By-elections to the House of Lords
Following the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, the number of hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords was reduced to ninety-two. Ninety of the first ninety-two were elected by all the hereditary peers before the passing of the reform. Since November 2002, by-elections have been held to fill vacancies left by deaths of those peers. Since the passing of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, by-elections have also been held to fill vacancies left by the resignation of those peers.
Before the passing of the 1999 Act, the Lords approved a Standing Order stating that the remaining hereditary peers shall consist of:[1]
- 2 peers to be elected by the Labour hereditary peers
- 42 peers to be elected by the Conservative hereditary peers
- 3 peers to be elected by the Liberal Democrat hereditary peers
- 28 peers to be elected by the Crossbench hereditary peers
- 15 peers to be elected by the whole House
- The holders of the offices of Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain to be ex officio members
Elections must be held within three months of a vacancy occurring[2] and take place under the Alternative Vote system.[3] All those on the Register of Hereditary Peers are eligible to stand, but only sitting (the "excepted") hereditary peers may vote (which can result in very small electorates, such as three voters in the 2003 election of Lord Grantchester).[4][5]
Current Composition
For more details on this topic, see List of elected hereditary peers under the House of Lords Act 1999.
As of 1 November 2012, the current party affiliation of the hereditary peers is:[6]
| Affiliation | Elected by Conservative hereditary peers | Elected by Crossbench hereditary peers | Elected by Labour hereditary peers | Elected by Liberal Democrat hereditary peers | Elected by whole House | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 40[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | - | - | - | 9 | 49 | |
| Crossbenchers | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 28 | - | - | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 32 | |
| Labour | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | - | - | - | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | |
| UKIP | 1[lower-alpha 2] | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 90 | |
- 1 2 Earl Peel was elected by Conservative hereditary peers but sits as a Crossbencher.
- 1 2 Lord Willoughby de Broke was elected by Conservative hereditary peers but now sits as a UKIP peer.
- 1 2 Viscount Falkland was elected by the whole House as a Liberal Democrat but now sits as a Crossbencher.
- The two ex officio members, the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquess of Cholmondeley, are currently on leave of absence.
By-election results
2003
After the death of the Viscount of Oxfuird:
| Hereditary Peers' By-Election (Whole House eligible to vote), March 2003[7] | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | Count 15 | Count 16 | Count 17 | Count 18 | ||
| Conservative |  Viscount Ullswater[8] |
86 | 89 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 94 | 95 | 101 | 103 | 109 | 111 | 114 | 116 | 123 | 123 | 127 | 144 | 151 | ||
| Crossbench | Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 80 | 95 | 116 | ||
| Labour | Lord Grantchester | 57 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 83 | 92 | 93 | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Eccles | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 53 | 55 | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Meston | 39 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 48 | - | - | - | ||
| Labour | Lord Monkswell | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Clancarty | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Rathcavan | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Trenchard | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Weir | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl Cathcart | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Norrie | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Brentford | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Cranbrook | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Stockton | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Effingham | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Iveagh | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord de Ramsey | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl Cairns | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Addison | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Birdwood | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Earl of Glasgow | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Vaux of Harrowden | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Kinnoull | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord de Mauley | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Gray | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Hood | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Independent | Lord Kennet | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Torrington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Teynham | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Swinton | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Strathcarron | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Rowallan | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Poole | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Pender | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Napier of Magdala | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Morris | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Lawrence | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Kintore | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Gladwyn | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Cromer | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Birkett | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Independent | Lord Ashbourne | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Others | 37 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Electorate: 661 Valid: 423 Spoilt: 3 Quota: 212 Turnout: 426 | |||||||||||||||||||||
After the death of Lord Milner of Leeds:
| Labour Hereditary Peers' By-Election, October 2003[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | |||
| Lord Grantchester[8] |
2 | |||
| Viscount Hanworth | 1 | |||
| 9 Others | 0 | |||
| Electorate: 3 Valid: 3 Spoilt: 0 Quota: Turnout: 3 | ||||
2004
After the death of Lord Vivian:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, May 2004[10] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | |||
| Viscount Trenchard |
8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 24 | |||
| Viscount Eccles | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | |||
| Earl Cathcart | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | - | |||
| Viscount Weir | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |||
| Viscount Torrington | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord de Mauley | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Rathcavan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Terrington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Norrie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Harlech | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Viscount Brentford | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Viscount Addison | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 25 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 48 Valid: 45 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 23 Turnout: 45 | ||||||||||||||
