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1195270

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what are the current outstanding by-elections for hereditary peers, indicating in each case the numbers of electors to be involved.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL4273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The by-elections for hereditary peers currently outstanding are to fill the vacancies left by the retirements of the Earl of Selborne and the Countess of Mar. In respect of the vacancy created by the retirement of the Earl of Selborne the remaining 46 Conservative excepted hereditary peers are eligible to vote. In respect of the vacancy created by the retirement of the Countess of Mar the whole House is entitled to vote to fill the vacancy as she was elected by the whole House to act as a Deputy Chairman.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 18/05/2020 11:51:18 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1195856

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether, and if so how, she is assessing the arrangements for conducting ballots to fill vacancies for hereditary peers after their suspension until 8 September; and how such arrangements will be put before the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL4432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>The House resolved on 23 March that Standing Order 10(6) be suspended until 8 September. No further decisions of the House are required before the provisions of Standing Order 10(6) resume.</p><p> </p><p>The Clerk of the Parliaments is responsible for making the arrangements for individual by-elections. In all recent by-elections those eligible to vote have been able to do so by post.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park grouped question UIN HL4433 question first answered 27/05/2020 13:17:31 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

1195857

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether any process for resuming the conduct of by-elections for hereditary peers will be put to a vote of the whole House of Lords before any more such by-elections take place.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL4433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>The House resolved on 23 March that Standing Order 10(6) be suspended until 8 September. No further decisions of the House are required before the provisions of Standing Order 10(6) resume.</p><p> </p><p>The Clerk of the Parliaments is responsible for making the arrangements for individual by-elections. In all recent by-elections those eligible to vote have been able to do so by post.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park grouped question UIN HL4432 question first answered 27/05/2020 13:17:32 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

1330340

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans he has to arrange for media access to the counts for by-elections of hereditary peers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Procedure and Privileges Committee agreed on 2 March that the forthcoming hereditary peer by-elections to replace the Earl of Selborne, Lord Denham, Lord Selsdon, the Countess of Mar, Lord Rea and Lord Elton should be carried out using electronic means. Electors will vote using a secure on-line portal. The count will be an electronic process with the manual addition of a small number of postal ballots. There are no plans to allow media access to the count as it is an electronic process. Full details of the results will be available to the media and other interested parties on-line after the result has been announced in the Chamber.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/06/2021 14:49:20 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1342631

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, in the hereditary peers' by-election following the retirement of the Countess of Mar, (1) how many peers were entitled to vote, (2) how many peers voted, (3) how many ballot papers were spoiled, and (4) what was the percentage turnout.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL1600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The details of the by-election to replace the Countess of Mar are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Vacancy Created By: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Members eligible to vote:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Members who voted:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of spoiled ballot papers:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage turnout: </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Countess of Mar</p></td><td><p>783</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/07/2021 14:23:04 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1349336

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, following the recent hereditary peers by-election after the retirement of Lord Elton, how many peers (1) were entitled to vote, (2) voted; how many ballot papers were spoilt; and what the percentage turnout was.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL2269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The details of the by-election to replace Lord Elton are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Vacancy Created By:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of Members eligible to vote:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of Members who voted:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of spoiled ballot papers:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Percentage turnout:</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Lord Elton</em></p></td><td><p><em>785</em></p></td><td><p><em>237</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p><em>30%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/07/2021 12:45:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1379154

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of delivering each of the seven hereditary peer by-elections this year in respect of (1) outside contractors, and (2) the time of House staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL4082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>There have been five hereditary peer by-elections this year, with three Conservative vacancies filled by means of a single by-election. The cost in respect of outside contractors was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Civica invoice (inclusive of VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar, C. – Whole House</p></td><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>£1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selborne, E., Denham, L., Selsdon, L. (combined) – Conservative</p></td><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elton, L. — Whole House</p></td><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>£1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rea, L. – Labour</p></td><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>£0 <em>(no ballot)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon, V. – Whole House</p></td><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>£1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These costs were in addition to the cost of House of Lords staff time spent organising the by-elections. Such time forms part of their normal duties and therefore cannot be costed separately.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/11/2021 16:21:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1404171

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether, when the Clerk of the Parliaments announces the winner of the hereditary peers’ by-election on 9 February, he will also announce the number of votes cast for each candidate in the final round of voting.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL5485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>As detailed information on the number of votes cast for each candidate is already freely available to members in the Printed Paper Office (PPO) and on the internet as soon as the announcement has been made in the Chamber, there are no plans for the Clerk of the Parliaments to announce this further detail in the Chamber.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 31/01/2022 17:10:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1535311

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the (1) individual, and (2) total, cost of the five most recent hereditary peer by-elections in the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL2815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The costs incurred in conducting the five most recent hereditary peer by-elections are set out in the table below. Three of these ballots were for two vacancies.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Cost (inclusive of VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherwick, L. – Conservative</p></td><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>£420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brabazon of Tara, L., Swinfen, L. (combined) – Conservative</p></td><td><p>July 2022</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ullswater, V., Colwyn, L. (combined) – Whole House</p></td><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>£900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Listowel, E. – Crossbench</p></td><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>£390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Astor of Hever, L., Home, E. (combined) – Conservative</p></td><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,910</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These costs represent the fees to be paid to Civica, the contractor that supports the Administration in conducting by-elections. They exclude the cost of time spent by House of Lords staff, for whom such work forms part of their normal duties, which cannot therefore be costed separately.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 31/10/2022 16:22:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1547144

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what checks are made to determine whether peers on the Register are willing to put their names forward for hereditary peer by-elections; and how often any such checks are made.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL3889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>All those on the register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 9(4) who were members of the House before the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 indicated their willingness to stand in hereditary peer by-elections, either before the first edition of the Register was issued on 13 November 2002, or subsequently. Hereditary peers who have succeeded to their titles since 1999 are required to petition the House to “direct the Clerk of the Parliaments to enter [them] on the register of hereditary peers who wish to stand in any by-election for election to Your Lordships’ House”.</p><p>Every peer on the register is contacted before each by-election to ask if they wish to be a candidate, and if a peer no longer wishes to be included on the register, they can request that their name be removed from it at any time.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2022 15:49:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott