2016 Lord Speaker election

2016 Lord Speaker election

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First party Second party Third party   Candidate The Lord Fowler The Baroness Garden of Frognal The Lord Cormack Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Conservative Popular vote 443 111 85 Percentage 69.3% 17.4% 13.3%

Lord Speaker before election The Baroness D'Souza Crossbench Elected Lord Speaker 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.^[1] 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.^[2]