The Lords Spiritual are the bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Up to 26 of the 42 diocesan bishops and...

any longer. The House of Lords also includes up to 26 archbishops and bishops of the Church of England, known as Lords Spiritual. Since 2014, membership...

Man). Under the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015, female bishops take precedence over men until May 2025 to become new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats...

The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (c. 18) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It states that whenever a vacancy arises among the Lords Spiritual...

as spokesperson bishops for the Church of England or as Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords. As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there...

prime minister, plus up to 92 hereditary peers. The less numerous Lords Spiritual consist of up to 26 bishops of the Church of England. Before the establishment...

members from the Lords Spiritual, who sit in the House as a consequence of being bishops in the Church of England. Membership in the Lords Temporal was once...

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or more. The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 regulates the procedure for women bishops to enter the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. It stipulates...

the House of Lords, of whom 25 were senior Church of England bishops, whose representation in the House is governed by the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act...

right to sit in the House of Lords subject to keeping to certain constitutional conventions incumbent on Lords Spiritual requiring them to speak in an...

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before the House of Lords Act 1999. The Lords Spiritual (twenty-six bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords) are also introduced...

November 2011. He was introduced to the House of Lords on 12 January 2012, where he sat on the Lords Spiritual bench. He gave his maiden speech on 16 May 2012...

the Register of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, a document maintained by the Clerk of the Parliaments. The Register of Lords Spiritual and Temporal was...

favour of a unicameral Parliament. The House of Lords is composed of two major groups: the Lords Spiritual (who in modern times are the archbishops and some...

occasions: Parliament robes, worn on ceremonial occasions in the House of Lords, and Coronation robes, worn at coronations of monarchs. Peers wear a robe...

1963) is an English Anglican bishop who sits in the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual. In June 2015 she was appointed as Bishop of Gloucester, the first...

Cathedral. On 21 September 2023, Hartley was admitted to the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual. She was introduced to the House on 26 October 2023, and made...

the reformed House of Lords. The House would have to be composed of elected members, appointed members, bishops (Lords Spiritual), as well as up to eight...

House. For the first time, the Lords Temporal were more numerous than the Lords Spiritual. Currently, the Lords Spiritual consist of the Archbishops of...

Bishop of Lichfield, a seat in the House of Lords became vacant. With the passing of the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015, the vacancy had to be filled...

28 February 2015. Watson was introduced into the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spiritual on 9 February 2022. In 2023, following the news that the...

2010. In 2014, he became a Lord Spiritual, one of the 26 senior diocesan bishops entitled to sit in the House of Lords; he was introduced on 25 March 2014...

was on 11 March 2021. She joined the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spiritual, under the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 on 1 November 2021. In May...

hereditary peers were able to sit in the Lords from 1963. Female Church of England bishops have been sitting as Lords Spiritual since 2015, although abbesses had...

to the crossbench group, nor are they Lords Spiritual (active Church of England bishops). Formerly, the law lords were also a separate affiliation, but...

the first woman to hold this office and sits on the Lord Spiritual benches in the House of Lords. From 1999 to 2004, she was Chief Nursing Officer for England...

sat as members of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death. Daughter of James Adam...

Derby Cathedral on 25 May 2019. She was introduced as a Lord Spiritual at the House of Lords by the Archbishop of Canterbury (Justin Welby) and the former...