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==Composition==
==Composition==
The House of Lords is composed of two categories of member: the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal. It presently has 731 members in total, 24 Lords Spiritual and 707 Lords Temporal.
The House of Lords is composed of two categories of member: the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal. It presently has 731 members in total, 26 Lords Spiritual and 705 Lords Temporal.
==Lords Spiritual==
==Lords Spiritual==
Since the reform of 1998, the Labour Government has taken steps to effect further reform to the House of Lords. It is not clear whether these steps will result in legislation in the near future.
Since the reform of 1998, the Labour Government has taken steps to effect further reform to the House of Lords. It is not clear whether these steps will result in legislation in the near future.
==Political composition==
The current political composition of the House of Lords is as follows:
[[Labour Party]]: 211 seats
[[Conservative Party]]: 203 seats
[[Liberal Democrats]]: 77 seats
[[UK Independence Party]]: 2 seats
[[Green Party]]: 1 seat
Independents ("Cross-benchers"): 202 seats
Others: 35 seats
TOTAL: 731
==See also==
* [[Parliament]]
* [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]]