Lord Grocott – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Grocott on 2015-12-07.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 12 November (HL3121), how many members there were in the House of Lords of (1) the government party, or parties, and (2) the official opposition party, in each year since 1997.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
For each of the sessions requested, I have set out below the number of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords sitting on the Government benches and those of the benches of HM Official Opposition.
|
Year |
Governing Party/Parties |
HM Official Opposition |
|
97-98 |
Lab: 176 |
Con: 478 |
|
98-99 |
Lab: 193 |
Con: 484 |
|
99-00 |
Lab: 201 |
Con: 232 |
|
00-01 |
Lab: 195 |
Con: 225 |
|
01-02 |
Lab: 190 |
Con: 217 |
|
02-03 |
Lab: 185 |
Con: 210 |
|
03-04 |
Lab: 201 |
Con: 202 |
|
04-05 |
Lab: 199 |
Con: 205 |
|
05-06 |
Lab: 212 |
Con: 208 |
|
06-07 |
Lab: 217 |
Con: 202 |
|
07-08 |
Lab: 214 |
Con: 199 |
|
08-09 |
Lab: 212 |
Con: 189 |
|
09-10 |
Lab: 211 |
Con: 185 |
|
10-12 |
Con: 214 Lib Dem: 90 |
Lab: 235 |
|
12-13 |
Con: 212 Lib Dem: 89 |
Lab: 222 |
|
13-14 |
Con: 220 Lib Dem: 99 |
Lab: 218 |
|
14-15 |
Con: 226 Lib Dem: 103 |
Lab: 216 |
|
15-16 (as at 21/12/15) |
Con: 251 |
Lab: 213 |
