enabled Alec Douglas-Home to sit in the House of Commons as Prime Minister

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The Peerage Act 1963 was a UK law that reformed the hereditary peerage system by allowing peers to disclaim their titles and thus sit in the House of Commons.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
allows disclaimer of peerage titles within a specified time after succession ⓘ
appliesTo Scottish peers ⓘ
hereditary peers ⓘ
peerages of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
consequenceOfDisclaimer eligibility to stand for election to the House of Commons ⓘ
loss of right to sit in the House of Lords ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
effect allowed hereditary peers to disclaim their peerages ⓘ
enabled certain peers to sit in the House of Commons ⓘ
modified automatic membership of the House of Lords for hereditary peers ⓘ
reformed aspects of the hereditary peerage system ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalArea constitutional reform ⓘ
parliamentary law ⓘ
legalCitation 1963 c. 48 ⓘ
longTitle An Act to amend the law relating to the Peerage ⓘ
notableUse enabled Alec Douglas-Home to disclaim his earldom ⓘ
enabled Alec Douglas-Home to sit in the House of Commons as Prime Minister ⓘ
politicalContext Conservative government of the early 1960s ⓘ
relatedTo British peerage law ⓘ
House of Lords reform ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1963 ⓘ
shortTitle Peerage Act 1963 ⓘ
status in force (as amended) ⓘ
subjectMatter disclaimer of peerages ⓘ
eligibility for the House of Commons ⓘ
hereditary peerage ⓘ
membership of the House of Lords ⓘ
typeOfChange statutory reform of peerage rules ⓘ
yearEnacted 1963 ⓘ

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Peerage Act 1963 → consequence → enabled Alec Douglas-Home to sit in the House of Commons as Prime Minister ⓘ