Member | Previous affiliation | Reason for change |
Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare | Conservative | Expelled following imprisonment for perjury[citation needed] |
Lord Austin of Dudley | Labour | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
Lord Black of Crossharbour | Conservative | Unaffiliated following conviction in the US of one count of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice, for which he served 37 months in prison[citation needed] |
Lord Boswell of Aynho | Conservative | Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees (2012–present) |
Lord Boyd of Duncansby | none | Currently ineligible as a Senator of the College of Justice |
Lord Brennan | Labour | |
Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill | none | Currently ineligible as Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales |
Lord Carter of Barnes | Labour | |
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen | Conservative | |
Lord Cooper of Windrush | Conservative | Suspended from party whip after expressing support for Liberal Democrats in 2019 European Parliament elections |
Lord Darzi of Denham | Labour | Resigned from party whip in July 2019 in protest of the party's response to antisemitism complaints[5] |
Lord Davies of Abersoch | Labour | |
Lord Elis-Thomas | Plaid Cymru | |
Lord Faulks | Conservative | |
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee | Democratic Unionist Party | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
Baroness Fox of Buckley | Brexit | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
Lord Gadhia | Conservative | |
Lord Gardiner of Kimble | Conservative | Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords (2021–present) |
Lord Grade of Yarmouth | Conservative | Chairman of Ofcom |
Lord Hanningfield | Conservative | Briefly suspended from the House following criminal conviction for false accounting[citation needed] |
Lord Heseltine | Conservative | Suspended from party whip after expressing support for Liberal Democrats in 2019 European Parliament elections |
Baroness Hoey | Labour | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
Lord Inglewood | Conservative | Excepted hereditary peer elected to Lords by Conservative hereditary peers |
Lord Kalms | Conservative | Expelled after supporting UKIP in 2009 European elections |
Lord Lupton | Conservative | |
Baroness McGregor-Smith | Conservative | |
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate | Labour | Following return from suspension from the House in connection with lobbying scandal[citation needed] |
Lord Mann | Labour | |
Lord Moore of Etchingham | none | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | Liberal Democrat | Resigned from party whip in protest of party leadership[6] |
Lord Paddick | Liberal Democrat | Withdrew from Liberal Democrat whip during his advisory role with the Metropolitan Police[7] |
Lord Patel of Bradford | Labour | |
Lord Paul | Labour | Following return from suspension from the House in connection with expenses scandal[citation needed] |
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | UKIP | Resigned from party whip in protest of party leadership during Brexit negotiations |
Lord Prior of Brampton | Conservative | |
Lord Rosenfield | none | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
Lord Smith of Finsbury | Labour | |
Lord Stone of Blackheath | Labour | Suspended from party whip due to misconduct[8] |
Lord Taylor of Warwick | Conservative | Following return from suspension from the House in connection with expenses scandal and imprisonment for false accounting[citation needed] |
Lord Truscott | Labour | Resigned from party whip following the "cash for influence" allegations of 2009[citation needed] |
Lord Tyrie | Conservative | Entered the House without affiliation due to his role as Chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority |
Baroness Uddin | Labour | Following return from suspension from the House in connection with expenses scandal[citation needed] |
Baroness Vadera | Labour | |
Lord Verdirame | none | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
Lord Willoughby de Broke | UKIP | Excepted hereditary peer elected to Lords by Conservative hereditary peers
Also previously switched affiliation to UK Independence Party |