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Text of statute as originally enacted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

Peer   Party Member of the House Date of retirement
or resignation
Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell Labour 1976–1999, 2000– 1 October 2014
David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold Crossbencher 1987–1999, 2000– 13 October 2014
Roger Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley Crossbencher 1978–1999, 2001– 17 November 2014
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Crossbencher 1979– 12 December 2014
Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding Conservative 1987– 6 January 2015
David Waddington, Baron Waddington Conservative 1990– 26 March 2015
David Nickson, Baron Nickson Crossbencher 1994– 27 March 2015
Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick Crossbencher 1993– 27 March 2015
Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe Labour 2000– 30 March 2015
Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs Crossbencher 1990– 31 March 2015
Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead Conservative 1994– 31 March 2015
Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft Conservative 2000– 3 April 2015
John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside Labour 1997– 20 April 2015
Colin Sharman, Baron Sharman Liberal Democrat 1999– 30 April 2015
David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes Crossbencher 1991–2005,[lower-alpha 1] 2005– 30 April 2015
William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby Crossbencher 1983– 1 May 2015
Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury Liberal Democrat 1998– 7 May 2015
Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg Liberal Democrat 1997– 8 May 2015
William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart Liberal Democrat 1997– 15 May 2015
Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon Labour 2001– 18 May 2015
Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon Conservative 1992– 19 May 2015
John Roper, Baron Roper Liberal Democrat 2000– 23 May 2015
Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies Labour 1983– 23 May 2015
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock Crossbencher 1985– 1 June 2015
Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden Conservative 1997– 1 June 2015
John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton Conservative 1983– 11 June 2015
Arthur Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke Conservative 1996– 24 June 2015
Robert Edmiston, Baron Edmiston Conservative 2011– 22 July 2015
Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins Labour 1999– 23 July 2015
David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Crossbencher[lower-alpha 2] 1976–1999, 2005– 23 July 2015
George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld Labour 1997– 30 July 2015
John Sewel, Baron Sewel Non-affiliated[lower-alpha 3] 1996– 30 July 2015
Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson Conservative 1992– 14 September 2015
Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Conservative 2001– 18 September 2015
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont Crossbencher 1964– 10 November 2015
Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby Conservative 1992– 12 November 2015
Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior Conservative 1990– 31 December 2015
Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon Labour 1997– 9 February 2016
Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby Liberal Democrat 1993– 11 February 2016
Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone Liberal Democrat 1997– 12 February 2016
Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson Crossbencher 1991– 1 March 2016
Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill Crossbencher 1996– 9 March 2016
Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree Conservative 1997– 24 March 2016
Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury Crossbencher 1992– 25 March 2016
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Crossbencher 1961– 31 March 2016
Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry Conservative 1997– 14 April 2016
Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom Crossbencher 1984– 21 April 2016
Peter Inge, Baron Inge Crossbencher 1997– 25 April 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.

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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