Extension of Franchise (House of Lords) Bill [HL]

Key Points

• Aims to permit Lords to vote in general elections for MPs in the Commons.
• Changes electoral eligibility but does not address who can stand for election or how elections are run apart from voting rights.
• Originating bill in the Lords, currently at the second reading stage in that House.
• Would apply to all Members of the House of Lords (life peers, bishops, etc.).
• If enacted, the change would proceed through the usual steps in the Commons after the Lords.
• Would require passage through both Houses and royal assent to become law.

Progress

The Bill is at the second reading in the Lords. If it progresses, it would move through further stages in the Lords, then be considered by the House of Commons and, ultimately, receive royal assent to become law.