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.


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