Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Members of the House of Lords are said to be non-affiliated if they do not belong to any parliamentary group. That is, they do not take a political party's whip, nor affiliate to the crossbench group, nor the Lords Spiritual (bishops). Formerly the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary were also a separate affiliation, but their successors the Justices of the Supreme Court are now disqualified from the Lords while in office and, as with all ineligible members, are listed as "Other" rather than "Non-affiliated".Most non-party "lords temporal" are crossbenchers. Members with senior official roles are counted as non-affiliated while they hold this role to preserve their neutrality; they may (re-)affiliate to a group at the end of their term of office. (The Lord Great Chamberlain and Earl Marshal are not counted, as they are on leave of absence.) Some members become non-affiliated after resigning or being expelled from a party, either through a political disagreement or after a scandal such as the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal. Others have had no party allegiance and choose this designation rather than joining the crossbench. The UK Parliament website lists the following "Non affiliated Members" of the House of Lords, excluding those on leave of absence:There are also several listed with an "Independent" party designation:"@en }
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- Non-affiliated_members_of_the_House_of_Lords abstract "Members of the House of Lords are said to be non-affiliated if they do not belong to any parliamentary group. That is, they do not take a political party's whip, nor affiliate to the crossbench group, nor the Lords Spiritual (bishops). Formerly the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary were also a separate affiliation, but their successors the Justices of the Supreme Court are now disqualified from the Lords while in office and, as with all ineligible members, are listed as "Other" rather than "Non-affiliated".Most non-party "lords temporal" are crossbenchers. Members with senior official roles are counted as non-affiliated while they hold this role to preserve their neutrality; they may (re-)affiliate to a group at the end of their term of office. (The Lord Great Chamberlain and Earl Marshal are not counted, as they are on leave of absence.) Some members become non-affiliated after resigning or being expelled from a party, either through a political disagreement or after a scandal such as the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal. Others have had no party allegiance and choose this designation rather than joining the crossbench. The UK Parliament website lists the following "Non affiliated Members" of the House of Lords, excluding those on leave of absence:There are also several listed with an "Independent" party designation:".