Hereditary peer by-elections have been paused. They should be scrapped entirely The House of Lords just keeps getting bigger. Following the PM’s appointment of 36 new unelected peers, each week sees more introduced to a chamber that is bursting at the seams. The Lords themselves have... Posted 18 Sep 2020
Voters have had enough of the unelected Lords. The PM and peers need to listen up Last week, the first of the Prime Minister’s 36 new appointments to the unelected House of Lords began to take their seats. They did so at a time of growing public outrage at the state... Posted 07 Sep 2020
ERS in the Press – August 2020 As governments respond to the global pandemic, the issue of how voters are represented has not gone away. In fact, in many ways, it has become more salient. PR in the public eye In August,... Posted 04 Sep 2020
Revealed: The true cost of Britain’s silent peers There are many perks to being a member of the House of Lords. While many peers do work hard, it seems one of the perks is being able to claim expenses for doing very little.... Posted 17 Aug 2020
ERS in the Press – July 2020 Another Lords scandal, fighting for fair votes, and a spotlight on foreign interference: highlights from the ERS' campaigning in July. Posted 10 Aug 2020
The unelected House of Lords is undermining Britain’s reputation Britain's ability to speak up for democracy abroad has just taken a major self-inflicted hit. Posted 06 Aug 2020
New figures reveal dire levels of regional representation the unelected House of Lords The warped nature of the House of Lords has once again been revealed, after the ERS found that nearly a quarter of peers are based in London…compared to just 13% of the UK public. Posted 03 Aug 2020
36 new unelected legislators: PM’s Lords appointments shatter myth of an ‘independent’ House of Lords Pressure is mounting for an overhaul of the House of Lords after the PM announced a wave of new ex-MPs, party loyalists and donors to the second chamber. Posted 03 Aug 2020
Nearly 200,000 sign petition calling for the unelected House of Lords to be overhauled The Prime Minister is set to pack the House of Lords with yet more unelected peers. And discontent is growing. Posted 30 Jul 2020
The already super-sized House of Lords is about to get bigger Plans to appoint dozens of new unelected Lords make a mockery of claims that the chamber is slimming down. Posted 27 Jul 2020