDP Leader of the SDP Crossbencher22 July 199728 November 2024Life peerLabour3 May 200019 December 2024Life peer, PC ‡ #Labour30 May 200619 December 2024Life peerJunior MinisterConservative18 May 199020 December 2024Life peerJunior MinisterLabour17 February 199528 February 2025Life peerNon-affiliated15 October 200828 March 2025Life peerJunior MinisterCrossbencher11 November 199923 June 2025Elected hereditary peerConservative1 February 201124 July 2025Life peerLabour20 June 201825 July 2025Life peerCrossbencher15 July 200931 August 2025Elected hereditary peerCrossbencher16 June 200628 October 2025Life peeralso The Lady Layard Crossbencher13 July 19992 December 2025Life peerNon-affiliated29 October 19975 December 2025Life peer ‡Conservative7 June 200012 December 2025Life peerCrossbencher5 June 200618 December 2025Life peerReform UK13 October 202130 January 2026Life peerJunior Minister, PC ‡Non-affiliated13 October 20084 February 2026Life peerCabinet Minister European Commissioner , PC ‡Labour22 July 201023 February 2026Life peerDefence Secretary Cabinet Minister Conservative11 November 199926 February 2026Elected hereditary peerJunior MinisterLabour4 May 20001 March 2026Life peer ‡Crossbencher21 June 20042 March 2026Life peerConservative16 October 19967 March 2026Life peerConservative11 September 20149 March 2026Life peerConservative26 May 201527 March 2026Life peerJunior Minister, PCConservative11 November 199927 March 2026Elected hereditary peerJunior MinisterCrossbencher11 November 199927 March 2026Elected hereditary peerCrossbencher11 May 201128 March 2026Elected hereditary peerLabour4 August 199831 March 2026Life peerLiberal Democrat2 October 20131 April 2026Life peerConservative11 November 199917 April 2026Elected hereditary peerLabour29 July 199817 April 2026Life peerDeputy General Secretary of the UCW , PCLabour27 June 200520 April 2026Life peerCabinet Minister Conservative12 January 201128 April 2026Life peerCrossbencher13 October 201130 April 2026Life peerConservative31 October 202230 April 2026Life peerConservative10 May 199030 April 2026Life peeralso The Viscountess Eccles ‡Liberal Democrats9 October 20157 May 2026Life peer, PCLabour25 March 198711 May 2026Life peerLord High Chancellor of Great Britain Crossbencher13 June 200615 May 2026Life peer, PCCrossbencher21 April 200918 May 2026Law life peerJustice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Law Lord ‡Labour3 September 202019 May 2026Life peerLabour4 October 199321 May 2026Life peerCrossbencher8 November 201025 June 2026Life peerNon-affiliated1 May 200016 July 2026Life peer, PCConservative5 June 199724 July 2026Life peerCabinet Minister Government Chief Whip also Chief Whip of the Conservative Party Crossbencher18 November 20026 September 2026Life peerCabinet Secretary

Future resignations TitlePartyDate joinedResigningTypeNotesThe Lord ShipleyLiberal Democrats14 July 201031 October 2026Life peer

Removed for non-attendance under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 Under Section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, peers who fail to attend any sittings of the House during a whole parliamentary session cease to be members of the House at the start of the next session.House of Lords Reform Act 2014 § 2. The following peers have been subject to this provision since the Act came into force and are still living:

‡ former MP# former MEP TitlePartyDate joinedRemovedTypeNotesConservative11 October 19937 November 2023Life peerNon-affiliated30 October 20019 July 2024Life peer, PC ‡Labour29 June 20059 July 2024Life peerChairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party , PC ‡Labour3 October 19979 July 2024Life peerJunior MinisterNon-affiliated11 November 19999 July 2024Elected hereditary peer #Labour2 May 200013 May 2026Life peer

Resigned under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 Under Section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, peers are automatically and compulsorily treated as domiciled in the United Kingdom for tax purposes. Section 42 allowed peers who did not wish to comply with the provision to choose within three months of the act coming into force to give notice with the same effect as to resign and retire from the House of Lords.Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 § 42. The following peers opted to exercise that right and are still living:

TitlePartyDate joinedResignedTypeNotesConservative14 June 200415 April 2010Life peerRetains tax residency (domicile) in MonacoCrossbencher24 August 199030 June 2010Life peerRetains tax residency (domicile) in Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)Crossbencher19 July 19996 July 2010Life peerRetains tax residency (domicile) in Switzerland

Peers excluded by the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026