List of female members of the House of Lords

This is a list of women who have been sat as members of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Unless stated otherwise the reason for leaving the Lords is death.

List of members

PartyPortraitNameYear joinedYear leftType of peerageBarbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger8 August 195811 July 1988Life peeressStella Isaacs, Baroness Swanborough22 September 195822 May 1971Life peeressKatharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood26 September 19583 January 1994Life peeressIrene Curzon, Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston6 October 19589 February 1966Life peeressEdith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill4 February 19614 February 1980Life peeressElaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry13 April 19621981: Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDPLife peeress19813 March 1988: SDP merged into Liberal Democrats, joined continuing SDP3 March 19883 June 1990: Continuing SDP dissolvedNon-affiliated3 June 19906 October 1991Rosina MacNamee, 24th Baroness Audley31 July 196324 October 1974Hereditary peeressMona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont31 July 196331 August 1971Hereditary peeressDiana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll31 July 196316 May 1978Hereditary peeressMary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss31 July 196311 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressBridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland31 July 196317 April 1982Hereditary peeressElizabeth Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange19 November 196312 December 1974Hereditary peeressFrances Davidson, Baroness Northchurch13 January 196425 November 1985Life peeressKatherine Bigham, 12th Lady Nairne27 October 196420 September 1995Hereditary peeressBarbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte8 December 19641 September 2000Life peeressViolet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury21 December 196419 February 1969Life peeressNorah Phillips, Baroness Phillips21 December 196414 August 1992Life peeressBeatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer10 May 196513 June 1972Life peeressClementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill17 May 196512 December 1977Life peeressRachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre17 October 196511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressMary Stocks, Baroness Stocks17 January 19666 July 1975Life peeressAnn Forbes-Sempill, 20th Lady Sempill30 December 196519 July 1966: Joined the ConservativesHereditary peeress19 July 19666 July 1995Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota20 January 196721 October 2002Life peeressMary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley5 April 196717 October 1992Hereditary peeressBarbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun22 June 19671 November 2002Hereditary peeressAnnie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe29 August 19676 November 1997Life peeressAlma Birk, Baroness Birk15 September 196729 December 1996Life peeressElizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland27 March 196811 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressDavina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth9 June 196924 February 2008Hereditary peeressSusan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton25 February 197012 March 2023Life peeressPriscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie1 July 197011 March 1978Life peeressEirene White, Baroness White12 October 197023 December 1999Life peeressAlice Bacon, Baroness Bacon14 October 197024 March 1993Life peeressJennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge5 November 197016 November 1988Life peeressRosemary Portal, 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford22 April 197129 September 1990Hereditary peeressNancy Seear, Baroness Seear18 May 19713 March 1988: Liberals merged into Liberal DemocratsLife peeress3 March 198823 April 1997Janet Young, Baroness Young24 May 19716 September 2002Life peeressEvelyn Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve8 June 197117 November 1999Life peeressBarbara Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley19 April 197211 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressPamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples18 June 197318 December 2017 (Retired)Life peeressAnne Palmer, 11th Baroness Lucas27 September 197312 October 1991Hereditary peeressInga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington14 May 19743 March 1988: Liberals merged into Liberal DemocratsLife peeress3 March 19889 February 1999Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike15 May 197411 January 2004Life peeressPhyllis Stedman, Baroness Stedman25 June 19741981: Resigned from the Labour Party, joined the SDPLife peeress19813 March 1988: SDP merged into Liberal Democrats, joined continuing SDP3 March 19883 June 1990: Continuing SDP dissolvedNon-affiliated3 June 19908 June 1996Irene Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside23 January 197526 April 1980Life peeressJoan Vickers, Baroness Vickers27 January 197523 May 1994Life peeressMary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch28 January 197528 December 1984Life peeressAnne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles31 January 197511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressMargaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar11 September 19751 May 2020 (Retired)Hereditary peeressRosamund Greaves, 11th Countess of Dysart2 June 197511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressBetty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood27 February 197818 May 2017 (Retired)Life peeressSue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw31 January 19792 November 2000Life peeressJean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff30 July 197913 May 2012Life peeressDiana Neave, Baroness Airey of Abingdon6 August 197927 November 1992Life peeressBetty Harvie Anderson, Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter4 October 19797 November 1979Life peeressFlora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun3 December 197912 December 2014 (Retired)Hereditary peeressJean Barker, Baroness Trumpington4 February 198024 October 2017 (Retired)Life peeressFelicity Lane-Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox19 May 198117 April 1988Life peeressJane Ewart-Biggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs22 May 19818 October 1992Life peeressBeryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle28 May 19811 February 2015Life peeressTrixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes23 June 198114 April 2024Life peeressElizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour14 July 19829 November 2010Life peeressWendy Nicol, Baroness Nicol20 January 198315 January 