Written question asked by Lord Trefgarne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 December 2015. It was answered by Lord Laming (Non-affiliated) on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 on behalf of the Chairman of Committees (HL).

Hereditary Peers: By-elections

Question: To ask the Chairman of Committees how much has been paid to Electoral Reform Services for their supervision of each hereditary peers by-election since the start of the 2014–15 session in the House of Lords.

Answer

The table below shows the date of the count of, those eligible to vote in the by-election and the amount paid to Electoral Reform Services in respect of each by-election since the start of the 2014–15 session.

Date of count	Those eligible to vote in the by-election	Amount paid to Electoral Reform Services
22 October 2014	All members of the House	£2,370
10 December 2014	Crossbench hereditary members	£950
3 February 2015	Crossbench hereditary members	£950
7 July 2015	Crossbench hereditary members	£950
16 September 2015	Conservative hereditary members	£950

The by-election in October 2014 involved the manning of a polling station for a day.

Amounts are exclusive of VAT. The table does not include two recent by-elections in respect of which Electoral Reform Services has provided services but not yet been paid.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL3657
Session: 2015-16
Subjects: By-elections House of Lords Expenditure Hereditary peers Electoral Reform Services
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Hereditary Peers: By-elections

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