Ceremonial maces in the United Kingdom

Two maces from the Jewel House are carried in the royal procession at State Openings of Parliament and British coronations.

[20] Mace A was made in the reign of Charles II c. 1672, is 1.56 m (5.1 ft) long and weighs 11.21 kg (24.7 lb).

[21] Mace B was made in the reign of William III and Mary II in 1695, is 1.58 m (5.2 ft) long and weighs 11.82 kg (26.1 lb).

[25] During the Rump Parliament in 1653, which followed the abolition of the monarchy, Oliver Cromwell derided the mace as a "fools' bauble" and ordered his troops to take it away.

Conservative MP Bill Deedes remarked that, "It was rather like going back for a treasure in the middle of battle.

"[27] In 1976, Michael Heseltine, a member of the Conservative Party, seized the mace from the table and held it above his head after Labour MPs on the government side started to sing "The Red Flag", the traditional anthem of the Labour Party, during a heated debate on the controversial Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Bill, which nationalised large parts of the UK aerospace and shipbuilding industries.

[28] In 1988, Ron Brown, Labour MP for Edinburgh Leith, picked up the mace during a debate on the so-called poll tax and threw it to the floor in protest at the government's proposals.

Following the Transport Secretary's announcement that the government had decided to approve a new runway without a vote in the Commons, McDonnell took the mace and dropped it on an empty bench.

[30] In 2018, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, picked up the mace and walked towards the chamber's exit in protest at Prime Minister Theresa May's delaying of the meaningful vote on a Brexit deal in the Commons.

[32] Russell-Moyle told the press "they stopped me before I got out of the chamber and I wasn't going to struggle with someone wearing a huge sword on their hip".

[33] In 2020, Drew Hendry SNP MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey attempted to leave with the mace after he received a warning from Deputy Speaker Rosie Winterton that he would be named for refusing to return to his seat following a debate on the UK Internal Market Bill.

In 2017, the City of London mace travelled with the Lord Mayor to Dublin, Ireland, as a symbol of friendship between the two countries.

[44] The Scottish Parliament was presented with this mace by Elizabeth II at the opening ceremony on 1 July 1999.

It was designed and crafted by Michael Lloyd, a renowned silversmith who has a studio in south-west Scotland.

The words "Wisdom, Justice, Compassion, Integrity" are woven into thistles at the head of the mace to represent the aspirations of the Scottish people for the Members of their Parliament.

[45] The silver mace with crystal globe of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, at Holyrood Palace, was made about 1690 by Francis Garthorne.

It was presented to the assembly by the Parliament of New South Wales at a ceremony to mark the official opening of the Senedd building in Cardiff on St David's Day in 2006.

[48] Melbourne goldsmith Fortunato Rocca was commissioned in 2002 to design the mace, which took 300 hours to craft and is made of gold, silver and brass.

Created by the Cold Glass Workshop in Frome, England,[50] and designed by the Cardiff based glass sculptor Jane Beebe, the Tlws was made using lead crystal, steel, and a lump of coal, sat on a slate plinth in front of the presiding officer's desk, and was illuminated when the Assembly was sitting.