2011 Lord Speaker election

2011 Lord Speaker election

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First party Second party   Candidate The Baroness D'Souza The Lord Colwyn Party Crossbench Conservative Popular vote 296 285 Percentage 50.9% 49.1%

Lord Speaker before election The Baroness Hayman Labour Elected Lord Speaker The Baroness D'Souza Crossbench

An election for Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords took place on 13 July 2011, with the result announced five days later. ^[1] Baroness D'Souza, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, was elected after the 5th stage of counting. She took office on 5 September 2011.

Candidates

On 9 May 2011, Baroness Hayman, who became the first Lord Speaker following her election in 2006, announced that she would not seek election to a second term. ^[2] A list of six candidates was announced on 27 June 2011: ^[3]

• Lord Colwyn (Conservative)
• Lord Desai (Labour)
• Baroness D'Souza (Crossbench)
• Lord Goodlad (Conservative)
• Baroness Harris of Richmond (Liberal Democrat)
• Lord Redesdale (Liberal Democrat)

Result

Election of Lord Speaker, 13 July 2011 [4]
Party		Candidate	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Crossbench	Y Baroness D'Souza	186	188	202	240	296
	Conservative	Lord Colwyn	166	167	193	213	285
	Conservative	Lord Goodlad	145	145	150	168	-
	Labour	Lord Desai	78	79	92	-	-
	Liberal Democrats	Baroness Harris of Richmond	62	65	-	-	-
	Liberal Democrats	Lord Redesdale	7	-	-	-	-
Electorate: 770  Valid: 644  Quota: 323  Turnout: 644

References

1. "Election to be held in July for House of Lords Speaker". BBC News. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
2. "Lord Speakership Election 2011 - Baroness Hayman's Announcement" . Retrieved 11 May 2011.
3. "Election of the Speaker of the House of Lords: list of candidates" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2011.
4. "Election of the Speaker of the House of Lords: result" (PDF). Retrieved 18 July 2011.