Wizengamot Seats

The **Wizengamot** is wizarding Britain's governing body, responsible for carrying out legislative and judicial functions.

## Seating Rules

The current system for seating allocation in the Wizengamot is as follows:

* Ancient & Noble Houses have 10 seats.
* Noble Houses have 5 seats.
* Certain Ministry employees may gain 1 seat whilst in office.
* A reserve of seats are held for holders of the Order of Merlin, who each gain 1 seat.

However, a number of rules may alter the number of seats one House may control.

* If a House is a Vassal House, they must give all but 1 of their seats to their Liege Lord House.
* If the Lord of one House is the acting Proxy for another House, they may use all of that House's seats.
* The initial 10 or 5 seats of any House may become void if they are unable to pay their House Dues. These seats will become valid again once the House starts paying their House Dues again.
	+ House Dues are 50.000 Galleons a year for a Noble House and 100.000 Galleons a year for an Ancient and Noble House

## Ministry Employees

Certain offices of the Ministry for Magic have been granted a seat on the Wizengamot. As such, anyone who holds these offices may vote in the Wizengamot.

### Chief Warlock

Note: The Chief Warlock is only allowed to vote to break a tie, as they impartially preside over Wizengamot Sessions

* Current Holder: Albus Dumbledore

### Departments

* Chief Delegate to the ICW
	+ Department Head: Barty Crouch Senior
* DMLE
	+ Department Head: Corban Yaxley
	+ Misuse of Muggle Artifacts: Arthur Weasley
* International Magical Cooperation
	+ Department Head: Barty Crouch Senior
* Magical Games & Sports
	+ Department Head: Ludo Bagman

## Active Houses

These are houses who are active in the current Wizengamot.

### Abbott

* Current Holder: Lord Gilbert Abbott
* Proxy/Seneschal:: N/A
* Heir: Sam Abbott
* Number of Seats: 5
	+ Noble House: 5

### Black

* Current Holder: Lord Sirius Black
* Proxy: Hestia Jones
* Heir: Harry Black
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10

### Brown

* Current Holder: Lady Acacia Brown
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: Lavender Brown
* Number of Seats: 5
	+ Noble House: 5

### Bones

* Current Holder: N/A
* Proxy: Amelia Bones
* Heir: Potential male child of Susan Bones (if he carries the Bones name)
* Number of Seats: Unknown

### Crouch

* Current Holder: Lord Bartemius Crouch
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: None
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10

### Doge

* Current Holder: Lord Elphias Doge
* Proxy:  N/A
* Heir: None
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10

### Greengrass

* Current Holder: Lord Daniel Greengrass
* Proxy/Seneschal: None, by tradition
* Heir: Daphne Greengrass
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10

### Lestrange

* Current Holder: None
* Proxy: Lord Lucius Malfoy
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: 5 (Proxied by House Malfoy, included in their count)
	+ Noble House: 5

### Longbottom

* Current Holder: Lord Frank Longbottom (Incapacitated due to Cruciatus Torture)
* Proxy: Augusta Longbottom
* Heir: Neville Longbottom
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10

### Macmillan

* Current Holder: Lord Samuel Macmillan
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: Ralph Macmillan
* Number of Seats: 5
	+ Noble House: 5

### Malfoy

* Current Holder: Lord Lucius Malfoy
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: Draco Malfoy
* Number of Seats: 27
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10
	+ Proxy to House Lestrange, Noble: 5
	+ Vassal Houses: 12
		- Crabbe: 4
		- Goyle: 4
		- Parkinson: 4

### Marchbanks

* Current Holder: Lady Griselda Marchbanks
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: 5
	+ Noble House: 5

### Montague

* Current Holder: Lord Howard Montague
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats:N/A

### Nott

* Current Holder: Lord Tiberius Nott
* Proxy: None
* Heir: Alexander Nott
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10

### Ogden

* Current Holder: Lord Ogden
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: N/A

### Prince

* Current Holder: N/A
* Proxy: Severus Snape
* Heir: Justin Finch-Fletchley
* Number of Seats: 5
	+ Noble House: 5

### Selwyn

* Current Holder: Adramalech Selwyn
* Proxy/Seneschal: Cassilda Selwyn
* Heir: Cassilda Selwyn
* Number of Seats: 37
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10
	+ Vassal/Cadet Houses: 21
		- Carrow: 4
		- Travers: 4
		- Warrington: 9
		- Yaxley: 4
	+ Orders of Merlin: 5
	+ Ministry Seat: 1

### Smith

* Current Holder: N/A
* Proxy/Seneschal: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: 5
	+ Noble House: 5

### Weasley

* Current Holder: Arthur Weasley
* Proxy/Seneschal: N/A
* Heir: Bill Weasley
* Number of Seats: 2
	+ Noble House: 5 (void, unable to pay House Dues)
	+ Orders of Merlin: 1
		- Arthur Weasley: 1
	+ Ministry Seat: 1

