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DEMOCRACY campaigners condemned suggestions yesterday that the number of unelected peers would be boosted by Lib Dem MPs voters sacked at the election.
The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) called for a fully elected upper chamber after Lib Dem peer Tina Stowell made the prediction on Thursday.
Despite her party being reduced to eight MPs and already having 101 peers, she said senior that Lib Dems who lost their seats were set to be handed a place in the Lords.
Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP