UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2973
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) (No. 2) Bill
[As Introduced]
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This bill stops the House of Lords from holding byelections when hereditary peers leave. Instead of replacing them, those seats would be eliminated, slowly reducing the number of hereditary peers in Parliament over time.
Presented by John Spellar.
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The people's count45 votes
67% Aye · 3033% No · 15
MPs' vote412 MPs
82% Ayes · 33818% Noes · 74
The democratic gap
15% , a moderate gap
Bill passage
Commons
- 1st reading21 Jun 2021
- 2nd reading6 May 2022