Just 1 in 4 assist PM making new Lords to allow them to parachute them into Cabinet

Fewer than one-in-four individuals assist Prime Ministers creating new Lords to allow them to put them within the cupboard, a brand new ballot has discovered.

It comes after Rishi Sunak prompted outrage by elevating failed ex-PM David Cameron to the House of Lords in an effort to make him Foreign Secretary. Just 23% of respondents mentioned such a transfer was acceptable – with greater than double – 49% – saying it was not acceptable.

Willie Sullivan, Senior Director Campaigns for Electoral Reform Society, mentioned: “This polling shows the public do not support prime ministers handing out life-long jobs in the House of Lords so they can parachute people into top cabinet jobs. It is clear they feel that voters, not politicians, should be the ones to decide who sits in the upper house of Parliament influencing legislation.”

The polling additionally discovered that 47% need those that sit within the Lords to be elected by the general public.

In comparability simply 15% mentioned it must be Prime Ministers who select who will get to be a peer.

Another 15 per cent saying they need to be chosen by the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HoLaC).

Mr Sullivan added: “The current system, which lets prime ministers appoint friends, supporters and donors to the House of Lords on a whim, has left us with a bloated upper chamber of around 800 members. This makes the Lords the second largest legislative chamber in the world after China ’s National People’s Congress.

“The current appointments system is not fit for a modern democratic country and urgently needs reform. That is why we need to move to a smaller elected chamber where the people of this country, not prime ministers, decide who sits in Parliament shaping the laws we all live under.”