HL Deb 07 November 2002 vol 640 c153WA
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Chancellor on 10 June (WA 1–2)

(a) what statistically the number in each party would he likely to be in each of the next 10 years if no further life Peers are created; and

(b) whether they will give projections on the same basis for each year from 2013 to 2032 inclusive. [HL6065]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg):

The Lords Temporal in the House of Lords are presently composed of life peers and 92 hereditary. For the purposes of answering this question, it will be assumed that the hereditary peers will continue to sit in the House in their present party strengths throughout the period. This assumption is obviously subject to future legislative change. The present strength of each party, excluding those who belong to no party but including hereditary peers, is:

  • Conservative 217
  • Labour 191
  • Liberal Democrat 65

The projected figures requested, on the same basis, are set out in the attached table.

Survival of life Peers by party
Year Conservative Labour Lib-Dem Total
7.10.02 217 191 65 473
1.07.03 217 186 64 467
1.07.04 210 181 63 454
1.07.05 204 176 61 441
1.07.06 198 170 59 427
1.07.07 192 165 58 415
1.07.08 185 160 57 402
1.07.09 179 155 55 389
1.07.13 104 130 44 366
1.07.14 150 129 48 327
1.07.15 144 124 47 315
1.07.16 139 119 45 303
1.07.17 134 114 44 292
1.07.18 129 109 42 280
1.07.19 124 103 41 340
1.07.20 119 99 39 257
1.07.21 114 94 38 246
1.07.22 110 86 36 235
1.07.23 53 80 30 207
1.07.24 101 79 34 214
1.07.25 97 74 32 203
1.07.26 94 69 30 193
1.07.27 90 65 29 184
1.07.28 86 60 28 174
1.07.29 83 56 26 165
1.07.30 80 52 25 157
1.07.31 77 48 23 148
1.07.32 74 44 22 140
1.07.10 173 150 54 377
1.07.11 167 144 53 364
1.07.12 162 139 51 352