Who sits in Parliament, from the public record
Parliament
Every member of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, current and former, as published by Parliament's own data service.
The houses
House of Commons →
649 current members · 2,391 people across the historical record
House of Lords →
772 current members · 2,784 people across the historical record · members are appointed, not elected
About this data
- Former members are included as far back as the Members API publishes.
- A small number of pre-2000 Lords records carry date quirks from the source around the House of Lords Act 1999 - they are shown exactly as published.
Source: UK Parliament Members API, reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Shown as published - an independent register, not affiliated with any parliament or legislature. For information only.