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...

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...

elected by the Liberal Democrat hereditary peers 28 peers elected by the Crossbencher hereditary peers 15 peers elected by the whole House By convention, whole-House...

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...

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...

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...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (805) Conservative (275) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (79) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

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

  Plaid Cymru (2)   Independents (1)   Non-affiliated (42) Crossbench   Crossbenchers (184) Presiding officer   Lord Speaker (1) Commons political groups...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (805) Conservative (275) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (79) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016. Ricketts served as chair of the Joint...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (805) Conservative (275) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (79) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (805) Conservative (275) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (79) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

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...

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

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...

Independents (13)‡ Speaker (1) House of Lords (805) Conservative (275) Crossbenchers (184) Labour (185) Liberal Democrats (79) DUP (6) UUP (3) Green (E&W)...

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

that he would be made a life peer and enter the House of Lords as a crossbencher and on 26 March 2013 he was created Baron Berkeley of Knighton, of Knighton...

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

14 August 1975 (age 49) Exeter, Devon, England Political party None (Crossbencher) Spouse A. J. Langer ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2023)​ Children 2 Parent(s) Hugh...

27th Baron de Clifford, and was elected to the House of Lords in a Crossbencher by-election in September 2023, taking the room of Raymond, Lord Hylton...

Died 1 May 1995(1995-05-01) (aged 66) London, England Political party Crossbencher Parents Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness Thelma Morgan Education...

June 2024, and was introduced to the House of Lords on 29 July as a crossbencher. van der Bles, Anne Marthe; van der Linden, Sander; Freeman, Alexandra...

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

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

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

Appointed as a life peer in 1992, he sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher until March 2014, and sat as an "independent social democrat" until his...

November 2014 Life peerage Personal details Born Andrew Fleming Green (1941-08-06) 6 August 1941 (age 83) Nationality British Political party Crossbencher...

House of Lords should have 450 members. Party groupings, including the Crossbenchers, should choose which of their members are retained in the transition...