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Following passing of the House of Lords Act 1999
the number of hereditary peer
s entitled to sit in the House of Lords
was reduced to ninety-two. The first ninety-two were elected by all hereditary peers before the passing of the reform. Since November 2002 by-elections have been held to fill vacancies left by deaths of those peers.
Before the passing of the Act the Lords approved a Standing Order stating that the remaining hereditary peers shall consist of:
Elections must be held within three months of the death of a sitting hereditary peer and take place under the Alternative Vote system. All those on the Register of Hereditary Peers are eligible to stand.
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House of Lords Act 1999
The House of Lords Act 1999 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. The Act reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. For centuries, the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;...
the number of hereditary peer
Hereditary peer
Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over seven hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 only ninety-two are permitted to do so...
s entitled to sit in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
was reduced to ninety-two. The first ninety-two were elected by all hereditary peers before the passing of the reform. Since November 2002 by-elections have been held to fill vacancies left by deaths of those peers.
Before the passing of the Act the Lords approved a Standing Order stating that the remaining hereditary peers shall consist of:
- 2 peers to be elected by the LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
hereditary peers - 42 peers to be elected by the ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
hereditary peers - 3 peers to be elected by the Liberal DemocratLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
hereditary peers - 28 peers to be elected by the Crossbench hereditary peers
- 15 peers to be elected by the whole House
- The holders of the offices of Earl MarshalEarl MarshalEarl Marshal is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England...
and Lord Great ChamberlainLord Great ChamberlainThe Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable...
to be ex officio members
Elections must be held within three months of the death of a sitting hereditary peer and take place under the Alternative Vote system. All those on the Register of Hereditary Peers are eligible to stand.
2011
After the death of the Lord AmpthillGeoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill
Geoffrey Denis Erskine Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, CBE, PC was a British hereditary peer and businessman, whose paternity and succession to the peerage were famously disputed in the "Ampthill Baby Case"....
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After the death of the Earl of Onslow
Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow
Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow , styled Viscount Cranley from 1945 to 1971, was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
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After the death of the Lord Monson
John Monson, 11th Baron Monson
John Monson, 11th Baron Monson was a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999...
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After the death of the Lord Strabolgi
David Montague de Burgh Kenworthy, 11th Baron Strabolgi
David Montague de Burgh Kenworthy, 11th Baron Strabolgi was a Labour Party peer and the holder of one of Scotland's most ancient titles of nobility.-Education:...
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2010
After the death of the Earl of NortheskPatrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
Patrick Charles Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk is a British hereditary peer, journalist and scholar.Carnegy was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1960...
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2009
After the death of the Viscount BledisloeChristopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe
Christopher Hiley Ludlow Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, QC , was the son of the second Viscount. He was educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the military as a Second Lieutenant of the 11th Hussars from 1954 to 1955 and went into law; he was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn...
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2008
After the death of the Baroness Darcy de KnaythDavina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth
Davina Marcia Herbert Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth, DBE was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, continuing to sit after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 as an elected peer.-Biography:...
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2007
After the death of Lord Mowbray and StourtonCharles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray
Charles Edward Stourton, 23rd Baron Stourton, 27th Baron Segrave, 26th Baron Mowbray CBE was a baron in the peerage of England. From 1965 to 1983, he was premier baron in the English peerage. He sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, and was a Conservative whip in government and...
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2005
After the death of Baroness StrangeCherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange
Jean Cherry Drummond of Megginch, 16th Baroness Strange was a cross bench hereditary peer in the House of Lords. She also wrote romantic novels and historical works.-Personal life:...
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After the death of Lord Aberdare
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, KBE, PC, DL was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death, one of ninety-two elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords...
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After the death of Lord Burnham
Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham
Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham was a successful executive with The Daily Telegraph, prior to its takeover by Conrad Black in 1986, and later led a successful career in the House of Lords. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford....
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After the death of the Earl Russell
Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell
Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell was a British historian and politician. His parents were the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell and Patricia Russell...
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2004
After the death of Lord VivianNicholas Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian
Brigadier Nicholas Crespigny Lawrence Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian was a British peer and soldier. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.The son of the 5th Baron Vivian and Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Oliphant, he...
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2003
After the death of Lord Milner of LeedsMichael Milner, 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds
Arthur James Michael Milner, 2nd Baron Milner of Leeds was a British solicitor and Labour politician....
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