Content deleted Content added
m →Elected members: UK no longer elects EU parliament members |
No edit summary |
||
Line 79:
====Transitional members====
Part 6 of the bill provided for some members of the pre-reform House of Lords to remain during the first two electoral periods, i.e., until 2019/25. The number of transitional members was computed with reference to the number of peers entitled to a [[Hereditary peer#Writs of summons|writ of summons]] at the beginning of 27 June 2012 (i.e. the members of the House of Lords excluding the Lords Spiritual). For the first electoral period (2015–17/20), the number of transitional members would have been equal to two-thirds of that total. The number for the second period would be one-third of the total. According to the House of Lords website, there were 790 peers with the right to a writ of summons,<ref>660 active [[life peer]]s, 89 active
===Other provisions===
|