Stephen Benn becomes Labour peer, after late father called hereditary peerage system ‘absolutely mad’
Tony Benn’s son has joined the House of Lords in an uncontested byelection, six decades after his socialist stalwart father renounced a hereditary title.
Dr Stephen Benn, 69, also known as Viscount Stansgate, will join Labour’s group on the red benches in parliament’s upper chamber.
