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political stability and contributing to the development of democracy.

Also, focus groups were conducted with relevant people, and an
online form was used for data collection and descriptive analysis.
The research results can be summarized as follows.

1. Analyzing the Senate structures of other
countries as a model for enhancing political

stability and contributing to the development
of democracy

1.1 United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a

parliamentary system, similar to Thailand. The upper house in the
United Kingdom consists entirely of appointed members exactly
like Thailand. The members of the House of Lords are divided into

three large groups: hereditary peers, spiritual peers, and life peers.
The House of Lords has the authority and duty to consider bills,

all of which must be considered by both Houses of Parliament
before being enacted. Also, committees were established by the
House of Lords to review policies or to consider, gather, examine,

and prepare information and reports for consideration of bills.
Reduction and limitation of the power of the House of Lords has

always existed, which the Parliament Act 1911 stated that if the

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