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- A crossbencher is a minor party or independent member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia. They take...
- Wellington were elected by Conservative hereditary peers but now sit as Crossbenchers. Number includes Lord Carrington, who would otherwise be an ex officio...
- resulting in the first hung parliament since the 1940 election. Six crossbenchers held the balance of power. Greens MP Adam Bandt and independent MPs...
- Baron Pannick, KC (born 7 March 1956) is a British barrister and a crossbencher in the House of Lords and Blackstone Chambers. He practises primarily...
- served on the board of Channel 4. She entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher on 26 March 2013, becoming its youngest female member; she was appointed...
- Merseyside. He took his seat in the House of Lords in March 2000 as a crossbencher. Birt is an active cross-bencher in the House of Lords, speaking out...
- County of Devon, on 13 June 2006. She sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. She made her maiden speech on 21 November 2006 during the Debate on...
- swearing the oath of allegiance in both English and Welsh and sits as a crossbencher. In August 2014, Grey-Thompson was one of 200 public figures who were...
- from 2007 to 2008. He sat in the House of Lords as a non-aligned active crossbencher until 2020. Jones was born on 28 October 1955 in Birmingham, England...
- justiceship, he was Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005. He sits as a crossbencher. Phillips was born 21 January 1938. He was educated at Bryanston School...