More than 1,500 life peerages have been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom under the Life Peerages Act 1958.

• List of life peerages (1958–1979)
  • Created under the premierships of Harold Macmillan, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and James Callaghan
• List of life peerages (1979–1997)
  • Created under the premierships of Margaret Thatcher and John Major
• List of life peerages (1997–2010)
  • Created under the premierships of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown
• List of life peerages (2010–present)
  • Created under the premierships of David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak