Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords

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component of the House of Lords group of legislators

The Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords are senior bishops of the Church of England who sit as unelected members of the UK Parliament’s upper chamber, contributing a religious and moral perspective to legislative debates.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Lords Spiritual 11
House of Lords (Lords Spiritual) 2
House of Lords (as a Lord Spiritual) 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the House of Lords ⓘ
group of legislators ⓘ
canBe member of the House of Lords Commission ⓘ
member of thematic and select committees ⓘ
canSpeakInDebates true ⓘ
canVote true ⓘ
chamber upper house ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Acts of Parliament and parliamentary convention ⓘ
English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ
surface form: establishment of the Church of England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom Lords of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Lords Temporal
doesNotInclude bishops of the Church in Wales ⓘ
bishops of the Church of Ireland ⓘ
bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasRight to ask parliamentary questions ⓘ
to introduce legislation ⓘ
to scrutinise legislation ⓘ
to serve on committees ⓘ
hasRole legislator ⓘ
moral voice in legislation ⓘ
spiritual representative ⓘ
unelected member of Parliament ⓘ
historicalOrigin medieval English Parliament ⓘ
pre‑Reformation House of Lords ⓘ
includesPosition 21 other diocesan bishops of the Church of England ⓘ
Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Archbishop of York ⓘ
Bishop of Durham ⓘ
Bishop of London ⓘ
Bishop of Winchester ⓘ
isUnelected true ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
losesMembershipWhen bishop retires or leaves diocesan office ⓘ
meetsAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
numberOfMembers 26 ⓘ
partOf House of Lords ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
primaryFunction to contribute to law‑making ⓘ
to provide religious and ethical perspectives in parliamentary debates ⓘ
to scrutinise government policy ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
represents established church in the UK legislature ⓘ
selectionMethod by seniority of consecration for remaining diocesan bishops ⓘ
ex officio for senior sees ⓘ
subjectTo Standing Orders of the House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords Standing Orders

UK parliamentary procedure ⓘ
typeOfMember life‑tenured while holding diocesan see ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of England → parliamentaryRepresentation → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
British Parliament → lordsMembershipType → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Archbishop of Canterbury → positionInHouseOfLords → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Archbishop of York → positionInHouseOfLords → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Lords of Parliament → historicallyComprised → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct → compositionIncludes → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Bishop of London → isMemberOf → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual)
Bishop of London → isOneOf → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Bishop of Winchester → memberOf → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Bishop of Bath and Wells → hasHouseOfLordsMembershipType → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Bishop of Worcester → maySitIn → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords as Lord Spiritual
Bishop of Ely → isMemberOf → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (as Lord Spiritual, when eligible)
Bishop of Peterborough → maySitIn → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (as a Lord Spiritual, subject to eligibility)
Bishop of Durham → role → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Rachel Treweek → memberOf → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
Bishop of Derby → associatedWith → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual)
Bishop of Hereford → maySitIn → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual
Father of the House of Lords → heldBy → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual
King-in-Parliament → hasPart → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords Spiritual and Temporal
Bishop of Chester → maySitIn → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual
Bishop of Manchester → officeHoldsSeatIn → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual, when eligible)
William Howley → partOf → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (as a Lord Spiritual)
Randall Davidson → partOf → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (as a Lord Spiritual)