This Library Note charts developments in votes on delegated legislation in the House of Lords between 1950 and 1999.
Divisions on delegated legislation in the House of Lords 1950-1999 LLN 2000/001 (581 KB , PDF)
The purpose of this Lords Library Note is to chart developments and practice in relation to divisions on delegated legislation in the House of Lords over the last fifty years.
Divisions on delegated legislation in the House of Lords 1950-1999 LLN 2000/001 (581 KB , PDF)
Hereditary peer by-elections are held within the House of Lords to replace excepted hereditary peers who have retired or died. This Lords Library Briefing provides a list of hereditary peers’ by-election results since the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, including information on turn out and the number of candidates.
The House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL] is a private member’s bill sponsored by Lord Norton of Louth (Conservative). The bill seeks to strengthen the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC). The House of Lords is due to debate the bill at second reading on 9 September 2022.
Voting practices in the House of Lords remained largely unchanged for over 150 years, until the Covid-19 pandemic prompted a dramatic switch to remote voting. The House has now returned to seeing members vote in division lobbies located either side of the chamber, but now pass readers rather than officials record voting members’ names and some members may continue to vote remotely. What is the background to these changes?
