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Thu 03 Mar 2007MPs vote for wholly elected House of LordsBRITAIN:British MPs last night delivered a historic vote in favour of a wholly elected House of Lords, setting themselves up for a confrontation with peers that could lead to the most radical change to the upper house of the British parliament for 96 years.The Commons voted by 337 to 224 in favour of a 100 per cent elected Lords, the first time MPs have come to terms with the idea that they could co-exist with an elected element in the upper house.