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House of Lords

upper house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Summary

House of Lords is a house of lords[1]. It draws 29,689 Wikipedia views per month (house of lords category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Headquarters location: Palace of Westminster[4]
  • Part of: Parliament of the United Kingdom[5]
  • Commons category: House of Lords[6]
  • Opposite of: House of Commons[7]
  • Chairperson: John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1801[9]
  • Official website: http://www.parliament.uk/lords/[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:House of Lords[11]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United Kingdom[12]
  • Number of seats: 808[13]
  • Replaces: House of Lords of Great Britain[14], House of Lords of Ireland[15]
  • Different from: House of Lords of Great Britain[16], House of Lords of England[17], house of lords[18]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Lord Speaker[19]
  • Has part(s) of the class: member of the House of Lords[20]
  • Social media followers: 303,804[21], 292,621[22], 10,700[23], 314,235[24]

Why It Matters

House of Lords has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . parliament.uk. Retrieved . parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Acts of Union 1800. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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