An Act to make provision for the creation of life peerages carrying the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
Citation
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 21
Dates
Royal assent
30 April 1958
Other legislation
Amended by
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
The Life Peerages Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 21) established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
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The LifePeeragesAct1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 21) established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom...
Edinburgh awarded for life to Prince Edward in 2023, all lifepeerages conferred since 2009 have been created under the LifePeeragesAct1958 with the rank of...
than 1,500 lifepeerages have been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom under the LifePeeragesAct1958. List of lifepeerages (1958–1979) Created...
the offer of peerage titles. For the majority of its history, hereditary peerages were the norm. Today, the only new hereditary peerages granted are to...
or lifepeerages created since 1958 under the LifePeeragesAct1958. Prior to the regular creation of lifepeerages, the great majority of peerages were...
This is a list of lifepeerages in the peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. On 1 October 2009, the Appellate...
Commons. At the time of the Act, thirty one peers in the Peerage of Scotland also had held titles in the respective peerages of England, Great Britain and...
(Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand for MP, and could not appoint peeresses to it until the LifePeeragesAct1958. Three women have led...
have been members of the House of Lords by virtue of a lifepeerage under the LifePeeragesAct1958. Living Summoned to Parliament as Baron Cecil (known...
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until the LifePeeragesAct1958, passed to address the declining number of active members, made possible the creation of peerages for life. Women were...
slave trafficking.[failed verification] The LifePeeragesAct1958 made possible the creation of peerages for life, in order to address the declining number...
example so far where three generations have received LifePeerages under the LifePeeragesAct1958: Violet, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury; her son, Mark...
capacity for life. While letters patent issued by the Monarch under the terms of the LifePeeragesAct1958 just name the recipient of the lifepeerage, letters...
Jurisdiction Act 1876 LifePeeragesAct1958PeerageAct 1963 House of Lords Act 1999 Cox, N. (1997). "The British Peerage: The Legal Standing of the Peerage and...
people with peerages of the United Kingdom created under the LifePeeragesAct1958 and Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (whose lifepeerages are created under...
Recognition Act 1689 Act of Settlement 1701 Act of Union 1707 Act of Union 1800 The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 LifePeeragesAct1958 Emergency Powers Act 1964...
life peers. As of March 2024 there are 670 life peers. Lifepeerages rank only as barons or baronesses, and are created under the LifePeeragesAct 1958...
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in part per contemporary accounts through bribery with the awarding of peerages and honours to critics to get votes. The first attempt had been defeated...
elections each 4 years. Parliament Act 1911 and Parliament Act 1949. LifePeeragesAct1958 s 1 House of Lords Act 1999 ss 1-2, or 90 plus the "Lord Great...
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