Hereditary Peers' By-election

[Sibboleth]

Oct 29, 2021 21:13:00 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

His father was a Labour Peer turned SDP, Liberal Democrat and then returning to Labour.

Whose father was a Liberal turned Conservative politician and whose mother was the widow of Captain Scott.

[Eastwood]

Oct 29, 2021 21:13:00 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Candidates for the byelection in the Elected Office-Holders section to replace Viscount Simon (Lab): www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-information-office/2021/notice-with-candidates-list-simon.pdf
There is an unofficial understanding that the new Peer comes from the same party as the former Peer.

Biddulph, L. (Conservative)
Hacking, L. (Labour)
Kennet, L. (Labour)

Lord Hacking is 83 and served in the House from 1971 until 1999; he had been a Conservative but left the party in 1998 over William Hague's European policy. He's previously stood as Labour and as a Crossbencher.
Lord Kennet (Thoby Young) is 64 and has never previously been a Peer. His father was a Labour Peer turned SDP, Liberal Democrat and then returning to Labour.

Lord Hacking 132 votes elected at first round.

Lord Kennet 82 votes and 23 votes to bypass the informal understanding of the House and elect Lord Biddulph.

www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-communications/by-elections/hereditary-peers-by-election-result-simon.pdf

[Eastwood]

Just having a look back at the excluded peers from the 1999 Hereditaries. All but one of the Labour peers excluded in 1999 have now either been appointed a life peer, elected as a hereditary peer or passed away.

The one exception being Anthony Gifford QC who doesn’t seem to have expressed any interest in running in previous Lords by-elections.

The unsuccessful candidate here, Lord Kennet, is the only current holder of a hereditary peerage who has run in a by-election as a Labour peer. There may however be other Labour Party members who hold peerages and have never put their name forward.

[samdwebber]

It appears that Viscount Ridley resigned from the House of Lords in December so there will be a by-election for his place in due course.

From today's Times diary: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-diary-colonial-joke-is-lost-on-bbc-jwwtcxcxt

"One lord a-leaping

Unreported over Christmas was the resignation from the Lords of the fifth Viscount Ridley, who stood down on December 17, the day after the Tories lost a by-election for the Commons seat once held by his brother-in-law, Owen Paterson. At 63, Ridley is the second youngest peer to retire but feels that nine years in the House, having entered in a hereditary peers’ by-election, is long enough. “Commuting from the northeast is time-consuming, as is taking part properly,” he says. “And I believe in doing things properly or not at all.” His desire to “give someone else a chance” is something a few should follow. While many, Ridley included, are assiduous, some seldom trouble Hansard. The Earl of Stair, for instance, last spoke in 2016."

[timmullen1]

The by-election to succeed Viscount Ridley is underway:

www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-information-office/2022/notice-with-candidates-list-ridley.pdf

[westmercian]

Jan 30, 2022 17:24:33 GMT timmullen1 said:

The by-election to succeed Viscount Ridley is underway:

www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-information-office/2022/notice-with-candidates-list-ridley.pdf

The Earl of Dudley cheekily by-passing the word limit by linking to a Youtube video! Fair play to him.

Monckton's invocation of the Justinian code - well, to be expected from such a rum cove.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

The winner is Lord Strathcarron - the one who wanted everyone to read his Wikipedia page.

First prefs:

Strathcarron, L. 17
Camrose, V. 6
Ashcombe, L. 5
De La Warr, E. 3
Limerick, E. (Foxford, L.) 3
Monckton of Brenchley, V. 1
Windlesham, L. 1
Biddulph, L. 0
Dormer, L. 0
Dudley, L. 0

Combined elimination of Monckton, Windlesham, Biddulph, Dormer and Dudley resulted in one more vote for the Earl of Limerick and one more for Lord Strathcarron - that gave Strathcarron 18 out of 36 and so he was declared elected.

[sjorford]

Shouldn't the quota have been 19 out of 36? Otherwise subsequent transfers could have resulted in an 18-18 tie.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Probably it should, but frankly I doubt it matters.

[johnloony]

Feb 11, 2022 7:34:05 GMT sjorford said:

Shouldn't the quota have been 19 out of 36? Otherwise subsequent transfers could have resulted in an 18-18 tie.

No, because in the event of a tie, the tie-breaking mechanism is that the winner is the candidate who had more votes than the other at the first stage at which they had different numbers of votes.

[Wisconsin]

Viscount Camrose has been elected in the latest Tory by-election (replacing Lord Rotherwick).

www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-information-office/2022/hereditary-peers-by-election-result-rotherwick.pdf

His election statement:

Aged 52, member of the Conservative Party and life long Conservative voter. I live and work in London and would commit to voting and attending as needed. I advise businesses of all sizes on how to work more productively and adapt to change. I work with new ventures as a founder and investor and would hope to bring my expertise and energy to enhancing the public recognition of the House of Lords.