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House of Lords Reform
Reform of the upper chamber
Government alignment shows how often each party voted with the government's stated position. Issue-aligned direction shows agreement with the AI-identified supportive stance.
Voted with government positionVoted in issue-aligned direction
4 Sept 2025House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3Aye = Support the government's position of removing hereditary peers cleanly, rejecting a Lords compromise that would have preserved a new honorary peer title without parliamentary membership · No = Back the Lords amendment creating a new non-membership peer status, arguing it offers a compromise that respects the hereditary peerage tradition while still removing them from the legislature336 · 74Passed4 Sept 2025House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1Aye = Support overriding the Lords and removing all remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords immediately, without a gradual phase-out · No = Support the Lords amendment allowing existing hereditary peers to remain until they leave naturally, phasing out the practice by ending replacement by-elections rather than removing peers outright337 · 77Passed4 Sept 2025House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2Aye = Support the Government's position of rejecting the Lords' amendment and pressing ahead with removing all remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, ending centuries of inherited privilege in the legislature. · No = Back the Lords' amendment and resist the straightforward removal of hereditary peers, with Conservatives arguing the reform simply replaces independent voices with Labour-appointed placemen and worsens rather than improves scrutiny.331 · 75Passed12 Nov 2024House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 20Aye = Support inserting a declaration into the Bill describing it as enabling unchecked Prime Ministerial patronage over the Lords, and criticising Labour for failing to deliver comprehensive House of Lords reform · No = Oppose the Conservative amendment, defending the Bill as a legitimate first step in Lords reform and rejecting the characterisation of its purpose as stated in the new clause100 · 377Defeated12 Nov 2024House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Third ReadingAye = Support removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, ending the principle that birth into a noble family grants a place in the legislature · No = Oppose removing hereditary peers in this abrupt manner, preferring a phased approach or transition arrangements such as life peerages for experienced hereditary peers439 · 73Passed12 Nov 2024House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1Aye = Support adding further conditions to the Bill removing hereditary peers, likely requiring additional reforms or commitments before the change takes effect · No = Oppose the new clause and support keeping the Bill focused solely on removing hereditary peers' right to sit and vote, without additional conditions that could jeopardise its passage43 · 376Defeated12 Nov 2024House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7Aye = Support requiring the Government to commit to further, broader House of Lords reform beyond simply removing hereditary peers · No = Oppose placing a legislative requirement on the Government to produce further Lords reform proposals, preferring to proceed with the current Bill on its own terms95 · 357Defeated12 Nov 2024House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: Amendment 25Aye = Support requiring a broader plan for Lords reform to be agreed before hereditary peers are removed, arguing constitutional change should not be done piecemeal · No = Oppose conditioning the removal of hereditary peers on wider Lords reform, backing the government's approach of removing hereditary peers as an immediate first step99 · 378Defeated15 Oct 2024House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second ReadingAye = Support blocking the Bill, opposing the removal of hereditary peers from the House of Lords and resisting this stage of Lords reform · No = Support the Bill proceeding, backing the government's plan to end the hereditary principle in the Lords as a first step in Lords reform107 · 454Defeated
How is this calculated?
Government alignment shows how often a party's MPs voted with the government's stated position on this issue. This is the most comparable metric across parties, as it measures the same reference point for everyone.
Issue-aligned direction shows how often MPs voted in the direction tagged as supportive of this issue by AI analysis. For example, if a vote is tagged “pro-environment”, an Aye vote counts as aligned.