Meeting on Tuesday evening will debate the issue after new legal analysis of 193-year-old rulebook
After the vote, all members have been invited to a dinner at the club’s greying, Italianate stone building near Leicester Square.After the vote, all members have been invited to a dinner at the club’s greying, Italianate stone building near Leicester Square.will vote on Tuesday evening on whether female members should be allowed to join, after decades of controversy over the London club’s refusal to admit women.
If busy members – such as the musician Sting, the actor Brian Cox or the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden – are unable to make their way to the venue, the event will also be broadcast online and members who cannot be there in person will be able to vote remotely.It is not certain that the vote will comprehensively resolve the bitter disputes about whether the club should admit women.
The vote confirming this resolution requires just a 50% majority, although previous votes on the question of female membership have always required a two-thirds majority. The former president of the supreme court David Neuberger and former supreme court judge Jonathan Sumption have written to the club supporting Pannick’s interpretation. Other lawyers disagree and members have been invited to consider nine different pieces of legal advice before voting.
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