2011 Lord Speaker election

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.^[1] Baroness D'Souza, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, was elected after the 5th stage of counting. She took office on 5 September 2011.

2011 Lord Speaker election

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First party Second party   Candidate The Baroness D'Souza The Lord Colwyn Party Crossbench Conservative Popular vote 296 285 Percentage 50.9% 49.1%

Lord Speaker before election The Baroness Hayman Labour Elected Lord Speaker The Baroness D'Souza Crossbench

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.^[2] A list of six candidates was announced on 27 June 2011:^[3]

• 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 2011[4]
Party		Candidate	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Crossbench	Y Baroness D'Souza	186	188	202	240	296
	Conservative	Lord Colwyn	166	167	193	213	285
	Conservative	Lord Goodlad	145	145	150	168	-
	Labour	Lord Desai	78	79	92	-	-
	Liberal Democrats	Baroness Harris of Richmond	62	65	-	-	-
	Liberal Democrats	Lord Redesdale	7	-	-	-	-
Electorate: 770   Valid: 644   Quota: 323   Turnout: 644