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Petition · past parliament

Reform the undemocratic House of Lords and replace it with a proportional system

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

At the moment all members of the House of Lords are elected, with some earning their status as peers simply by being born to a duke or viscount, yet they have the power to delay and send back bills passed by our democratically elected parliament. This is fundamentally undemocratic and must change.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Replace the House of Lords with a proportionally elected second chamber.

Timeline

14 Apr 2016 Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Apr 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.