US EditionUK ends centuries-old hereditary seats in parliament upper chamber
Up to 92 hereditary peers will lose their seats, ending a centuries-old tradition and fulfilling a key manifesto pledge by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
- On March 10, Parliament cleared a bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords, ending a centuries-old system and completing the bill's passage through Parliament.
- Tony Blair's 1999 reforms removed more than 600 hereditary peers, leaving a temporary compromise, and it took 25 years before Prime Minister Keir Starmer introduced legislation to remove the rest.
- Of the 84 hereditary peers currently taking their seats, the Earl of Devon said, 'I think the public will miss us.'
- Once King Charles III grants royal assent, the bill will take effect at the end of the current parliamentary session later this spring, and up to 92 hereditary peers will lose their seats with some offered life peerages.
- The government said the change fulfils a manifesto pledge and signalled further Lords reforms, with supporters framing it as a response to rising public demand for a more representative chamber.
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In the United Kingdom, the system whereby members of the House of Lords can inherit their seats in Parliament through their noble families has been abolished. The legislation passed yesterday ends a tradition that has existed for centuries.
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Hereditary peers are set to lose their seats in the House of Lords, after the passage of a bill that will end their role in the chamber after hundreds of years, fulfilling a key pledge in the Labour Party manifesto. In what marks a historic moment, Lords Leader Baroness Smith said the “historic legislation” realised Labour’s manifesto pledge to remove the right of all hereditary peers to sit and vote in the upper house. “This has never been abou…
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LONDON — Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put …
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