A History of Elections to the House of Lords in the United Kingdom from 1707 to the 2010 General Election.

A History of Elections to the House of Lords in the United Kingdom from 1707 to the 2010 General Election; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Scottish Representative Peers; Chapter 3 -- Irish Representative Peers; Chapter 4 -- Twentieth Century Changes in the House of Lords; Chapter 5 -- The Working of the Electoral Process since the 1999 Act of Parliament; Chapter 6 -- The House of Lords and the Labour Governments from 1999 to 2010; Chapter 7 -- The House of Lords and the Coalition Government since 2010.

A History of Elections to the House of Lords in the United Kingdom from 1707 to the 2010 General Election; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Scottish Representative Peers; Chapter 3 -- Irish Representative Peers; Chapter 4 -- Twentieth Century Changes in the House of Lords; Chapter 5 -- The Working of the Electoral Process since the 1999 Act of Parliament; Chapter 6 -- The House of Lords and the Labour Governments from 1999 to 2010; Chapter 7 -- The House of Lords and the Coalition Government since 2010

The purpose of this book is to investigate the working of the 1999 Act of Parliament in relation to the electoral process put in place for the purpose of maintaining the representation of the hereditary element in the House of Lords at Westminster.