Abolition Of The Hereditary Peerage

EDM number 179 in 2017-19, proposed by David Hanson on 12/07/2017.
Categorised under the topics of House of Lords and Members of the Lords.

That this House notes the election to replace the 10th Earl of Walpole to be held on 18 July 2017; further notes that only 31 electors can take part in this election and that there are 10 candidates; notes that the hereditary principle holds no place in a modern democracy; declares that the UK should finally abolish the 92 hereditary peers from the House of Lords; and notes that the by-election process of hereditary peers risible as it meas that a small constituency of hereditary peers can elevate a peer to produce laws and question Ministers without any say by the British public.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.