List of Lord Speakers

The following is a list of Lord Speakers of the House of Lords.

For previous presiding officers of the House of Lords, when the role was automatically the Lord Chancellor's, see List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers.

Image	Name (birth–death)	Term of office Election		Party [lower-alpha 1]	Ref
	The Right Honourable The Baroness Hayman PC (born 1949)	4 July 2006	31 August 2011	Labour	[2]
		2006
	The Right Honourable The Baroness D'Souza CMG PC (born 1944)	1 September 2011	31 August 2016	Crossbench	[3]
		2011
	The Right Honourable The Lord Fowler Kt PC (born 1938)	1 September 2016	Incumbent	Conservative	[4]
		2016

Notes

1. Party before election as Lord Speaker. The Lord Speaker becomes unaffiliated from previous political party upon election.[1]

References

1. "The Lord Speaker". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
2. "Hayman chosen to be Lords speaker". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
3. "Baroness D'Souza elected new Lords Speaker". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
4. "Election of the Speaker of the House of Lords: result" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2016.