2018Life peeressCaroline Cox, Baroness Cox24 January 19832004: Expelled from the Conservative Party, became a CrossbencherLife peeress2004Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby29 March 198311 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressMary Warnock, Baroness Warnock6 February 198520 March 2019Life peeressMuriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden29 May 198513 June 2017 (Retired)Life peeressMary Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye9 April 198611 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressCherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange3 December 1986December 1998: Resigned the Conservative Party whip, elected as an excepted crossbencher in 1999Hereditary peeressDecember 199811 March 2005Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone18 March 19872018: Resigned from the Labour Party, changed affiliation to Independent LabourLife peeress20181 August 2022: Rejoined party1 August 2022Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch4 July 198731 May 2005Life peeressPatricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma8 July 198711 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressSarah Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes9 February 198925 February 2019 (Retired)Life peeressDaphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth27 February 199024 March 2010Life peeressZiki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton4 April 199015 May 2000Hereditary peeressDiana Eccles, Baroness Eccles of Moulton10 May 1990Life peeressJulia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege18 May 199020 December 2024 (Retired)Life peeressHeather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke21 May 199030 April 2004Life peeressShreela Flather, Baroness Flather11 June 19901998: Resigned from the Conservative whipLife peeress19981999: Rejoined the Conservatives19992008: Resigned from the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher20086 February 2024Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn24 August 199029 June 2010 (Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010)Life peeressBarbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn16 July 19903 May 2002Life peeressJoan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe14 February 1991Life peeressJennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon14 June 19915 November 2021 (Retired)Life peeressAnn Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu19 June 1991Life peeressDetta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain21 June 199123 April 2021Life peeressPauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark16 July 199126 May 2016 (Retired)Life peeressLynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey24 April 19923 February 2023 (Retired)Life peeressMargaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher28 April 19928 April 2013Life peeressShirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby1 February 199311 February 2016 (Retired)Life peeressDoreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon14 October 199321 June 2014Life peeressPatricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings5 October 1994Life peeressSusan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood6 October 199418 May 2016 (Removed for non-attendance)Life peeressElizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill17 February 1995Life peeressPamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners25 October 199511 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressHelene Hayman, Baroness Hayman2 January 19962006: Resigned from the Labour Party, became a CrossbencherLife peeress2006Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox16 January 199617 December 2020 (Retired)Life peeressJune Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury12 July 199628 June 2006Life peeressElizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean7 October 1996Life peeressMeta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale11 October 199628 May 2026Life peeressJoyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns14 October 1996Life peeressHazel Byford, Baroness Byford15 October 19965 May 2020 (Retired)Life peeressAudrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton17 February 19971 November 2019Life peeressJoan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles4 June 199727 March 1998Life peeressJill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree23 September 199724 March 2016 (Retired)Life peeressSarah Ludford, Baroness Ludford30 September 1997Life peeressJanet Fookes, Baroness Fookes30 September 1997Life peeressJill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley6 October 1997Life peeressValerie Amos, Baroness Amos23 October 1997Life peeressRuth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh24 October 19972 May 2015Life peeressHelena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws27 October 1997Life peeressDiana Maddock, Baroness Maddock30 October 199726 June 2020Life peeressVeronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone1 November 199712 February 2016 (Retired)Life peeressEmma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne3 November 19972016: Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, became a ConservativeLife peeress2016Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone4 November 1997Life peeressPatricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal6 November 1997Life peeressMary Goudie, Baroness Goudie21 July 19982022: Removed from the Labour Party whipLife peeressNon-affiliated202211 January 2023 (Suspended; whip restored in July)11 July 2023Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin21 July 19982010: Expelled from the Labour Party, became a CrossbencherLife peeress2010Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe23 July 1998Life peeressGlenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton23 July 1998Life peeressChristine Crawley, Baroness Crawley24 July 1998Life peeressSusan Miller, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer28 July 1998Life peeressMargaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford1 August 199831 July 2016 (Retired)Life peeressKathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow3 August 199820 December 2018 (Retired)Life peeressOnora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve25 February 1999Life peeressJennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington27 May 199911 November 1999 (Removed)Hereditary peeressDiana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe10 July 1999Life peeressVivien Stern, Baroness Stern13 July 1999Life peeressUsha Prashar, Baroness Prashar15 July 1999Life peeressRosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids21 July 199910 January 2019 (Retired)Life peeressDoreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen26 July 199920 April 2024Life peeressJoan Hanham, Baroness H