Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many life peerages have been created since the 2010 election, and how many of those were (1) Conservative, (2) Liberal Democrat, (3) Labour, and (4) Crossbench, peerages.

Peerages created since the 2010 election are listed below:

Conservative: 109

Labour: 55

Liberal Democrat: 51

Crossbench/Independent/other: 30

Of the peers appointed since the 2010 election 22.4 per cent have taken the whip of her majesty’s official opposition. This compares to 15.7 per cent of those created between the 1997 and 2010 general elections.