Lords Spiritual

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and 24 diocesan bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords, and are known as the Lords Spiritual.
The Bishops of London, Durham and Winchester always have seats; the other 21 seats are filled by the remaining bishops in order of seniority.
The Bishops of Sodor and Man and of Gibraltar are not eligible as their sees are not part of the United Kingdom.

The Bishop of Sodor and Man is an ex officio member of the Legislative Council, one of the two houses of the Isle of Man Parliament.

Bishops with seats in the House of Lords

  See Name date of birth introduced to the House
Archbishops
 Canterbury Rowan Williams 14 Jun 1950 2003
  York John Sentamu 10 Jun 1949 2005
Three senior bishops London Richard Chartres 11 Jul 1947 1996
  Durham Justin Welby 1956 2012
  Winchester Timothy Dakin 1958  
21 other diocesan bishops Manchester Nigel McCulloch 17 Jan 1942 1997
  Chester Peter Forster 16 Mar 1950 2001
  Newcastle Martin Wharton 06 Aug 1944 2003
  Liverpool James Jones 18 Aug 1948 2003
  Leicester Timothy Stevens 31 Dec 1946 2003
  Norwich Graham James 19 Jan 1951 2004
  Exeter Michael Langrish 01 Jul 1946 2005
  Ripon & Leeds John Packer 10 Oct 1946 2006
  Chichester John Hind 19 Jun 1945 2008
  Bath & Wells Peter Price 17 May 1944 2008
  Wakefield Stephen Platten 17 May 1947 2009
  Bristol Michael Hill 17 Apr 1949 2009
  Lichfield Jonathan Gledhill 15 Feb 1949 2009
  Blackburn Nicholas Reade 09 Dec 1946 2009
  Hereford Anthony Priddis 15 Mar 1948 2009
  Gloucester Michael Perham 08 Nov 1947 2009
  Guildford Christopher Hill 10 Oct 1945 2010
  Derby Alastair Redfern 01 Sep 1948 2010
  Birmingham David Urquhart 14 Apr 1952 2010
  Oxford John Pritchard 22 Apr 1948 2010
  St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Nigel Stock 29 Jan 1950 2011

Bishops awaiting seats, in order of seniority.

See Name date of birth
Worcester John Inge 26 Feb 1955
Coventry Christopher Cocksworth 1959
Truro Timothy Thornton 14 Apr 1957
Sheffield Stephen Croft 1957
St Albans Alan Smith 14 Feb 1957
Carlisle James Newcombe 24 Jul 1953
Southwell & Nottingham Paul Butler 18 Sep 1955
Peterborough Donald Allister 1952
Portsmouth Christopher Foster 1954
Chelmsford Stephen Cottrell 1958
Rochester James Langstaff 27 Jun 1956
Ely Stephen Conway 22 Dec 1957
Southwark Christopher Chessun 1956
Bradford Nicholas Baines 1957
Salisbury Nicholas Holtam 1954
Lincoln Christopher Lowson 1953