House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Byelection, March 2003

After the death of the Viscount of Oxfuird on 3rd January 2003, the vacant seat was filled at a byelection held on 25th and 25th March 2003. As the Viscount of Oxfuird had been one of the 15 peers elected by the whole House as office-holders, the electorate was the whole House of Lords. This included the hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999, but not including peers on leave of absence or those who had not taken the oath. All told, there were 661 people eligible to vote, of whom 426 cast votes; 3 ballot papers were spoilt.

The election was conducted using the Alternative Vote system. Hereditary Peers who wished to stand for election had previously registered with the Clerk of the Parliaments, but had to confirm that they were interested in standing for this vacancy. There were 81 confirmed candidates, of whom 37 received no first preference votes at all. In a slight variant on the normal rules of Alternative Vote elections, candidates who had the lowest remaining total were eliminated in alphabetical order and so there were 42 stages; but for simplicity I have rolled all the eliminations of candidates who were tied in votes into a single stage.

Candidate	Party	I	Elim.	II	Elim.	III	Elim.	IV	Elim.	V	Elim.	VI	Elim.	VII
Viscount Addison Lord Ashbourne Lord Birdwood Lord Birkett Viscount Brentford Earl Cairns Earl of Carlisle Earl Cathcart Earl of Clancarty Earl of Cranbrook Earl of Cromer Lord De Mauley Lord De Ramsey Viscount Eccles Earl of Effingham Lord Gladwyn Earl of Glasgow Lord Grantchester Lord Gray Viscount Hood Earl of Iveagh Lord Kennet Earl of Kinnoull Earl of Kintore Lord Lawrence Lord Meston Lord Monkswell Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Lord Morris Lord Napier of Magdãla Lord Norrie Lord Pender Lord Poole Lord Rathcavan Lord Rowallan Earl of Stockton MEP Lord Strathcarron Earl of Swinton Lord Teynham Viscount Torrington Viscount Trenchard Viscount Ullswater Lord Vaux of Harrowden Viscount Weir Not transferrable	C C XB C XB L Dem C XB C XB C C XB XB L Dem Lab C C XB C XB XB XB Lab XB C XB C C C XB C C C C C C C C C C	3 1 3 1 8 4 3 9 10 5 1 2 4 31 6 1 3 57 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 39 26 46 1 1 8 1 1 13 1 6 1 1 1 1 10 86 3 10	-1 -1 +1 +1 +2 +2 -1 +1 -1 +1 +1 -1 -1 +1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 +1 +3 +1	3 3 8 4 4 10 12 7 2 4 32 6 3 58 2 2 5 2 3 40 26 46 8 13 6 11 89 3 11	-2 +1 +1 +1 -2 -2 -2 +1 +1 +2 +1	3 3 8 4 4 10 12 7 5 33 6 3 59 5 3 40 27 46 8 13 7 13 89 3 11 1	-3 -3 +1 +1 +1 +1 -3 -3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2 -3 +1 +2	9 4 5 10 12 8 5 34 6 59 5 42 27 46 10 13 8 14 91 12 3	-4 +1 +2 +1	9 5 10 12 8 5 35 6 59 5 42 27 48 10 13 9 14 91 12 3	-5 +1 +1 -5 +2 -5 +2 +1 +1 +1 +3 +2	9 11 13 9 37 6 59 44 27 49 11 13 9 15 94 12 5	+1 -6 +1 +1 +1 +2	9 11 14 9 37 59 44 28 49 11 14 9 15 95 12 7
Candidate	Party	VII	Elim.	VIII	Elim.	IX	Elim.	X	Elim.	XI	Elim.	XII	Elim.	XIII
Viscount Addison Lord Ashbourne Lord Birdwood Lord Birkett Viscount Brentford Earl Cairns Earl of Carlisle Earl Cathcart Earl of Clancarty Earl of Cranbrook Earl of Cromer Lord De Mauley Lord De Ramsey Viscount Eccles Earl of Effingham Lord Gladwyn Earl of Glasgow Lord Grantchester Lord Gray Viscount Hood Earl of Iveagh Lord Kennet Earl of Kinnoull Earl of Kintore Lord Lawrence Lord Meston Lord Monkswell Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Lord Morris Lord Napier of Magdãla Lord Norrie Lord Pender Lord Poole Lord Rathcavan Lord Rowallan Earl of Stockton MEP Lord Strathcarron Earl of Swinton Lord Teynham Viscount Torrington Viscount Trenchard Viscount Ullswater Lord Vaux of Harrowden Viscount Weir Not transferrable	C C XB C XB L Dem C XB C XB C C XB XB L Dem Lab C C XB C XB XB XB Lab XB C XB C C C XB C C C C C C C C C C	9 11 14 9 37 59 44 28 49 11 14 9 15 95 12 7	-9 +1 +2 -9 +4 +4 -9 +3 +6 +7	12 16 41 59 44 28 53 11 14 18 101 12 14	+1 +2 +1 +1 +1 -11 +1 +2 +1 +1	12 17 43 60 45 28 54 14 19 103 13 15	-12 +1 +2 +3 +6	17 44 60 45 28 56 14 22 109 13 15	+2 +1 +1 +3 +2 -13 +4	17 46 61 45 29 56 14 25 111 19	+1 +1 +5 -14 +1 +3 +3	17 47 62 45 29 61 26 114 22	-17 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +1 +2 +4	48 64 48 31 63 27 116 26
Candidate	Party	XIII	Elim.	XIV	Elim.	XV	Elim.	XVI	Elim.	XVII	Elim.	XVIII
Viscount Addison Lord Ashbourne Lord Birdwood Lord Birkett Viscount Brentford Earl Cairns Earl of Carlisle Earl Cathcart Earl of Clancarty Earl of Cranbrook Earl of Cromer Lord De Mauley Lord De Ramsey Viscount Eccles Earl of Effingham Lord Gladwyn Earl of Glasgow Lord Grantchester Lord Gray Viscount Hood Earl of Iveagh Lord Kennet Earl of Kinnoull Earl of Kintore Lord Lawrence Lord Meston Lord Monkswell Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Lord Morris Lord Napier of Magdãla Lord Norrie Lord Pender Lord Poole Lord Rathcavan Lord Rowallan Earl of Stockton MEP Lord Strathcarron Earl of Swinton Lord Teynham Viscount Torrington Viscount Trenchard Viscount Ullswater Lord Vaux of Harrowden Viscount Weir Not transferrable	C C XB C XB L Dem C XB C XB C C XB XB L Dem Lab C C XB C XB XB XB Lab XB C XB C C C XB C C C C C C C C C C	48 64 48 31 63 27 116 26	+5 +1 +3 -27 +7 +11	53 65 48 31 66 123 37	+18 -31 +2 +11	53 83 48 68 123 48	+2 +9 -48 +12 +4 +21	55 92 80 127 69	-55 +1 +15 +17 +22	93 95 144 91	-93 +21 +7 +65	116 151 156

Candidates who obtained no first preference votes

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