House of Lords - Annual Report and Accounts 1999-2000

Annual Report and Accounts 1999-2000

APPENDIX B

Composition of the House of Lords
as at 1 April 1999


Archbishops and bishops	26
Peers by succession	751
(of whom 16 are women)
Hereditary peers of first creation	8
Life peers under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876	27
Life peers under the Life Peerages Act 1958	478
(of whom 80 are women)
TOTAL	1,290
Of whom:
Peers without Writs of Summons	70
(of whom 2 are minors)
Peers on leave of absence from the House	60

10 persons who had inherited peerages have disclaimed them for life
(3 of these now sit in the House by virtue of other titles)

as at 31 March 2000


Archbishops and bishops	26
Life peers under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876	27
Life peers under the Life Peerages Act 1958	524
(of whom 100 are women)
Peers under the House of Lords Act 1999	92
(of whom 5 are women)
TOTAL	669
Of whom:
Peers on leave of absence from the Houses
Hereditary Peers now sitting by virtue of life peerages	17

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