Long term Liberal and Liberal Democrat councillor on Calderdale Council from 1973. Created a life peer in 2000, David Shutt served as Liberal Democrat chief whip from 2005 and as government deputy chief whip in the Lords from 2010 to 2012.

The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (Raymond Asquith) the great-grandson of H. H. Asquith and currently the newest member of the Liberal Democrat team in the House of Lords.