By-elections to the House of Lords

By-elections to the House of Lords occur when vacancies arise among seats assigned to hereditary peers due to death, resignation, or disqualification.The Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain were entitled to sit ex officio; the remaining ninety were elected by all the hereditary peers before the passing of the reform.However, on 25 July 2024, and in anticipation of imminent legislative debates on the abolition of the right of Hereditary Peers to sit in the Lords (see proposed abolition below), and reflecting views that "ongoing by-elections during the parliamentary consideration of a Bill would be deeply undesirable in this context", the House of Lords passed a motion to extend the deadline for holding a by-election to 18 months.After the passing of the Peerage Act 1963, all Scottish peers were entitled to sit in the House of Lords and the election procedure was abolished.Upon the creation of the Irish Free State, the offices required to officiate these by-elections were abolished and thus no more were held, but those peers already elected kept their seats for the remainder of their lives.
hereditary peersHouse of Lords Act 1999House of LordselectedLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratCrossbenchEarl MarshalLord Great Chamberlainex officio members1999 House of Lords electionHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillAlternative VoteSingle Transferrable VoteViscount of OxfuirdViscount UllswaterViscount Montgomery of AlameinLord GrantchesterViscount EcclesLord MestonLord MonkswellEarl of ClancartyLord RathcavanViscount TrenchardViscount WeirEarl CathcartLord NorrieViscount BrentfordEarl of CranbrookEarl of StocktonEarl of EffinghamEarl of IveaghLord de RamseyLiberal DemocratsEarl of CarlisleEarl CairnsViscount AddisonLord BirdwoodEarl of GlasgowLord Vaux of HarrowdenEarl of KinnoullLord de MauleyLord GrayViscount HoodIndependentLord KennetViscount TorringtonLord TeynhamEarl of SwintonLord StrathcarronLord RowallanLord PooleLord PenderLord Napier of MagdalaLord LawrenceEarl of KintoreLord GladwynEarl of CromerLord BirkettLord AshbourneLord BiddulphLord CadmanLord CalverleyLord CarewLord CheshamLord Clifford of ChudleighEarl CowleyLord CromwellEarl of DroghedaEarl of EnniskillenViscount GageLord GainfordLord GlanuskLord HerbertLord HindlipLord HolmPatrickLord KenilworthLord KillearnEarl of KimberleyEarl of LauderdaleViscount LeathersLord Macpherson of DrumochterViscount Massereene and FerrardViscount MelvilleLord MilfordLord MilvertonLord Monk BrettonLord NewallLord Oranmore and BrowneLord RenwickViscount SamuelLord SempillEarl of ShannonDuke of SomersetLord SudeleyLord TerringtonLord TryonLord Milner of LeedsViscount HanworthLord HackingLord VivianLord HarlechLord MargadaleLord MorrisEarl RussellLord BurnhamEarl Alexander of TunisViscount GormanstonViscount HillLord LaytonLord AberdareDuke of RutlandBaroness StrangeEarl of StairLord Amherst of HackneyLord VernonLord Mowbray and StourtonViscount Younger of LeckieLord AbingerLord AnnalyLord DarlingViscount Monckton of BrenchleyLord OgmoreLord PolwarthLord SeafordLord SwanseaEarl of WooltonBaroness Darcy de KnaythViscount DevonportLord Darcy de KnaythLord RevelstokeEarl of ShaftesburyLord WhartonViscount BledisloeLord WrenburyEarl of BalfourEarl of LonsdaleViscount MountgarretLord Robertson of OakridgeViscount Colville of CulrossEarl of LyttonViscount Runciman of DoxfordEarl of AlbemarleMarquess of AbergavennyEarl of NortheskLord Ashton of HydeLord ColgrainEarl of LimerickLord BethellLord BoltonLord BorwickEarl of HarrowbyLord StrabolgiLord ParmoorLord MonsonEarl of Oxford and AsquithEarl of OnslowLord AmpthillEarl FerrersViscount RidleyViscount HailshamLord WindleshamEarl of ClanwilliamLord SomerleytonLord ReayLord Napier and EttrickLord HemphillLord FisherLord MoranLord Russell of LiverpoolLord AldingtonLord ThurlowEarl Temple of StoweLord MethuenLord MiddletonViscount Allenby of MegiddoLord GrantleyEarl Lloyd-George of DwyforLord CobboldLord ChorleyEarl of Cork and OrreryLord HamptonDuke of MarlboroughLady Saltoun of AbernethyViscount TenbyLord MountevansLord Trevethin and OakseyLord CawleyLord KilmarnockLord LukeDuke of WellingtonLord SouthamptonLord Montagu of BeaulieuLord Fairfax of CameronLord AshcombeLord AveburyViscount ThursoLord BridgesLord HankeyViscount PowerscourtLord LyellLord MostynLord WalpoleLord HayterEarl Baldwin of BewdleyEarl of DevonLord RavensdaleEarl of EldonDuke of Hamilton and BrandonEarl of CarnarvonLord GlenconnerLord WigramDavid Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of SnowdonLord GlentoranEarl De La WarrLord NorthbourneLord CarringtonLord SkelmersdaleEarl of LeicesterViscount SlimLord SpensCOVID-19 pandemicEarl of SelborneLord DenhamLord SelsdonLord SandhurstLord AltrinchamLord DormerEarl of DundonaldLord ElibankLord WrottesleyCountess of MarLord LondesboroughLord de CliffordLord ReaViscount StansgateLord EltonViscount SimonViscount CamroseEarl of DudleyLord RotherwickLord BaillieuLord IronsideLord Brabazon of TaraLord SwinfenLord RemnantLord ColwynLord RoboroughEarl of MintoLord HazleriggLord RossmoreMarquess of BristolEarl of Eglinton and 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