Talk:Lords Commissioners

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David Liddington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lidington is now the Lord Chancellor which makes him a Lords Commissioner, I am not quite sure how to work that into the text as it is talking about who was a commissioner at the time of prorogation (end of the last parliament) and I am not entirely sure if he becomes a commissioner instantly on appointment to Chancellor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alanbelllibertus (talk • contribs) 09:46, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

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Composition
Based on reading Hansard archives, I have pieced together an evolution of the composition of the commission: Robin S. Taylor (talk) 22:24, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
 * From as early as 1806 until the first world war it was the norm for all commissioners to come from the governing party - indeed, frequently they would all be ministers.
 * Between the first and second world wars there were many hung parliaments and grand coalitions. This was reflected in mixed teams of commissioners.
 * In the fifties there was no obvious rule. The Lord Chancellor always took the principal role and there would usually be at least one other member of the governing party, but the other three were variable. Occasionally a non-party peer was included.
 * From 1964 until 1992 a convention emerged: The Lord Chancellor, the leader of the house, the shadow leader, the leader of the liberal peers and a third (seemingly random) member of the governing party.
 * From 1993 the crossbench convenor replaced the third government peer.
 * From 2007 the Lord Chancellor dropped out and the leader of the house took the principal role, with the Lord Speaker in second place.

Current comissioners
I think it is not sensible to predict future comissioners, even though, based on current convention, it seems easy to predict them. Is it really sensible to list comissioners which were never listed in a letters patent? At least, we should get sources for this predictions but not be ourself the source. Does anyone has an good idea how it can be better represented and sourced? --Theoreticalmawi (talk) 15:16, 13 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Found a (not realy reliable source). I think we should go with this till better sources are available or something in the current practice is changing. Theoreticalmawi (talk) 11:48, 28 April 2023 (UTC)