2011 Lord Speaker election

House of Lords presiding officer election April 2022 2011 Lord Speaker election United Kingdom Parliamentary no 2006 Lord Speaker election 2006 13 July 2011 2016 Lord Speaker election 2016 The Baroness D'Souza 150x150px Crossbench 296 50.9% The Lord Colwyn 150x150px Conservative Party (UK) 285 49.1% Lord Speaker The Baroness Hayman Labour 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13227825 Election to be held in July for House of Lords Speaker 19 June 2011 BBC News 28 April 2011 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.http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2011/may/lord-speaker-steps-down/ Lord Speakership Election 2011 - Baroness Hayman's Announcement 11 May 2011 A list of six candidates was announced on 27 June 2011:http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2011/candidates-list-lord-speaker-election-2011.pdf Election of the Speaker of the House of Lords: list of candidates 27 June 2011 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 2011http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2011/lord-speaker-election-2011result.pdf Election of the Speaker of the House of Lords: result 18 July 2011 5 Crossbench Baroness D'Souza 186 188 202 240 296 Conservative Party (UK) Lord Colwyn 166 167 193 213 285 Conservative Party (UK) Lord Goodlad 145 145 150 168 - Labour Party (UK) Lord Desai 78 79 92 - - Liberal Democrats (UK) Baroness Harris of Richmond 62 65 - - - Liberal Democrats (UK) Lord Redesdale 7 - - - - 5 770 644 644 323 References Category:2011 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Lord Speaker elections