Rejected petition I would like an elected House of Lords

The House of Lords is unelected and thus unaccountable to the british people, and thus needs ending in its current form. While having a second chamber is necessary, it should be elected by the people and for the people.

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There are three obvious ways of doing this.
1: When a general election is held, who ever finishes second gets a seat in the lords, thus making parliament more democratic.
2: Use the votes in a general election, and then turn them into Proportional Representation, and this would make house of lords represent votes cast.
3: Every council ward appoints a representative to house of lords, this would give greater power to local government.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/218019

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Date submitted 19 June 2018
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