Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 7 August 2024.
Lord Patten
Conservative
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the right of Lords Spiritual to vote in general elections.
Baroness Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
While the Lords Temporal are unable to vote at general elections to the House of Commons, this legal exclusion does not apply to the Lords Spiritual. In practice, however, it has long been the tradition that the Lords Spiritual do not vote at general elections.
Yes4 people think so
No2 people think not
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