§ Lord Shore of Stepneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many members of the House of Lords are former Members of Parliament; and, of these, how many are former Ministers, with former Cabinet Ministers shown separately. [HL50]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn)On 6 July 2001, there will be 174 members of the House of Lords who are former Members of the House of Commons. Of these, 107 will have served as junior Ministers (although at least six of the 107 were never Ministers in the Commons but became Ministers in the Lords).
Of the 174, 66 were at some time members of the Cabinet (although at least two were never Cabinet Ministers in the Commons but became Cabinet Ministers in the Lords; and some of the 66 became Cabinet Ministers without previously having been junior Ministers).
These figures do not include Law Officers, parliamentary private secretaries or junior whips as Ministers.