In the new Parliament, the group of Independent Liberal MPs rejected attempts to reunify all the Liberals (including the pro-tariff Liberal National Party) under a single party whip and consistently opposed the National Government. In the House of Commons Lloyd George sat on the opposition (i.e. Labour Party) Front Bench in the corner seat next to the gangway, rather than with the rest of the Independent Liberals. Lloyd George continued to occupy this seat until the end of his Commons career. He was elevated to the House of Lords as Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor in early 1945 but died before taking his seat in the Upper House.