CaSE has drawn up a list of those Lords with an interest or background in science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) in Parliament. We are currently working with many of these Lords and urging them to engage with science and engineering issues. If you wish to give us any feedback on the list please get in touch.
For a glossary of terms see the bottom of the page.
| Name | STEM Background/Interest | Party |
| Lord Adebowale | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lord Alderdice | Member, APPG on Medical Research | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Lady Andrews | Fellow of the Science Policy Research Unit | Labour Party |
| Lord Armstrong | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lord Ashdown | Former science spokesperson | Liberal Democrats |
| Earl Attlee | Engineering interest | Conservative Party |
| Lord Avebury | Trained as an engineer/ran a computer company | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Baker of Dorking | Technology interest | Conservative Party |
| Earl Baldwin | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Berkeley | Former civil engineer | Labour Party |
| Lord Bhattacharyya | Former member of the Science and Technology Council | Labour Party |
| Lord Birt | Engineering HE | Crossbencher |
| Lord Bishop of Chester | Chemistry HE | Bishop |
| Baroness Blackstone | Former science spokesperson | Labour Party |
| Lord Blackwell | Natural Sciences HE | Conservative Party |
| Lord Broers | Member of Lord S&T Commitee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Brooke | Former PUSS to the Science Minister | Conservative Party |
| Lord Brookman | Member, APPG on Engineering | Labour Party |
| Lord Browne | Physics HE | Crossbencher |
| Lord Cameron | Member, APPG on Science and Technology in Agriculture | Crossbencher |
| Lord Campbell | Science interest | Conservative Party |
| Lord Carter | Former Communications Minister | Labour Party |
| Lord Chidgey | Engineering interest | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Chilver | Professor of Civil Engineering | Conservative Party |
| Lord Chorley | Natural sciences HE | Crossbencher |
| Lord Cobbold | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lord Colwyn | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Cope | Member, APPG on Engineering | Conservative Party |
| Lord Craig | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lord Crickhowell | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Cunningham | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Darzi | Former Health Minister | Labour Party |
| Lord Davies | Member, APPG on Scientific Research in Learning and Education; Member, APPG on Medical Research | Labour/Co-Operative Party |
| Lord Desai | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Dholakia | Technology HE | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Dixon-Smith | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Drayson | Former Science Minister | Labour Party |
| Viscount Eccles | Shareholding in Chamberlin plc (foundry and engineering group) | Conservative Party |
| Lord Elis-Thomas | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Plaid Cymru |
| Baroness Emerton | Technology HE | Crossbencher |
| Lord Erroll | Former member of POST | Crossbencher |
| Baroness Falkender | Member, APPG on Medical Research | Labour Party |
| Lady Finlay | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Baroness Gale | Vice-Chair, APPG Women in Science, Engineering and Design | Labour Party |
| Lord Garel-Jones | Member, APPG on Scientific Research in Learning and Education; | Conservative Party |
| Lord Gavron | Shareholdings in GKN plc (technology and engineering) and IMI plc (industrial engineering) | Labour Party |
| Lord Geddes | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Baroness Gibson | Former National Secretary, Manufacturing Science and Finance Union | Labour Party |
| Lord Glenamara | Former SOS for Education and Science | Labour Party |
| Lord Gordon | Member, APPG on Engineering; Shareholding in Weir Group (engineering) | Labour Party |
| Lady Greenfield | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lady Greengross | Member, APPG on Scientific Research in Learning and Education | Crossbencher |
| Lord Greenway | Chairman, Trustees of Memorial Fund of Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology | Crossbencher |
| Lord Hannay | Shareholding in Weir Group (engineering) | Crossbencher |
| Lord Harries | Chairman, Lords Select Committee on stem cell research and an Honorary Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences | Crossbencher |
| Lord Harris | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Harrison | Science interest | Labour Party |
| Lord Haskel | Former member of Lord S&T Committee/On Board of POST | Labour Party |
| Lord Haskins | Vice-chair, APPG on Science and Technology in Agriculture | Crossbencher |
| Lord Hattersley | Former science spokesperson | Labour Party |
| Lord Henley | Former Minister with responsibilities for Science, evidence and research | Conservative Party |
| Lady Hilton | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lady Hogg | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Hollick | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Howard | Shareholding in Rolls-Royce Group plc (engineering) | Conservative Party |
| Lord Howarth | Former PUSS, Science and Education | Labour Party |
| Lord Howie | Science interest | Labour Party |
| Lord Hunt | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Hunt | Former SOS for Employment and Minister for Public Service and Science | Conservative Party |
| Lord Hunt | Member, APPG on Life Sciences; Member, APPG on Medical Research | Labour Party |
| Lord Jenkin | President, Foundation for Science and Technology; Member, APPG on Scientific Research in Learning and Education; | Conservative Party |
| Lady Jones | Science interest | Labour Party |
| Lord Jones | Former science spokesperson | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Jones | Senior Adviser, Babcock International Group plc (engineering support services) | Crossbencher |
| Lord Jopling | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Jordan | Former President of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union | Labour Party |
| Lord Kilclooney | Engineering interest | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) |
| Lord Krebs | Member of Lord S&T Committee (Chair) | Crossbencher |
| Lord Levene | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lord Lewis | CaSE Advisory Council | Crossbencher |
| Lord Lindsay | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Liverpool | Technology interest | Conservative Party |
