UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 3537
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]
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This bill would change how the House of Lords works by stopping special elections to replace hereditary peers when they leave. Instead of choosing a new hereditary peer to fill each empty seat, that seat would remain vacant, gradually reducing the number of hereditary peers in Parliament.
Presented by Lord Grocott.
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The people's count206 votes
52% Aye · 10748% No · 99
MPs' vote412 MPs
82% Ayes · 33818% Noes · 74
The democratic gap
30% , a wide gap
Bill passage
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- 1st reading5 Dec 2023