###  Wilkes

* Current Holder: Harry Black
* Proxy: Artemus Podmore
* Heir: None
* Number of Seats: 22
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10
	+ Vassal Houses: 12
		- Potter: 12

## Vassal Houses

These are Houses that have pledged themselves to another House. As such, these Houses have a maximum of 1 seat, as the rest are given to the House they are pledged to.
(The number in brackets represents the total number of seats the House would hold if not a Vassal House)

### Carrow

* Current Holder: Lord Carrow (possibly Amycus Carrow)
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Liege Lord House: Selwyn
* Number of Seats: 1 (5)
	+ Noble House: 5

### Crabbe

* Current Holder: Lord Duncan Crabbe
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: Vincent Crabbe
* Liege Lord House: Malfoy
* Number of Seats: 1 (5)
	+ Noble House: 5

### Goyle

* Current Holder: Lord Gregory Goyle Senior
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: Gregory Goyle Junior
* Liege Lord House: Malfoy
* Number of Seats: 1 (5)
	+ Noble House: 5

### Parkinson

* Current Holder: Lord Andrew Parkinson
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Liege Lord House: Malfoy
* Number of Seats: 1 (5)
	+ Noble House: 5

### Potter

* Current Holder: Lord James Potter
* Proxy: N/A, formerly Peter Pettigrew
* Heir: Jim Potter
* Liege Lord House: Wilkes
* Number of Seats: 1 (13)
	+ Ancient & Noble House: 10
	+ Orders of Merlin: 3
		- James Potter: 1
		- Lily Potter : 1
		- Jim Potter : 1

### Travers

* Current Holder: Lord Uriah Travers
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: None
* Liege Lord House: Selwyn
* Number of Seats: 1 (5)
	+ Noble House: 5

### Warrington

* Current Holder: Lord Antonius Warrington
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: Cassius Warrington
* Liege Lord House: Selwyn
* Number of Seats: 1 (10)
	+ Ancient and Noble House: 10

### Yaxley

* Current Holder: Lord Corban Yaxley
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Liege Lord House: Selwyn
* Number of Seats: 1 (5)
	+ Noble House: 5

## Dormant Houses

These houses are houses that have been active in the Wizengamot sometime in the past but are now dormant for one reasons or another.

### Fawley

* Current Holder: None
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: 5
	+ Noble House: 5
* Reason for Inactivity: Extinct (since 1979)

### Gaunt

* Current Holder: None
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient and Noble House: 10
* Reason for Inactivity: Extinct

### Gamp

* Current Holder: None
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: 10
	+ Ancient and Noble House: 10
* Reason for Inactivity: Lack of eligible heirs

### McKinnon

* Current Holder: None
* Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: Unknown
* Reason for Inactivity: Extinct (since 1980)

### Peverell

* Current Holder/Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: Unknown
* Reason for Inactivity: Extinct

### Rosier

* Current Holder/Proxy: N/A
* Heir: N/A
* Number of Seats: Unknown
* Reason for Inactivity: Extinct

## References

Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 46 - Meet Gilderoy Lockhart,

Theo explains Wizengamot House Dues.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 117 - The Month of January,

"Even the few substantive powers I do have are subject to immediate review upon objection by any seat holder, and my parliamentary rulings can be overturned by a simple majority. I don't even have a vote of my own except to break a tie.".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 90 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 1),

"...Fudge agreed to appoint [Crouch] Senior Minister for the Department of International Magical Cooperation and also Britain's chief delegate to the ICW...".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 135 - The Fall of the House of Potter (Pt 1),

Corban Yaxley is promoted to Head of the DMLE.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 46 - Meet Gilderoy Lockhart,

"Mr. Weasley does sit on the Wizengamot. He's got one vote by virtue of his office and another for [his] Order of Merlin...".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 139 - In Which Plans are Laid,

Hannah mentions that if House Abbott were to be elevated Gilbert would be lord and Sam would be his heir.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Chapter not added yet,

"Wizengamot Welcomes Two New Families: Noble House of Abbott and Ancient and Noble House of Warrington".
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 41 - Countdown to a Birthday,

Amelia is referred to as "Regent Bones" on her invitation to the Potter Birthday Gala.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 9 - Study Sessions,

Padma explains why House Bones no longer has a Wizengamot Seat.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 43 - The Birthday Party (Pt 2),

"In particular, House Greengrass, by tradition, did not rely on Seneschals or proxies...".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 95 - Back to School (Pt 2),

...Lady Hepzibah Smith, the former matriarch of the Noble House of Smith....
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 138 - The Future All Around Us, Waiting to Be Born (Pt 2),

The Daily Prophet reports that House Potter is to be vassalized by House Wilkes.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 83 - Prelude (Theodore Nott),

"...the children of his vassals, Crabbe and Goyle. Duncan and Gregory Sr. were both quite vexed...".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Chapter not added yet,

Percy travels to Crouch Manor to deliver a report.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 90 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 1),

House MacKinnon[sic] is mentioned to have been extinct since 1980.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 90 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 1),

"The names Peverell and Prince were both called out, again as a formality as they too were extinct...".