Prelates as Part-Time Parliamentarians
The Attendance and Participation of the Lords Spiritual in the Contemporary House of Lords
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6309675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Connell (0000-0003-1547-7664, corresponding author), Andrew P Connell |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | gsw013 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Parliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pa/gsw013 |
| OpenAlex | W2412653476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
As full-time Church of England diocesan bishops, the Lords Spiritual are necessarily very much part-time Parliamentarians. This presents them with challenges in terms of maintaining a presence, and demonstrating its legitimacy, in an increasingly ‘professionalised’ House of Lords. This article draws on original interviews to explore the factors which shape the Bishops’ attendance and participation in the House of Lords. It suggests that although long-standing constraints on their attendance have persisted and indeed increased in recent decades, they have nonetheless found ways to maintain and increase their Parliamentary activity in the light of changes in the Church, Parliament and society
Attendance · Bishops · Church attendance · Legitimacy · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Historical Studies of British Isles · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |