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2021 Lord Speaker Election
An election for Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, was held from 13 to 15 April 2021. The incumbent, Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, Lord Fowler, announced on 25 February that he would resign from the office in late April, about four months before the end of his first term. Election procedure and timetable Members of the House of Lords who wished to stand for election were required to have a proposer and a seconder. The Instant-runoff voting, alternative vote system was used in the election and all members who had taken the oath in the current parliament by 25 March 2021 and were not on leave of absence, disqualified or suspended from the House were eligible to stand and to vote. The election was held remotely by postal and online voting. Timetable is as follows: *Friday 19 March (12 noon) – Candidate registration and postal voting registration deadline *Tuesday 23 March – List of candidates published *Thursday 25 March (2 p.m.) – First virtual hustings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McFall, Baron McFall Of Alcluith
John Francis McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, (born 4 October 1944) is a Scottish politician, now the Lord Speaker having previously been Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1 September 2016 to 30 April 2021. He was previously a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010, first for Dumbarton and then from 2005 for West Dunbartonshire. He also served as Chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee. In 2021, McFall was elected as Lord Speaker to replace Lord Fowler. Early life McFall went to a boys' school, St Patrick's Secondary School (since merged with Notre Dame High School to form Our Lady & St Patrick's High School), on Hawthornhill Road in Castlehill, Dumbarton, leaving without any qualifications at 15. His father was a school caretaker and his mother had a newsagents shop, which sparked his (later) interest in how to run businesses. He worked for the local Parks Department in Dumbarton and then in a factory. At the age of 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
