Hereditary Peers: By-elections
(asked on 17th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker which peers would form the electorate in hereditary peer by-elections taking place under the terms of the House of Lords Act 1999 for a (1) Conservative, (2) Crossbench, (3) Labour, and (4) Liberal Democrat, vacancy.
The following members, minus whichever member had created the vacancy, would be the electorate for a hereditary peer by-election for a vacancy in each party or group.
In the event of a by-election to replace a Conservative hereditary peer, the electorate would be:
The Earl of Arran |
Lord Ashton of Hyde |
Lord Astor of Hever |
Viscount Astor |
Earl Attlee |
Lord Bethell |
Lord Borwick |
Lord Brabazon of Tara |
Viscount Bridgeman |
Lord Brougham and Vaux |
The Earl of Caithness |
Earl Cathcart |
Lord Colgrain |
Lord Colwyn |
The Earl of Courtown |
Lord Crathorne |
Lord De Mauley |
Lord Denham |
The Earl of Dundee |
Viscount Eccles |
Lord Elton |
Lord Fairfax of Cameron |
Lord Geddes |
Lord Glenarthur |
Viscount Goschen |
Lord Henley |
The Earl of Home |
Earl Howe |
The Earl of Lindsay |
The Earl of Liverpool |
Lord Lucas |
Lord Mancroft |
The Duke of Montrose |
Lord Moynihan |
Lord Northbrook |
Lord Reay |
Viscount Ridley |
Lord Rotherwick |
Lord Selsdon |
The Earl of Shrewsbury |
Lord Strathclyde |
Lord Swinfen |
Lord Trefgarne |
Viscount Trenchard |
Viscount Ullswater |
Viscount Younger of Leckie |
In the event of a by-election to replace a crossbench hereditary peer, the electorate would be:
Lord Aberdare |
Viscount Brookeborough |
Lord Carrington |
The Earl of Clancarty |
Viscount Colville of Culross |
The Earl of Cork and Orrery |
Viscount Craigavon |
Lord Cromwell |
The Earl of Devon |
The Earl of Erroll |
Viscount Falkland |
Lord Freyberg |
Lord Greenway |
Lord Hylton |
The Earl of Listowel |
The Earl of Lytton |
The Countess of Mar |
Lord Mountevans |
Lord Palmer |
Earl Peel |
Lord Ravensdale |
The Earl of Rosslyn |
Lord Russell of Liverpool |
The Earl of Sandwich |
The Duke of Somerset |
Lord St John of Bletso |
The Earl of Stair |
Lord Thurlow |
Lord Trevethin and Oaksey |
Lord Vaux of Harrowden |
Viscount Waverley |
In the event of a by-election to replace a Labour hereditary peer, the electorate would be:
Lord Grantchester |
Viscount Hanworth |
Lord Rea |
Viscount Simon |
In the event of a by-election to replace a Liberal Democrat hereditary peer, the electorate would be:
Lord Addington |
The Earl of Glasgow |
Viscount Thurso |
There are some members sitting in the House as excepted hereditary peers who have changed their party or group affiliation. If a vacancy were created by one of those members leaving the House, the seat in the House would revert back to the previous party or group. However, while those members are not sitting in their original party or group, they do not form part of the electorate for any hereditary peer by-elections that may arise in those groupings.