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Since 2014, membership may be voluntarily relinquished or terminated upon expulsion.

For much of its history, hereditary peers also sat in the House of Lords, and indeed made up the majority of the body's membership for most of that period. Between 1999 and 2026, hereditary membership was limited to 92 excepted hereditary peers, then abolished altogether in 2026.

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