House of Lords by party and group
Members of the UK House of Lords in each party or group on the day the data was retrieved.
Members sitting (Conservative largest with 247)
796
3 Nov 2026
Verified against source, 3 November 2026, 13:49 UTCCharts about parties use each party's own colour, as UK Parliament publishes it. Every other chart uses Suffrago's colours.
Source: UK Parliament. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Party colours from the UK Parliament Members API.
Data table
12 rows
| Party | Members |
|---|---|
| Conservative | 247 |
| Labour | 232 |
| Crossbench | 154 |
| Liberal Democrat | 79 |
| Non-affiliated | 44 |
| Bishops | 25 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 6 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 3 |
| Green Party | 2 |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 |
| Conservative Independent | 1 |
| Lord Speaker | 1 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- UK Parliament
- Check it yourself
- https://members.parliament.uk/parties/lords
- Licence
- Open Parliament Licence v3.0 – Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 3 November 2026, 13:46 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Parties/StateOfTheParties/2/2026-11-03SHA-256 2c8b540fb0ca0d6c62703824ed06bf99e1c6e2c3644d80bd7d0985727b9260f3 · 3,639 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 3 November 2026, 13:49 UTC Run at 3 November 2026, 13:49 UTC; 12 of 12 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | UK Parliament; Open Parliament Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-03T13:46:22Z; 1 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 1 of 1 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 12 of 12 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 12 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 12 of 12 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | Members search count agrees | 12 of 12 party totals match a member-by-member count from https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/Search |
| Not run | Source page answers | https://members.parliament.uk/parties/lords refuses automated requests (HTTP 403); open it in a browser to compare |