House of Lords

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House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Leadership
Lord Speaker	The Lord McFall of Acluith since 1 May 2021
Senior Deputy Speaker	The Lord Gardiner of Kimble since 11 May 2021
Leader	Nicholas True Baron of True, Conservative since 6 September 2022
Shadow Leader	The Baroness Smith of Basildon, Labour since 27 May 2015
Structure
Seats	777[1][b]
Political groups	Lord Speaker (1) Lords Spiritual   Bishops (24)[a] Lords Temporal HM Government   Conservative Party (268) HM Most Loyal Opposition   Labour Party (172) Other groups   Liberal Democrats (83)   Democratic Unionist Party (6)   Green Party (2)   Ulster Unionist Party (2)   Plaid Cymru (1)   Non-affiliated (36)   Independents (2) Crossbench   Crossbenchers (180)
Salary	No annual salary, but tax-free daily allowance and expenses paid.
Meeting place
House of Lords Chamber Palace of Westminster City of Westminster London, England United Kingdom
Website
www.parliament.uk/lords
Footnotes
↑ The Lords Spiritual sit on the Government benches. ↑ Excludes 17 peers on leave of absence or otherwise disqualified from sitting.

The House of Lords is one of the two Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom (UK). It is in London, the capital city of the UK. The other house is the House of Commons. Together, the two houses form the government and parliament of the UK.

The House of Lords is not elected (voted for), except in the case of the holders of the seats reserved for hereditary peers (who are chosen by the House or by other hereditary peers in their parties).

• 2 people are members because of their job (The Duke of Norfolk, who is the Earl Marshal, and the Marquess of Lord Great Chamberlain, who both help to organise royal events).
• 90 people are hereditary peers. These are members of the House of Lords because one of their ancestors was made a member and (since 1999) have been elected from among other such people.
• The other members were made members for life, either life peers, who have existed since 1958 or as law lords. Law lords were senior judges made members of the House to help when the House of Lords was also the highest court in England and Wales (before the foundation of the Supreme Court in 2009).
• The twenty-six most senior Bishops of the Church of England also sit in the House of Lords, they are called the Lords Spiritual.

1. ↑ "Lords by party, type of peerage and gender". Parliament of the United Kingdom.