House of Lords Reform Act 2014

House of Lords Reform Act 2014

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision for resignation from the House of Lords; and to make provision for the expulsion of Members of the House of Lords in specified circumstances.
Citation	2014 c. 24
Introduced by	Dan Byles
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	14 May 2014
Commencement	14 August 2014 (Sections 1-2) 14 May 2014 (Sections 3-7)
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The House of Lords Reform Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014. The act allows members of the House of Lords to retire or resign, which was previously constitutionally impossible. It also makes provision to exclude members who commit serious criminal offences resulting in a jail sentence of at least one year, and members who fail to attend the House for a whole session. The act does not have retrospective effect.

Peers retired or resigned under the provisions of the act

Peer		Party	Member of the House	Date of retirement or resignation
Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell		Labour	1976–1999, 2000–2014	1 October 2014
David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold		Crossbencher	1987–1999, 2000–2014	13 October 2014
Roger Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley		Crossbencher	1978–1999, 2001–2014	17 November 2014
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun of Abernethy		Crossbencher	1979–2014	12 December 2014
Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding		Conservative	1987–2015	6 January 2015
David Waddington, Baron Waddington		Conservative	1990–2015	26 March 2015
David Nickson, Baron Nickson		Crossbencher	1994–2015	27 March 2015
Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick		Crossbencher	1993–2015	27 March 2015
Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe		Labour	2000–2015	30 March 2015
Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs		Crossbencher	1990–2015	31 March 2015
Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead		Conservative	1994–2015	31 March 2015
Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft		Conservative	2000–2015	3 April 2015
John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside		Labour	1997–2015	20 April 2015
Colin Sharman, Baron Sharman		Liberal Democrat	1999–2015	30 April 2015
David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes		Crossbencher	1991–2005, 2005–2015	30 April 2015
William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby		Crossbencher	1983–2015	1 May 2015
Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury		Liberal Democrat	1998–2015	7 May 2015
Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg		Liberal Democrat	1997–2015	8 May 2015
William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart		Liberal Democrat	1997–2015	15 May 2015
Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon		Labour	2001–2015	18 May 2015
Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon		Conservative	1992–2015	19 May 2015
John Roper, Baron Roper		Liberal Democrat	2000–2015	23 May 2015
Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies		Labour	1983–2015	23 May 2015
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock		Crossbencher	1985–2015	1 June 2015
Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden		Conservative	1997–2015	1 June 2015
John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton		Conservative	1983–2015	11 June 2015
Arthur Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke		Conservative	1996–2015	24 June 2015
Robert Edmiston, Baron Edmiston		Conservative	2011–2015	22 July 2015
Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins		Labour	1999–2015	23 July 2015
David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein		Crossbencher	1976–1999, 2005–2015	23 July 2015
George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld		Labour	1997–2015	30 July 2015
John Sewel, Baron Sewel		Non-affiliated	1996–2015	30 July 2015
Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson		Conservative	1992–2015	14 September 2015
Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville		Conservative	2001–2015	18 September 2015
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont		Crossbencher	1964–2015	10 November 2015
Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby		Conservative	1992–2015	12 November 2015
Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior		Conservative	1990–2015	31 December 2015
Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon		Labour	1997–2016	9 February 2016
Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby		Liberal Democrat	1993–2016	11 February 2016
Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone		Liberal Democrat	1997–2016	12 February 2016
Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson		Crossbencher	1991–2016	1 March 2016
Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill		Crossbencher	1996–2016	9 March 2016
Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree		Conservative	1997–2016	24 March 2016
Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury		Crossbencher	1992–2016	25 March 2016
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon		Crossbencher	1961–2016	31 March 2016
Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry		Conservative	1997–2016	14 April 2016
Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom		Crossbencher	1984–2016	21 April 2016
Peter Inge, Baron Inge		Crossbencher	1997–2016	25 April 2016
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark		Conservative	1991–2016	26 May 2016

Peers removed for non-attendance under the provisions of the act

Peer		Party	Member of the House	Date of removal
Thomas Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges		Crossbencher	1969–2016	18 May 2016
Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen		Crossbencher	1997–2016	18 May 2016
Terence James Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield		Labour	1997–2016	18 May 2016
Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Wallisford		Liberal Democrat	1994–2016	18 May 2016

See also

• Reform of the House of Lords (details reform proposals put forward since 1997)
• History of reform of the House of Lords (details reforms enacted since the 16th century)
• House of Lords Act 1999 (whose provisions were amended by the 2014 Act)
• House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015