We have hit a significant milestone in our campaign to reform the House of Lords: over a quarter of a million people have now signed our petition calling for the second chamber of our Parliament...
Posted 26 Jun 2025
Campaigners have called for 'real action, not just warm words' on House of Lords reform, following reports that the government are assessing options for an overhaul.
Posted 06 Jan 2020
The argument that independence and expertise exist in abundance amongst our current peers is now being cited as a key reason against reforming the House of Lords. If preserving these features is a core argument against reform,...
Posted 15 Mar 2012
The bill to remove all 88 hereditary peers from the House of Lords is making its way through the House of Lords itself, and their removal is now imminent. But while we are finally set...
Posted 17 Jul 2025
The House of Lords is back in the spotlight, with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown saying that replacing the House of Lords with an elected senate of the nations and regions should form part of...
Posted 03 Feb 2021
Statement from the Electoral Reform Society, for immediate release, 17thDecember Contact Jon Narcross, Communications Officer on [email protected]/ 07794728820 for bids. Commenting on reports that the Prime Minister is planning to ‘pack’ the second chamber with new (pro-Brexit)...
Posted 17 Dec 2019
If a new proclamation is to be believed, the UK’s unelected second chamber is apparently ‘on course’ to reduce in size, ‘within the timeframe set out’ in a report by a House of Lords committee...
Posted 25 Oct 2018
The House of Lords is a centuries-old institution of British politics which has outlived many others and which, to this day, plays an active role in crafting the laws of the land. But in its...
Posted 27 Apr 2018
Support for overhaul of Lords surges from 48% in 2015 to 63% today, in wake of expenses scandals Statement from the Electoral Reform Society, 2pm, 31st October 2017 Darren Hughes is available for interviews. For...
Posted 31 Oct 2017
Why the status quo isn't an option. Produced in conjunction with the New Statesman.
Posted 27 Aug 2012
