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date less than 2020-03-17more like thismore than 2020-03-17
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The Senior Deputy Speaker more like this
answering dept id 204 more like this
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answering dept sort name Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL) more like this
hansard heading Hereditary Peers: By-elections more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith) on 4 July 2018 (HL8851) and 18 July 2018 (HL9279), what hereditary peer by-elections have taken place under the terms of the House of Lords Act 1999 since the retirement of the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley on 9 May 2018; and in each of those by-elections, how many (1) candidates, and (2) electors, there were; and what was (a) the number of votes cast for the winning candidate, and (b) the percentage of the electorate who voted, in each case. more like this
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Lord Grocott remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-03-24more like thismore than 2020-03-24
answer text <p>Since the retirement of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley there have been hereditary peer by-elections held following the deaths of Viscount Slim and Lord Skelmersdale and the retirements of Lord Northbourne and Lord Glentoran. The details of each by-election are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Vacancy created by</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of candidates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of electors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of votes cast for winner</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Turnout</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full details</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Glentoran</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>91.48%</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2018/Hereditary-peers-by-election-result-(Glentoran).pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2018/Hereditary-peers-by-election-result-(Glentoran).pdf</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Northbourne</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>93.54%</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2018/Result-by-election-28-11-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2018/Result-by-election-28-11-18.pdf</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Skelmersdale</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>785</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>32.99%</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2019/Result-by-election-23-01-19.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2019/Result-by-election-23-01-19.pdf</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viscount Slim</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>90.32%</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2019/Result-by-election-27-03-19.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2019/Result-by-election-27-03-19.pdf</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith more like this
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less than 2020-03-24T12:04:36.33Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-24T12:04:36.33Z
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label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Grocott more like this