---
title: Citizens Parliament (UK)
type: advocacy
status: inactive
country: GB
website: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.citizensparliament.uk
summary: A UK campaign to replace the House of Lords with a randomly selected citizens'
  chamber — a permanent sortition-based upper house.
concepts:
- citizens-assembly
- sortition
location:
  latitude: 51.5074
  longitude: -0.1278
  name: London, United Kingdom
  precision: city
---

Citizens Parliament is a UK advocacy organisation with a specific and concrete goal: abolish the appointed House of Lords and replace it with a representative chamber selected by sortition — a random sample of everyday people, similar to a jury, serving as a permanent upper house of review.

The proposal is notable for its institutional specificity. Rather than calling for a citizens' assembly to advise government (a common ask), Citizens Parliament argues for sortition as a permanent, structural feature of the constitution — replacing patronage and party appointment entirely.

## Links

- Archive: [citizensparliament.uk (Wayback Machine)](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.citizensparliament.uk)

## See also

- [Citizens' Assembly](../concepts/citizens-assembly.md)
- [Sortition](../concepts/sortition.md)
- [Sortition Foundation](sortition-foundation.md)