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The House of Lords Act 1999 withdrew the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords as the first stage of a planned reform by the Labour government of Tony Blair. However 92 hereditary peers were allowed to remain pending completion of the second stage of the proposed reforms.
Since the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, female hereditary peers remain eligible for election to the Upper House; until her resignation on 1 May 2020, there was one (Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar) among the 90 hereditary peers who continue to sit.
ACT. Unit: pag1. RA Proof 4.11.99. c. 34. House of Lords Act 1999. (6) Any question whether a person is excepted from section 1 shall be decided by the Clerk of the Parliaments, whose certificate shall be conclusive. 3.—(1) The holder of a hereditary peerage shall not be disqualified by virtue of that peerage for—.
This category lists those hereditary peers who have been removed from the British House of Lords under the House's standing orders, as provided for in the House of Lords Act 1999 . A list of these hereditary peers can be found at List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999 .
Irish hereditary peers [ edit] The following 68 Peers of the Peerage of Ireland were not affected by the expulsion of the House of Lords Act 1999 as they were on the Electoral roll and they were eligible to be a Member of Parliament and vote in Elections in the United Kingdom in all formats at the time, ie Local Government elections, European ...
Elections of the excepted hereditary peers were held in October and November 1999, before the House of Lords Act 1999 excluded most hereditary peers from the membership of the House of Lords allowing Earl Marshal, Lord Great Chamberlain and 90 others to remain in the House. [1] Before the passing of the 1999 Act, the Lords approved a Standing ...
1999 CHAPTER 34. An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; to make related provision about disqualifications for voting at elections to, and for membership of, the House of Commons; and for connected purposes. [11th November 1999]
