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|[[John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey|The Lord McCluskey]]||style="background-color: {{Crossbench/meta/color}}"|Crossbencher||6 October 1976 [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1976/oct/06/lord-mccluskey#S5LV0374P0_19761006_HOL_3]|||
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|[[Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara|The Lord Brabazon of Tara]]||style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}"|Conservative||11 November 1976[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1976/nov/11/preamble#S5LV0377P0_19761111_HOL_3]||[[Chairman of Committees (House of Lords)|Chairman of Committees]] 2002–2012
|[[Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara|The Lord Brabazon of Tara]]||style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}"|Conservative||11 November 1976[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1976/nov/11/preamble#S5LV0377P0_19761111_HOL_3]||[[Chairman of Committees (House of Lords)|Chairman of Committees]] 2002–2012

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This is a list of 30 longest-serving current members of the House of Lords.

Peer Party Joined the House Notes
The Lord Carrington style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 9 October 1945[1] Leader of the House of Lords 1963–1964
The Lord Denham style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 13 December 1949[2] Chief Whip of the Conservative Party 1979–1991
The Lord Trefgarne style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 3 July 1962[3]
The Lord Selsdon style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 30 July 1963[4]
The Viscount Ullswater style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 1 April 2003 previously served 24 July 1963–11 November 1999
The Lord Colwyn style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 17 January 1967[5]
The Lord Brougham and Vaux style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 14 February 1968[6]
The Lord Hylton style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 3 July 1968[7]
The Earl of Liverpool style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 18 November 1969[8]
The Earl of Caithness style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 21 January 1970[9]
The Baroness Masham of Ilton style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 25 February 1970[10]
The Lord Tanlaw style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 25 May 1971[11]
The Viscount Slim style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 27 May 1971[12]
The Earl of Selborne style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 23 February 1972[13]
The Earl Peel style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 23 May 1973[14] Lord Chamberlain since 2006
The Baroness Sharples style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 27 June 1973[15]
The Lord Elton style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 5 July 1973[16]
The Viscount Astor style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 24 July 1973[17]
The Baroness Falkender style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Labour 23 July 1974[18]
The Viscount Craigavon style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 30 July 1974[19]
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 5 March 1975[20] currently on leave of absence, served as MP 1955–1974
The Lord Skelmersdale style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 11 March 1975[21]
The Lord Geddes style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 20 June 1975[22]
The Lord Kirkhill style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Labour 23 July 1975[23]
The Lord Greenway style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 14 October 1975[24]
The Countess of Mar style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 28 October 1975 [25]
The Lord Brabazon of Tara style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 11 November 1976[26] Chairman of Committees 2002–2012
The Lord Swinfen style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color"|Crossbencher 24 May 1977[27]
The Lord Crathorne style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Conservative 15 June 1977[28]