2005
After the death of the Earl Russell:
| Liberal Democrat Hereditary Peers' By-Election, January 2005[11] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | |||
| Earl of Glasgow |
4 | |||
| Earl of Carlisle | 0 | |||
| Lord Kennet | 0 | |||
| Electorate: 4 Valid: 4 Spoilt: 0 Quota: Turnout: 4 | ||||
After the death of Lord Burnham:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, March 2005[12] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |||
| Lord de Mauley |
12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 21 | |||
| Earl Cathcart | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |||
| Viscount Eccles | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | - | |||
| Viscount Torrington | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |||
| Earl of Stockton | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | |||
| Viscount Weir | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Rathcavan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord de Ramsey | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Norrie | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Margadale | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Viscount Addison | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 25 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 47 Valid: 42 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 21 Turnout: 42 | |||||||||||||
After the death of Lord Aberdare:
| Hereditary Peers' By-Election (Whole House eligible to vote), March 2005[13] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | Count 15 | Count 16 | Count 17 | Count 18 | Count 19 | Count 20 | Count 21 | Count 22 | Count 23 | Count 24 | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Eccles |
92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 102 | 104 | 111 | 119 | 129 | 146 | 168 | ||
| Labour | Lord Monkswell | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 67 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Earl of Carlisle | 49 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 59 | 61 | ||
| Conservative | Earl Cathcart | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 44 | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Stockton | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 39 | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Norrie | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 31 | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Torrington | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord de Ramsey | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Birkett | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Rathcavan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Weir | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Poole | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Hood | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Margadale | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Terrington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Tryon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| UKIP | Duke of Rutland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Addison | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Vivian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Rowallan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Massereene and Ferrard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Kinnoull | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Killearn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Glanusk | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Clifford of Chudleigh | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl Alexander of Tunis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Others | 10 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Electorate: 687 Valid: 348 Spoilt: 4 Quota: 174 Turnout: 352 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After the death of Baroness Strange:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, June 2005[14] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |||
| Viscount Montgomery of Alamein |
11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Earl of Effingham | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Earl of Clancarty | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | |||
| Earl of Stair | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Lord Gladwyn | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Iveagh | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Milford | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 19 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 29 Valid: 28 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 14 Turnout: 28 | |||||||||
2007
After the death of Lord Mowbray and Stourton:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, March 2007[15] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |||
| Earl Cathcart |
10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 21 | |||
| Viscount Younger of Leckie | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |||
| Earl of Stockton | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | - | |||
| Viscount Torrington | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |||
| Lord Rathcavan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord de Ramsey | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Viscount Weir | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl Alexander of Tunis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Birdwood | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Chesham | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Iveagh | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Margadale | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 30 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 47 Valid: 43 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 22 Turnout: 43 | ||||||||||
2008
After the death of the Baroness Darcy de Knayth:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, May 2008[16] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |||
| Earl of Stair |
6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | |||
| Earl of Clancarty | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Lord Aberdare | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | |||
| Viscount Devonport | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Lord Cromwell | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Darcy de Knayth | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Milford | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Terrington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 25 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 29 Valid: 26 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 14 Turnout: 26 | |||||||||
2009
After the death of the Viscount Bledisloe:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, July 2009[17] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||
| Lord Aberdare |
10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Lord Sempill | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Viscount Hood | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Earl of Clancarty | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | |||
| Lord Hacking | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Duke of Somerset | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Cromwell | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Effingham | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Polwarth | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Wrenbury | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 23 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 29 Valid: 27 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 27 | ||||||||
