A crossbencher is a minor party or independent member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia. They take...

Wellington were elected by Conservative hereditary peers but now sit as Crossbenchers. Number includes Lord Carrington, who would otherwise be an ex officio...

Baron Pannick, KC (born 7 March 1956) is a British barrister and a crossbencher in the House of Lords. He practises mainly in the areas of public law...

disadvantaged and deprived backgrounds. Ouseley sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher from 2001 until his retirement in 2019. He was also included in the 2003...

retired British civil servant, now sitting in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. Butler was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, on 3 January 1938. He...

he regularly attended. He did not join a political party but sat as a crossbencher. On 11 November 1999, he was among the majority of the hereditary members...

whilst another, larger, grouping is given the official designation of crossbenchers. Additionally the Lords Spiritual (bishops of the Church of England)...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (804) Conservative (273) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (78) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

Merseyside. He took his seat in the House of Lords in March 2000 as a crossbencher. Birt is an active cross-bencher in the House of Lords, speaking out...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (804) Conservative (273) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (78) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (804) Conservative (273) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (78) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

Borough of Merton Crossbencher 13 October 2011 Donald Curry † Baron Curry of Kirkharle of Kirkharle in the County of Northumberland Crossbencher 10 January 2012...

hereditary peers were elected by hereditary peers of three parties and crossbenchers in elections held from 3 to 4 November 1999. 42 excepted hereditary...

served on the board of Channel 4. She entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher on 26 March 2013, becoming its youngest female member; she was appointed...

Supreme Court upon that body's inauguration on 1 October 2009. He sat as a crossbencher. On 10 July 2024, it was announced that Saville had retired from the...

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retired from the House of Lords on 12 February 2021 after sitting as a crossbencher for over 28 years. Wilson was born in Alloa in Scotland on 14 February...

death in 1991 and entered the House of Lords in 1992, initially as a crossbencher. Shortly before the general election of 1997 he joined the Conservative...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (804) Conservative (273) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (78) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

2022(2022-03-22) (aged 90) Idlicote, Warwickshire, England Political party Crossbencher Spouse The Lord Howe of Aberavon ​ ​ (m. 1953; died 2015)​ Children 3...

County of Devon, on 13 June 2006. She sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. She made her maiden speech on 21 November 2006 during the Debate on...

Type Catherine Smith Labour 29 August 2024 Life peer [to be determined] Crossbencher 20 November 2025 Hereditary peer [to be determined] Conservative 9 January...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (804) Conservative (273) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (78) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

longer hold a judicial position. Most non-party Lords Temporal are crossbenchers. Peers may also be required to sit as non-affiliated while they hold...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (804) Conservative (273) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (78) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

succeeded by Sir Gus O'Donnell. He now sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. Turnbull was educated at Enfield Grammar School and Christ's College...

Speakers of the House of Commons upon retirement since 1971, who sit as crossbenchers. (Previously, retiring Speakers had by custom received a hereditary...

London, England Resting place St Martin's Church, Bladon Political party Crossbencher Spouse Winston Churchill ​ ​ (m. 1908; died 1965)​ Children Diana Randolph...

Resting place St Baglan's Church, Llanfaglan, Wales Political party Crossbencher Spouses Princess Margaret ​ ​ (m. 1960; div. 1978)​ Lucy Lindsay-Hogg...

September 1935), is a former member of the House of Lords. She sat as a crossbencher. Appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the...