| Lord Lloyd | Council Member, Foundation for Science and Technology | Crossbencher |
| Lord Lloyd-Webber | Shareholding in Kentz Corporation Ltd (engineering services) | Conservative Party |
| Lady Lockwood | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Lucas | Co-opted Member of Lord S&T Committee (for inquiry in STEM in HE) | Conservative Party |
| Lord Macdonald | Former maritime engineer | Labour Party |
| Lord Mancroft | Member, APPG on Scientific Research in Learning and Education | Conservative Party |
| Lady Masham | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Mawhinney | Biology HE | Conservative Party |
| Lord May | Sits on CaSE Advisory Council | Crossbencher |
| Lord McColl | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord McIntosh | Former science spokesperson | Labour Party |
| Lord Methuen | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Mitchell | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Montgomery | Engineering HE | Crossbencher |
| Lord Moonie | Former science spokesperson | Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Lord Moran | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lady Morgan | Science interest | Labour Party |
| Lord Moser | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lady Murphy | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lady Neuberger | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Neuberger | Chemistry HE | Law Lord |
| Lady Neville-Jones | Former Security Minister with responsibility for Home Office science | Conservative Party |
| Lady Nicholson | Technology interest | Liberal Democrats |
| Lady Nicol | Former member of POST | Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Lady Noakes | Shareholding in Smith & Nephew plc (engineering) | Conservative Party |
| Lady O’Cathain | President, Agricultural sector of BAAS | Conservative Party |
| Lady O’Neill | Council Member, Foundation for Science and Technology | Crossbencher |
| Lord O’Neill | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Oxburgh | Former Chief Scientific Advisor for the Ministry of Defence | Crossbencher |
| Lord Patel | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Patel | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Patten | Former Minister for Education and Science | Conservative Party |
| Lord Paul | Engineering HE | Labour Party |
| Lady Perry | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Peston | Former Energy, education and science spokesperson | Labour Party |
| Lady Platt | Engineering interest | Conservative Party |
| Lord Ponsonby | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Puttnam | Founding Chair of NESTA and a Trustee of the Science Museum. | Labour Party |
| Lord Quirk | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Razzall | Co-Chair of LD Business, Innovation & Science backbench committee | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Rea | Member, APPG on Scientific Research in Learning and Education; Member, APPG on Medical Research | Labour Party |
| Lord Reay | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Redesdale | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Rees | Member of Lord S&T Commitee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Renfrew | Former member of POST | Conservative Party |
| Lord Robertson | Member, APPG on Engineering; Non-executive Director, Weir Group plc (engineering) | Labour Party |
| Lord Rogan | Technology HE | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) |
| Lord Rooker | Engineering HE | Crossbencher |
| Lord Sainsbury | Former Minister for Science and Innovation | Labour Party |
| Lord Sawyer | Former engineer | Labour Party |
| Lord Selborne | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lady Sharp | CaSE Advisory Council | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Simon | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Smith | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Smith of Kelvin | Chairman, Weir Group plc (engineering) | Crossbencher |
| Lord Soley | Member, APPG on Scientific Research in Learning and Education | Labour Party |
| Lord Soulsby | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Sterling | Honorary Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology | Conservative Party |
| Lord Stevenson | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lord Stone | Science interest | Labour Party |
| Lord Sutherland | Former member of Lords S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Tanlaw | Chairman, Fandstan Electric Group Ltd (private electrical/railway engineering group) | Crossbencher |
| Lord Taverne | Trustee on Board of Sense About Science | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Taylor | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lady Thatcher | Chemistry HE | Conservative Party |
| Lord Tombs | Technology HE | Crossbencher |
| Lord Trefgarne | Former President of the Institution of Incorporated Engineers ( | Conservative Party |
| Lord Tugendhat | Chairman, Joint Steering Committee for the creation of the UK’s first Academic Health Sciences Centre | Conservative Party |
| Lord Tunnicliffe | Maths HE | Labour Party |
| Lord Turnberg | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Vallance | Former Chairman of BT | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Vincent | Commandant, Royal Military College of Science | Crossbencher |
| Lord Vinson | Technology interest | Conservative Party |
| Lord Wade | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lord Waldegrave | Former Minister for Public Services and Science | Conservative Party |
| Lady Wall | Consultant, Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies | Labour Party |
| Lady Walmsley | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Walpole | Science interest | Crossbencher |
| Lord Walton | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Crossbencher |
| Lord Warner | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lady Warwick | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Whitty | Member, APPG on Engineering | Labour Party |
| Lady Wilcox | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
| Lady Williams | Former Minister for Education and Science | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Willis | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Liberal Democrats |
| Lord Winston | Member of Lord S&T Committee | Labour Party |
| Lord Young | Former member of Lord S&T Committee | Conservative Party |
APPG – All-Party Parliamentary Group
HE – Higher Education
POST – Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology
PUSS – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
S&T – Science and Technology
SOS – Secretary of State