2010
After the death of the Viscount Colville of Culross:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, June 2010[18] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||
| Earl of Clancarty |
10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Earl of Lytton | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Viscount Hood | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | |||
| Lord Sempill | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Viscount Runciman of Doxford | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Albemarle | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl Cairns | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Cromwell | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Hacking | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 15 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 29 Valid: 26 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 26 | ||||||||
After the death of the Earl of Northesk:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, June 2010[19] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | |||
| Viscount Younger of Leckie |
17 | 21 | 22 | |||
| Earl of Stockton | 5 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Lord Ashton of Hyde | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Lord Rathcavan | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Lord Colgrain | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Lord de Ramsey | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Marquess of Abergavenny | 2 | 2 | - | |||
| Earl of Limerick | 2 | 2 | - | |||
| Viscount Addison | 1 | - | - | |||
| Lord Bethell | 1 | - | - | |||
| Lord Birdwood | 1 | - | - | |||
| Lord Bolton | 1 | - | - | |||
| Viscount Gormanston | 1 | - | - | |||
| Lord Gray | 1 | - | - | |||
| Lord Harlech | 1 | - | - | |||
| Lord Margadale | 1 | - | - | |||
| 17 Others | 0 | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 47 Valid: 45 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 22 Turnout: 45 | ||||||
2011
After the death of the Lord Strabolgi:
| Hereditary Peers' By-Election (Whole House eligible to vote), March 2011[20] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | ||
| Labour | Viscount Hanworth |
233 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Earl of Carlisle | 26 | ||
| Conservative | Lord de Ramsey | 24 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Hacking | 24 | ||
| Labour | Lord Monkswell | 21 | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Stockton | 20 | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Harrowby | 17 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Cromwell | 8 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Killearn | 6 | ||
| Conservative | Earl Alexander of Tunis | 5 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Margadale | 5 | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Kinnoull | 4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Lord Ogmore | 4 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Rowallan | 3 | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Addison | 2 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Tryon | 2 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Birdwood | 1 | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Cromer | 1 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Sudeley | 1 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Gainford | 0 | ||
| Crossbench | Viscount Hill | 0 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Parmoor | 0 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Vivian | 0 | ||
| Electorate: 769 Valid: 414 Spoilt: 2 Quota: 207 Turnout: 416 | ||||
After the death of the Lord Monson:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, May 2011[21] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||
| Earl of Lytton |
7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | |||
| Duke of Somerset | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Viscount Colville of Culross | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | - | |||
| Lord Cromwell | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Earl of Oxford and Asquith | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Shaftesbury | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Drogheda | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 7 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 28 Valid: 27 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 14 Turnout: 27 | ||||||||
After the death of the Earl of Onslow:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, July 2011[22] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | |||
| Lord Ashton of Hyde |
19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | |||
| Lord Borwick | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Lord de Ramsey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Earl of Harrowby | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Earl of Stockton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Marquess of Abergavenny | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | |||
| Earl of Oxford and Asquith | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |||
| Earl of Onslow | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Rowallan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Rathcavan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Margadale | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Limerick | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Viscount Addison | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 8 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 47 Valid: 45 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 23 Turnout: 45 | ||||||||||||
After the death of the Lord Ampthill:
| Hereditary Peers' By-Election (Whole House eligible to vote), July 2011[23] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | Count 15 | ||
| Crossbench | Viscount Colville of Culross |
77 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 88 | 94 | 101 | 126 | ||
| Crossbench | Duke of Somerset | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 86 | 91 | 98 | 104 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Hacking | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 66 | 73 | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Stockton | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 38 | - | - | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Lord Kennet | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Shaftesbury | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Earl of Carlisle | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Limerick | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Margadale | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Kinnoull | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Hood | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Cromwell | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Killearn | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Cadman | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Albemarle | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Biddulph | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Tryon | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Vivian | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Others | 2 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Electorate: 769 Valid: 313 Spoilt: 3 Quota: 157 Turnout: 316 | ||||||||||||||||||
2013
After the death of the Earl Ferrers:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, February 2013[24] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | |||
