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First female bishop takes seat in House of Lords

by Press Association

The Rt Rev Libby Lane was elevated to the upper house on Tuesday after being installed as the Bishop of Derby in May.

She was joined by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, and the Archbishop of York, the Most Rev Dr John Sentamu, as she swore the oath of allegiance to the Queen.

The 53-year-old had been the Bishop of Stockport since 2015, after the vote by the General Synod of the Church of England to allow female bishops in 2014.

As the diocesan Bishop of Derby, she is one of the 26 senior members of the Church of England, known as the Lords Spiritual, entitled to sit on the red benches of the unelected house.

Others include the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

She smiled as she came in and read the promises required of the role. 

She brings the total number of female bishops in in the Lords to five.

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