peerage
Example Sentences
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Asked about a Sunday Times report that Ms Abbott was among Labour MPs offered peerages by the party to stand aside, Ms Cooper replied: “I don’t know anything about that”.
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Only holders of hereditary peerages can stand in these by-elections and the electorate is made up of sitting members of the House of Lords.
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The MP said she had not been offered a peerage to defect but had been asked to contribute in the area of housing.
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Former Speakers are traditionally offered a life peerage in the House of Lords.
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The government has announced 13 new peerages, including several donors to the Tory party, and the youngest ever member of the House of Lords.
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