| Viscount Ridley |
14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 24 | |||
| Viscount Hailsham | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Earl of Harrowby | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Lord de Ramsey | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | |||
| Marquess of Abergavenny | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Earl of Stockton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Borwick | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Oxford and Asquith | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Windlesham | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Vivian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Swansea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Monson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Margadale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Darling | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Clanwilliam | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Ampthill | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 11 Others | 0 | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 48 Valid: 46 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 23 Turnout: 46 | |||||||||||||||||
After the death of the Lord Reay:
| Hereditary Peers' By-Election (Whole House eligible to vote), July 2013[25] | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | Count 15 | Count 16 | Count 17 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Borwick |
104 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 110 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 117 | 120 | 135 | 160 | ||
| Conservative | Viscount Hailsham | 104 | 104 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 112 | 113 | 117 | 129 | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Stockton | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 44 | 56 | 61 | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Harrowby | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 31 | - | - | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Lord Kennet | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Swansea | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Ampthill | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Napier and Ettrick | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Margadale | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Windlesham | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Rowallan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Onslow | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| UKIP | Viscount Massereene and Ferrard | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Earl of Carlisle | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Earl of Albemarle | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Hemphill | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Biddulph | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Cadman | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Conservative | Lord Harlech | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Others | 4 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Electorate: 753 Valid: 334 Spoilt: 2 Quota: 167 Turnout: 336 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014
After the death of the Lord Moran:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, April 2014[26] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||
| Lord Cromwell |
9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Lord Russell of Liverpool | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |||
| Lord Sempill | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | |||
| Lord Aldington | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |||
| Lord Thurlow | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 7 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 29 Valid: 27 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 14 Turnout: 27 | ||||||||
After the death of the Lord Methuen:
| Hereditary Peers' By-Election (Whole House eligible to vote), October 2014[27] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Earl of Oxford and Asquith |
155 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Napier and Ettrick | 35 | ||
| Conservative | Earl of Stockton | 31 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Lord Kennet | 29 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Margadale | 13 | ||
| Crossbench | Viscount Massereene and Ferrard | 6 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Somerleyton | 6 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Harlech | 4 | ||
| Crossbench | Lord Calverley | 1 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Layton | 1 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Middleton | 1 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Sudeley | 1 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Biddulph | 0 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Cadman | 0 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Rowallan | 0 | ||
| Electorate: 776 Valid: 283 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 142 Turnout: 283 | ||||
After the death of the Viscount Allenby of Megiddo:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, December 2014[28] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||
| Lord Russell of Liverpool |
7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | |||
| Duke of Somerset | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Lord Thurlow | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | |||
| Earl of Kinnoull | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Viscount Hood | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Clanwilliam | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 11 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 27 Valid: 25 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 25 | ||||||||
After the retirement of the Lord Cobbold:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, December 2014[28] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||
| Duke of Somerset |
6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | |||
| Lord Thurlow | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Earl of Kinnoull | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | |||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Viscount Hood | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Clanwilliam | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 11 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 27 Valid: 25 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 25 | ||||||||
2015
After the retirement of the Lord Chorley:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, February 2015[29] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |||
| Lord Thurlow |
8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | |||
| Viscount Hood | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Earl of Cork and Orrery | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Lord Sempill | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Lord Aldington | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | |||
| Earl of Kinnoull | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |||
| Lord Hemphill | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Clanwilliam | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 8 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 28 Valid: 26 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 26 | |||||||||
After the retirement of the Lady Saltoun of Abernethy:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, February 2015[29] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |||
