# Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords

Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords are peers who do not belong to any parliamentary group in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. They do not take a political party's whip, nor affiliate to the crossbench group, nor are they Lords Spiritual (active Church of England bishops). Formerly, the law lords were also a separate affiliation, but their successors (justices of the Supreme Court), if peers, are disqualified from sitting in the Lords until they no longer hold a judicial position.
Most non-party Lords Temporal are crossbenchers. Peers may also be required to sit as non-affiliated while they hold certain senior positions within the Lords (e.g. the senior deputy speaker), as a means to preserve the neutrality of their official roles. Some members become non-affiliated after resigning or being expelled from a party, either through a political disagreement or after a scandal such as the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal. Others have had no party allegiance and chose this designation rather than joining the crossbench.
A member who is elected as Lord Speaker must withdraw from any party affiliation, but is not considered to be a non-affiliated peer. Former lord speakers have sat as crossbenchers after holding office.

## Non-affiliated members

The UK Parliament website lists the following non-affiliated members of the House of Lords, including those not currently eligible to sit in the Lords:
| Member | Previous affiliation | Reason for change |
| Lord Allan of Hallam | Liberal Democrat | |
| Baroness Altmann | Conservative | |
| Lord Ashton of Hyde | Conservative | |
| Lord Austin of Dudley | Labour | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
| 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 | |
| Lord Cashman | Labour | Withdrawn from Labour whip following criticism of Rosie Duffield during her 2024 campaign for her Parliament seat |
| 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 |
| Lord Davies of Abersoch | Labour | |
| Lord Faulks | Conservative | |
| Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee | Democratic Unionist | 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 Harrington of Watford | Conservative | |
| Baroness Hoey | Labour | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
| Baroness Lampard | Conservative | |
| Lord Livingston of Parkhead | Conservative | |
| Lord Lupton | Conservative | |
| Baroness McGregor-Smith | Conservative | |
| Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate | Labour | Following return from suspension from the House in connection with lobbying scandal |
| Lord Moore of Etchingham | none | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
| Baroness Morgan of Cotes | Conservative | |
| Baroness Moyo | Conservative | |
| Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | Liberal Democrat | Resigned from party whip in protest of party leadership |
| Lord Paddick | Liberal Democrat | Withdrew from Liberal Democrat whip during his advisory role with the Metropolitan Police |
| Lord Patel of Bradford | Labour | |
| Lord Paul | Labour | Following return from suspension from the House in connection with expenses scandal |
| 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 Stone of Blackheath | Labour | Suspended from party whip due to misconduct |
| Lord Taylor of Warwick | Conservative | Following return from suspension from the House in connection with expenses scandal and imprisonment for false accounting |
| Lord Truscott | Labour | Resigned from party whip following the "cash for influence" allegations of 2009 |
| 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 |
| Baroness Vadera | Labour | |
| Lord Verdirame | none | Joined Lords without party affiliation |
| Baroness Warsi | Conservative | |

## Independent members

There are other peers who list themselves as Independent within the House of Lords:
| Member | Previous affiliation | Designation | Notes |
| Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | Ulster Unionist Party | Independent Ulster Unionist | Resigned from party whip following homophobic remarks Currently suspended from the Lords |
| Lord Stevens of Ludgate | UKIP | Conservative Independent | Expelled from Conservative whip in 2004 for supporting UKIP, sat as Conservative Independent until 2012 |