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List of Northern Ireland members of the House of Lords

List of Northern Ireland members of the House of Lords

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This is a list of Members of the United Kingdom House of Lords who were born, held office in, live or lived in Northern Ireland.

This list does not include hereditary peers whose only parliamentary service was in the House of Lords prior to the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, and who lost their seats under that Act. Nor does it include those in the Peerage of Ireland, who have never had an automatic right to a seat in the House of Lords at Westminster.[lower-alpha 1]

There is no such thing as the Peerage of Northern Ireland and peers do not represent geographic areas as such.[lower-alpha 2] Some do, however, choose titles which reflect geographical localities, e.g. Lord Kilclooney; this is, however, entirely nominal.

Current members

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Living former members

Deceased members

Notes

  1. Irish Peers sat in the Irish House of Lords, with the passing of the Act of Union 1800 this House was abolished and twenty-eight Peers in the peerage of Ireland were elected to sit in the United Kingdom House of Lords between 1800 and 1922, when the right was exhausted due to the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
  2. In the Earl of Antrim's Petition [1967] 1 A.C. 691 it was held that Irish representative peer did, in fact, represent Ireland as an entity, thus on the passing of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 elections from the Irish Peerage could no longer take place, as the Ireland of the Act of Union 1800 ceased to exist.
  3. The Duke of Abercorn lost his seat under section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 on 11 November 1999.
  4. Lord Glentoran resigned from the House of Lords under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 on 30 October 2017.
  5. Baroness Paisley of St George's resigned from the House of Lords under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 on 1 June 2017.

References

  1. [1]
    "Conduct Committee Report Volume 808". House of Lords Hansard. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020. That, in accordance with Standing Order 12, Lord Maginnis of Drumglass be suspended from the service of the House for a period of at least 18 months and until the Conduct Committee confirms that he has satisfactorily completed the other requirements of the sanction

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