Petition A referendum on an elected House of Lords and a proportional representation.

In the recent referendum on membership of the EU, one of the key arguments revolved around democracy and the role of unelected officials in law making processes. The U.K. has 800 unelected officials in the legislative process, and a voting system that does not accurately represent citizen's views.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

93 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 93 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 January 2017
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