This Library Note provides statistics relating to the regions of the UK with which current Members of the House of Lords have connections.
Regional Representation in the House of Lords (555 KB , PDF)
This Library Note provides statistics relating to the regions with which current Members of the House of Lords have connections. It does this by presenting information about the regions of Members’ main residences, but also by analysing the places that make up part of a significant number of Members’ titles. The Note concludes with consideration of the regions (previously) represented by Members as holders of elected office at local, regional, national and European levels.
Regional Representation in the House of Lords (555 KB , PDF)
Following five days of debate, the House of Lords concluded committee stage on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The bill would end the exemption that 92 places in the House are filled by hereditary peers. This short update summarises the current status of the bill ahead of report stage, dates for which are yet to be scheduled.
In March 1925, the House of Lords debated a motion calling for legislation to be introduced to reform the House of Lords. Whilst composition was among the issues raised, debate focused on the loss of the House’s powers, which were curtailed by the Parliament Act 1911. The 1911 act had also called for the House to be reconstituted on a popular rather than hereditary basis. This briefing looks back at the discussion.
This page provides interactive data on the creation of life peerages in the House of Lords.
