An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house...

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...

effectively an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber, with the knights and burgesses sitting in the latter. This Upper Chamber became known as the House of Lords...

This is a list of abolished upper houses of bicameral legislatures and parliaments at national and lower levels of government. The reasons for abolition...

20833 The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023[update], it has a maximum...

house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where second chamber is the upper house. Although formally styled as "below" the upper house,...

consent of both houses. For its somewhat similar function, the Bundesrat is sometimes (controversially) described as an upper house of parliament along...

of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords:...

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they...

are also used, particularly for bicameral legislatures featuring an upper house. The name used to refer to a legislative body varies by country. Common...