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- ↑ The House of Lords Act 1999 reduced the sitting rights of several hundred inherited members to ninety-two hereditaries described in the Act as excepted hereditary peers
- ↑ Irish Peers sat in the Irish House of Lords, with the passing of the Act of Union 1800 this House was abolished and twenty-eight Peers in the peerage of Ireland were elected to sit in the United Kingdom House of Lords between 1800 and 1922, when the right was exhausted due to the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
- ↑ In the Earl of Antrim's Petition [1967] 1 A.C. 691 it was held that Irish representative peer did, in fact, represent Ireland as an entity, thus on the passing of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 elections from the Irish Peerage could no longer take place, as the Ireland of the Act of Union 1800 ceased to exist.
- ↑ "Conduct Committee Report Volume 808". House of Lords Hansard. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
That, in accordance with Standing Order 12, Lord Maginnis of Drumglass be suspended from the service of the House for a period of at least 18 months and until the Conduct Committee confirms that he has satisfactorily completed the other requirements of the sanction
- ↑ The Duke of Abercorn lost his seat under section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 on 11 November 1999.
- ↑ Lord Glentoran resigned from the House of Lords under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 on 30 October 2017.