2016 Lord Speaker election

House of Lords presiding officer election August 2019 2016 Lord Speaker election United Kingdom Parliamentary no 2011 Lord Speaker election 2011 8 June 2016 2021 Lord Speaker election 2021 The Lord Fowler Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Conservative Party (UK) 443 69.3% The Baroness Garden of Frognal Official portrait of Baroness Garden of Frognal crop 2.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 111 17.4% The Lord Cormack Official portrait of Lord Cormack crop 2.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Conservative Party (UK) 85 13.3% Lord Speaker The Baroness D'Souza Crossbench The Lord Fowler Conservative An election for Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, took place on 8 June 2016, with the result announced on 13 June.http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/may/lord-speaker-election-2016/ House of Lords to elect new Lord Speaker UK Parliament 4 May 2016 18 November 2016 Incumbent Baroness D'Souza, who was at the end of her first term, announced on 11 February that she would not be standing for re-election.http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/february/lord-speaker-not-to-seek-re-election/ Lord Speaker not to seek re-election UK Parliament 11 February 2016 18 November 2016 Election procedure and timetable Members of the House of Lords who wished to stand for election were required to have a proposer and a seconder. The alternative vote system was used in the election and all members who had taken the oath in the then parliament and were not on leave of absence, disqualified or suspended from the House were eligible to vote.http://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/lord-speaker/the-role-of-lord-speaker/election-of-the-lord-speaker-2016/ Election of the Lord Speaker 2016 UK Parliament 23 May 2016 18 November 2016 Timetable was as follows: Thursday 19 May 2016 (17:00) – Candidate registration deadline Monday 23 May 2016 – List of candidates published and ballot papers sent to members requesting a postal vote Wednesday 8 June 2016 – Voting day Monday 13 June 2016 – Results announced and Queen's approval notified Thursday 1 September 2016 – New Lord Speaker taking office Monday 5 September 2016 – New Lord Speaker presiding for the first time Candidates The following members of the House were registered as candidates: The Lord Cormack (Conservative) The Lord Fowler (Conservative) The Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat) Result Election of Lord Speaker, 8 June 2016http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2016/Lord-Speaker-election-result-2016.pdf Election of the Speaker of the House of Lords: result House of Lords 13 June 2016 13 June 2016 1 Conservative Party (UK) Lord Fowler 443 Liberal Democrats (UK) Baroness Garden of Frognal 111 Conservative Party (UK) Lord Cormack 85 1 802 639 640 320 References Lord Speaker election Lord Speaker election Category:Lord Speaker elections