A Bill to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.
House of Lords
13 June 2014
This Bill would repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, returning the country to the pre-2011 system of elections that are not fixed to a five-year cycle. It would restore the power to call general elections to the Prime Minister with the monarch’s approval, removing the Act’s two-thirds Commons majority and no-confidence triggers for an early election.
The Bill is currently at the Second Reading stage in the Lords. If it passes, it will move on to the Commons for debate and further scrutiny.
Generated 21 February 2026
First reading took place on 12 June. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
