Peers interested in defence

97 members of the House of Lords

97 peers have listed defence as a policy interest with Parliament. The list is in Parliament's own terms, so a peer who works on the same issue may have described it differently.

• Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Anderson of Swansea
  Labour, life peer
• Baroness Anelay of St Johns
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Beamish
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Bellingham
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
  Green Party, life peer
• Lord Benyon
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Biggar
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Bilimoria
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Blackwater
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Booth
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Buscombe
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Caine
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Coussins
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Craig of Radley
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Cromwell
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Dannatt
  Crossbench, life peer
• Baroness Davies of Devonport
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Davies of Gower
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord De Mauley
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Dear
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Docherty of Milngavie
  Non-affiliated, life peer
• Lord Dodds of Duncairn
  Democratic Unionist Party, life peer
• Lord Drayson
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Eames
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard
  Ulster Unionist Party, life peer
• Lord Evans of Watford
  Non-affiliated, life peer
• Baroness Fall
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Fookes
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Forbes of Newcastle
  Labour, life peer
• Baroness Foster of Oxton
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Garden of Frognal
  Liberal Democrat, life peer
• Lord Garnier
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Goddard of Stockport
  Liberal Democrat, life peer
• Baroness Goudie
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Gustafsson
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Hamilton of Epsom
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Hammond of Runnymede
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Hannay of Chiswick
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Harris of Haringey
  Labour, life peer
• Baroness Harris of Richmond
  Liberal Democrat, life peer
• Baroness Helic
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Hobby
  Non-affiliated, life peer
• Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Hogan-Howe
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Holmes of Richmond
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Hope of Craighead
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Houghton of Richmond
  Crossbench, life peer
• Earl Howe
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Howell of Guildford
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord James of Blackheath
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Janvrin
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Jay of Ewelme
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Jones of Penybont
  Labour, life peer
• Baroness Kingsmill
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
  Non-affiliated, life peer
• Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Lee of Trafford
  Liberal Democrat, life peer
• Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Liddle
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
  Non-affiliated, life peer
• Lord Malloch-Brown
  Crossbench, life peer
• Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
  Liberal Democrat, life peer
• Baroness Mobarik
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Mott
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Moynihan of Chelsea
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Naseby
  Conservative, life peer
• The Lord Bishop of Norwich
  Bishops, bishops
• Baroness O'Loan
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Powell of Bayswater
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Ravensdale
  Crossbench, life peer
• Baroness Rawlings
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Redfern
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Reid of Cardowan
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Ricketts
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Robathan
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Roberts of Belgravia
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
  Labour, life peer
• Baroness Seccombe
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Sedwill
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Sharpe of Epsom
  Conservative, life peer
• Baroness Smith of Newnham
  Liberal Democrat, life peer
• Viscount Stansgate
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Stevens of Birmingham
  Crossbench, life peer
• Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Truscott
  Non-affiliated, life peer
• Lord Udny-Lister
  Conservative, life peer
• Lord Verdirame
  Non-affiliated, life peer
• Lord Walker of Aldringham
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord Walney
  Crossbench, life peer
• Lord West of Spithead
  Labour, life peer
• Lord Young of Old Windsor
  Crossbench, life peer

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