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All Rights Reserved. World News Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years FILE-King Charles III reads the King's Speech, as Queen Camilla sits beside him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool) 1 of 2 | FILE-King Charles III reads the King's Speech, as Queen Camilla sits beside him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool) Read More File- General view at the Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, and Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/ Kin Cheung) 2 of 2 | File- General view at the Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, and Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/ Kin Cheung) Read More Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years FILE-King Charles III reads the King's Speech, as Queen Camilla sits beside him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool) 1 of 2 | FILE-King Charles III reads the King's Speech, as Queen Camilla sits beside him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool) Read More 1 of 2 FILE-King Charles III reads the King's Speech, as Queen Camilla sits beside him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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Share Share * Facebook * Copy Link copied * Print * Email * X * LinkedIn * Bluesky * Flipboard * Pinterest * Reddit Read More [] By JILL LAWLESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Leer en espanol Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Comments Share * Facebook * Copy Link copied * Print * Email * X * LinkedIn * Bluesky * Flipboard * Pinterest * Reddit LONDON (AP) -- Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles. Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." "Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts," he said. "It should never be a gallery of old boys' networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people." The House of Lords plays an important role in Britain's parliamentary democracy, scrutinizing legislation passed by the elected House of Commons. But critics have long argued that it is unwieldy and undemocratic. The case of Peter Mandelson, who resigned from the Lords in February after revelations about his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, drew renewed attention to the upper chamber and the problem of lords behaving badly. Related Stories Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, leaves his house in London, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Files show British prime minister was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Mandelson 4 MIN READ Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in his office in Ottawa on Monday, March 9, 2026. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP) Canada's Mark Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with prime minister 1 MIN READ People take part in the annual UK Wife Carrying Race in Dorking, England, Sunday March 8, 2026. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP) Finnish pair wins a barrel of ale in annual 'wife-carrying' contest in England 1 MIN READ The chamber currently has more than 800 members, making it the second-largest legislative chamber in the world after China's National People's Congress. For most of its 700-year history, its membership was composed of noblemen -- almost never women -- who inherited their seats, alongside a smattering of bishops. In the 1950s, these were joined by "life peers" -- retired politicians, civic leaders and other notables appointed by the government, who now make up the vast majority of the chamber. Roughly 1 in 10 members are currently hereditary peers. In 1999, the Labour government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair evicted most of the 750 hereditary peers, though 92 were allowed to remain temporarily to avoid an aristocrats' rebellion. It was another 25 years before Prime Minister Keir Starmer's current Labour government introduced legislation to oust the remaining "hereditaries." The lords put up a fight, forcing a compromise that will see an undisclosed number of hereditary members allowed to stay by being "recycled" into life peers. The bill will become law once King Charles III grants royal assent -- a formality -- and the hereditary peers will leave at the end of the current session of Parliament this spring, completing a political process begun a quarter century ago. In Lords terms, that is speedy. Labour remains committed to eventually replacing the House of Lords with an alternative second chamber that is "more representative of the U.K." If past experience is anything to go by, change will come slowly. "So, here we are at the end of well over seven centuries of service by hereditary peers in this Parliament," Nicholas True, the opposition Conservative Party leader in the Lords, told the chamber. "Many thousands of peers served their nation here and thousands of improvements to law were made," he said. "It wasn't all a stereotypical history of reaction in ermine. Many of those people, no doubt, were flawed but for the most part, they served their nation faithfully and well." JILL LAWLESS JILL LAWLESS Lawless is based in London, covering British politics, diplomacy and culture and top stories from the UK and beyond. She has reported for the AP from two dozen countries on four continents. twitter mailto # Most read 1. 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