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In October 2009 the judicial functions of the House of Lords were transferred to the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom under Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, with the twelve Lords of Appeal in Ordinary becoming the inaugural Justices of the Court.
Prior to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the office had had substantial legislative, executive, and judicial power; the Act stripped the Lord Chancellor non-executive functions (besides sitting in Parliament when held by an MP or a Peer entitled to a seat in the Lords).
The first election for Lord Speaker was held on 28 June 2006 and announced on 6 July 2006, after the House of Lords had determined the name, powers and responsibilities of the office following removal of the speakership from Lord Chancellor by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.