| Earl of Kinnoull |
9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Viscount Hood | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Lord Sempill | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Earl of Cork and Orrery | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | |||
| Lord Aldington | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |||
| Earl of Clanwilliam | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Hemphill | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 8 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 28 Valid: 26 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 26 | |||||||||
After the retirement of the Viscount Tenby:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, July 2015[30] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |||
| Lord Mountevans |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Lord Aldington | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Viscount Hood | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Lord Sempill | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | |||
| Earl of Albemarle | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Darling | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Trevethin and Oaksey | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 11 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 28 Valid: 25 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 25 | |||||||||
After the retirement of the Lord Luke:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, September 2015[31] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||
| Duke of Wellington |
18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | |||
| Marquess of Abergavenny | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Earl of Harrowby | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Earl Ferrers | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Earl of Limerick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Lord Windlesham | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | |||
| Earl of Stockton | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |||
| Lord Swansea | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Middleton | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 7 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 48 Valid: 41 Quota: 21 Turnout: 41 | ||||||||
After the retirement of the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, October 2015[32] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||||
| Lord Trevethin and Oaksey |
10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Lord Aldington | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Earl of Cork and Orrery | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| Viscount Hood | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | ||||
| Lord Vaux of Harrowden | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||
| Lord Clifford of Chudleigh | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 10 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Electorate: 29 Valid: 26 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 13 Turnout: 26 | |||||||||
After the death of the Lord Montagu of Beaulieu:
| Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, November 2015[33] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |||
| Lord Fairfax of Cameron |
9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 27 | |||
| Earl of Harrowby | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |||
| Lord Windlesham | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | - | |||
| Lord Colgrain | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |||
| Lord de Ramsey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | |||
| Marquess of Abergavenny | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Limerick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Stockton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Ashcombe | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl Ferrers | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Middleton | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 3 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 48 Valid: 44 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 22 Turnout: 44 | |||||||||||||
2016
After the death of the Lord Avebury:
| Liberal Democrat Hereditary Peers' By-Election, April 2016[34] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | |||
| Viscount Thurso |
3 | |||
| 6 Others | 0 | |||
| Electorate: 3 Valid: 3 Spoilt: 0 Quota: Turnout: 3 | ||||
After the removal for non-attendance of the Lord Bridges:
| Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, July 2016[35] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |||
| Earl of Cork and Orrery |
12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | |||
| Lord Vaux of Harrowden | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Viscount Hood | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | |||
| Lord Hemphill | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Lord Aldington | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Albemarle | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Earl of Limerick | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lord Napier and Ettrick | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 9 Others | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Electorate: 31 Valid: 27 Quota: Turnout: | ||||||||||
Forthcoming by-elections
There are no forthcoming by-elections.
Historical by-elections
From the 1801 Act of Union to Irish independence, 28 representative peers were elected from and by the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords.[36] Like current hereditary peers, these representative peers sat for life terms and deceased peers were replaced in by-elections. Unlike modern hereditary peer by-elections, all peers in the Peerage of Ireland, even those who did not sit in the House of Lords, were entitled to vote. Upon the creation of the Irish Free State, the officers required to officiate these by-elections were abolished and thus no more were held, but those peers already elected kept their seats for the remainder of their lives. The last to sit in the Lords was Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey, who died in 1961.
For a list of Irish Peer by-election results, see List of Irish representative peers.
Also, from the 1707 Act of Union to the passing of the Peerage Act 1963, peers in the Peerage of Scotland elected sixteen representative peers to sit in the House of Lords. Unlike Irish peers, however, Scottish representative peers only sat for the duration of one parliament before facing re-election. By-elections were held in the Palace of Holyroodhouse to replace deceased peers. After the passing of the Peerage Act 1963, all Scottish peers were entitled to sit in the House of Lords and the election procedure was abolished.
References
- ↑ "Hansard, Vol 604 No 126 Cols 1290-1292". 1999-07-26. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ↑ "By-Elections in the House of Lords". Retrieved 15 November 2012.
The by-election must take place within three months of any vacancy occurring.
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/holnotice20100601.pdf
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2009/07/by-election-in-the-house-of-lords/
- ↑ http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld201011/ldelect/2/2.pdf
- ↑ "Lords by party and gender". UK Parliament. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ "United Kingdom Election Results - House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers By-Election, March 2003". Retrieved 7 March 2011.
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