to be filled by runners up in the initial elections. Two Crossbench peers, Lord Cobbold and Lord Chorley, returned to the House this way, having sat before 1999. Since then, vacancies among the group of 15 peers have been filled through by-elections, with all members of the House entitled to vote. The Procedure Committee has recommended that any peer elected at a by-election in this category should not be expected to serve as a Deputy Speaker. In by-elections to fill vacancies in the political groups, only hereditary peers of that group sitting in the House may vote. As of November 2022, there are 4 dukes, 25 earls, 15 viscounts, 45 barons and 2 Lords of Parliament among the 91 hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords. After the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, the Marquess of Cholmondeley’s service as Lord Great Chamberlain came to an end; his successor was Lord Carrington, who was already an elected hereditary peer. No by-election to fill a 92nd place for hereditary peers has been called. Only those with titles in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom are currently eligible for a seat. Peers in the Peerage of Ireland are only eligible if they hold a title in one of the other peerages, but if elected, they may use their Irish peerage whilst in the Lords; for instance, the present Earl of Arran, whose highest title is an Irish one, is entitled to a seat as Lord Sudley, his subsidiary title in the UK peerage, but sits using his highest, Irish, title. Elected by the whole House Sitting Deceased Resigned Elected by the Conservative hereditary peers Sitting Deceased Resigned Removed for non-attendance Pursuant to section 2 of House of Lords Reform Act 2014 Elected by the Crossbencher hereditary peers Sitting Deceased Resigned Removed for non-attendance Pursuant to section 2 of House of Lords Reform Act 2014 Elected by the Liberal Democrats hereditary peers Sitting Deceased Elected by the Labour hereditary peers Sitting Deceased Notes See also 1999 hereditary peers' elections By-elections to the House of Lords List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999 Peerage of the United Kingdom Hereditary peerage References Excepted hereditary peers Hereditary peers Elected hereditary peers