Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords

Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Incumbent The Duke of Warwick since 6 January 2025
House of Lords
Style	Senior Deputy Speaker (informal and within the house) His or her own peerage title
Status	Deputy Presiding Officer
Appointer	Lord Speaker
Term length	At the pleasure of the Lord Speaker
Formation	2 October 2020
First holder	The Baron Mornington

The Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords is the second-most senior officer within the House of Lords and deputises for the Lord Speaker when they are absent and at their direction.

The role was created during the 8th Session of Parliament with the passage of the Standing Orders Resolution (2020) on 2 October 2020, authored by the first Lady Speaker, The Duchess of Buccleuch. Even as the Standing Orders in the Lords has changed over time, the role of Senior Deputy Speaker has not.

The longest consecutively-serving Senior Deputy Speaker was x. The longest cumulatively-serving Senior Deputy Speaker was x. The shortest-serving Senior Deputy Speaker was x. The first female Senior Deputy Speaker was Elizabeth Somerset, The Duchess of Buccleuch.

James Forsyte, The Duke of Warwick has served as Senior Deputy Speaker since 6 January 2025, when she was appointed to the role by the Lord Speaker, Reginald Carmichael, The Duke of Westminster.

Senior Deputy Speakers

List of Senior Deputy Speakers

Portrait	Senior Deputy Speaker	Term of Office			Session(s)	Lord Speaker
		Start	End	Duration
	The Baron Mornington		11 November 2020		8th Session 9th Session	The Duchess of Buccleuch
	The Duchess of Buccleuch				9th Session	The Countess des Laurentides
	The Baroness Hastings				10th Session
	The Archbishop of Canterbury				11th Session
	The Viscountess Toronto				12th Session
	The Duchess of Cambridge				13th Session	The Viscountess Toronto
	The Baron Braybrooke		15 September 2021		14th Session	The Duke of Cornwall
	The Baron Sydney	15 September 2021				The Baron Braybrooke The Duchess of Rothesay
	The Baron Mornington				15th Session	The Duchess of Rothesay
	The Lord Carmichael				16th Session	The Baron Sydney
	The Lord Holland				17th Session	The Duchess of Rothesay
	The Lord Wellesey				18th Session
	The Earl of Merioneth				19th Session
	The Duke of Kent
	The Duchess of Rothesay	17 July 2022				The Duke of Kent
	The Viscount Halifax				20th Session	The Viscount Islington
	The Duke of Warwick				21st Session	The Duke of Kent
						The Baron Lomond
	The Bishop of Winchester		23 December 2022		22nd Session	The Duke of Somerset
	The Earl of Westmorland	26 December 2022			22nd Session 23rd Session
						The Duke of Cornwall
	The Baron Winchester		26 June 2023		24th Session 25th Session 26th Session
	The Earl of Westmorland				26th Session 27th Session
	The Duke of Cornwall				29th Session	The Marquess of Marchmain
	The Duke of Westminster	17 October 2024	15 November 2024		35th Session	The Earl of Durham
	The Countess of Strathmore	15 November 2024	1 January 2025	48 days	36th Session
	The Duke of Warwick	6 January 2025	present	48 days	37th Parliament	The Duke of Westminster