This is a list of members of the United Kingdom House of Lords who have represented, or have personal or family links with the Ulster Unionist Party.
This list does not include hereditary peers whose only parliamentary service was in the House of Lords prior to the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, and who lost their seats under that Act.[1] Nor does it include those in the Peerage of Ireland, who have never had an automatic right to a seat in the House of Lords at Westminster.[2]
Note: There is no such thing as the Peerage of Northern Ireland and peers do not represent geographic areas as such.[3] Some do, however, choose titles which reflect geographical localities, e.g. Lord Kilclooney, this is, however, entirely nominal.
Current members
editSitting as Ulster Unionists
edit| Name | Entered Lords | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard | 16 August 2024 | former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party |
| The Lord Empey | 19 January 2011 | former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party |
| The Lord Rogan | 22 July 1999 | former chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party |
Sitting under another designation but with Ulster Unionist links
edit| Name | Party | Entered Lords | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Viscount Brookeborough | Crossbencher | 11 November 1987 | Elected hereditary peer, grandson of a Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and son of an Ulster Unionist Stormont MP. | |
| The Viscount Craigavon | Crossbencher | 30 July 1974 | Elected hereditary peer, grandson of a Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. | |
| The Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee | Non-Affiliated | 9 November 2022 | former Ulster Unionist MLA, later leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and First Minister of Northern Ireland | |
| The Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | Independent Unionist | 20 July 2001 | former Ulster Unionist Westminster MP Suspended from the House since 7 September 2020 for "at least 18 months"[4] | |
| The Lord Kilclooney | Crossbencher | 17 July 2001 | former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and former Stormont MP | |
| The Lord Weir of Ballyholme | DUP | 16 November 2022 | former Ulster Unionist MLA | |
Former members
editLiving
edit- The Duke of Abercorn former Ulster Unionist Westminster MP[5]
- The Lord Glentoran, Conservative Elected hereditary peer, son and grandson of Stormont MPs for the Ulster Unionist Party[6]
Deceased
edit- The 4th Duke of Abercorn, Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.
- The 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
- The 2nd Viscount Brookeborough, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP
- The Lord Ballyedmond, businessman and member of the Conservative Party and previously of the UUP. Also sat as a Fianna Fáil senator in Seanad Éireann in Dublin.
- The Lord Cooke of Islandreagh, Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland
- The Lord Carson, leader of the Irish Unionist Party and of the Ulster Unionist Party
- The 1st Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
- The Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Chief Executive of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and latterly of the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
- The 1st Lord Glentoran, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP.
- The 2nd Lord Glentoran, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP.
- The Lord Laird, chairman of the Ulster-Scots Agency and Ulster Unionist Stormont MP
- The Lord McConnell, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP
- The Lord Molyneaux of Killead, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
- The Lord Moyola, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
- The Lord O'Neill of the Maine, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
- The 1st Lord Rathcavan, Ulster Unionist Westminster and Stormont MP.
- The 2nd Lord Rathcavan, Ulster Unionist Stormont MP and, later, Alliance Party politician.
- The Lord Steinberg, businessman and member of the Conservative Party, member of the UUP while living in Northern Ireland
- The Lord Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, First Minister of Northern Ireland and, later, Conservative politician.
- The 5th Duke of Westminster, Ulster Unionist Westminster MP.
References
edit- ^ The House of Lords Act 1999 reduced the sitting rights of several hundred inherited members to ninety-two hereditaries described in the Act as excepted hereditary peers
- ^ Irish Peers sat in the Irish House of Lords, with the passing of the Act of Union 1800 this House was abolished and twenty-eight Peers in the peerage of Ireland were elected to sit in the United Kingdom House of Lords between 1800 and 1922, when the right was exhausted due to the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
- ^ In the Earl of Antrim's Petition [1967] 1 A.C. 691 it was held that Irish representative peer did, in fact, represent Ireland as an entity, thus on the passing of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 elections from the Irish Peerage could no longer take place, as the Ireland of the Act of Union 1800 ceased to exist.
- ^ "Conduct Committee Report Volume 808". House of Lords Hansard. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
That, in accordance with Standing Order 12, Lord Maginnis of Drumglass be suspended from the service of the House for a period of at least 18 months and until the Conduct Committee confirms that he has satisfactorily completed the other requirements of the sanction
- ^ The Duke of Abercorn lost his seat under section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 on 11 November 1999.
- ^ Lord Glentoran resigned from the House of Lords under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 on 30 October 2017.