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Elections of the excepted hereditary peers were held in October and November 1999, before the House of Lords Act 1999 excluded most hereditary peers from the membership of the House of Lords allowing Earl Marshal, Lord Great Chamberlain and 90 others to remain in the House.^[1]

Until November 2002, vacancies among the elected hereditary peers were filled by hereditary peers who received most votes in the 1999 elections without being elected to remain. Since November 2002, by-elections have been held to fill vacancies.^[2]

Election by the whole House

15 excepted hereditary peers were elected by the whole House in an election held from 27 to 28 October 1999. 1,115 members of the House were eligible to vote and 631 valid votes were cast. The result was as follows:^[2]

	Party	Candidate	Votes
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	YCountess of Mar	570
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	YLord Strabolgi	558
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Elton	558
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Lyell	547
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Skelmersdale	544
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Aberdare	530
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Brougham and Vaux	525
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Liberal Democrats	YViscount Falkland	519
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Colwyn	488
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YViscount of Oxfuird	482
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Reay	471
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	YLord Geddes	461
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	YViscount Simon	453
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Liberal Democrats	YLord Methuen	421
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	YLord Ampthill	418
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	Viscount Allenby of Megiddo	327
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Viscount St Davids	168
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	Lord Bridges	164
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Lord Lucas and Dingwall	144
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	Baroness Strange	124
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Earl of Onslow	119
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Viscount Davidson	104
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Lord Swinfen	100
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Lord Chesham	96
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	Lord Walpole	93
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Earl of Dundee	88
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Earl of Kinnoull	84
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	Earl of Shannon	84
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Lord Belhaven and Stenton	60
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Lord Morris	51
style="background-color: Template:Crossbench/meta/color" \|	Crossbench	Lord Swansea	49
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Earl of Kimberley	41
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	Lord Cadman	24

Elections by groups

75 excepted hereditary peers were elected by hereditary peers of three parties and crossbenchers in elections held from 3 to 4 November 1999.^[2]

Conservatives

42 excepted hereditary peers were elected by the Conservative hereditary peers. 241 peers were eligible to vote and 204 valid votes were cast. The result was as follows:^[2]

Candidate		Votes
	YThe Earl Ferrers	190
	YThe Lord Strathclyde	174
	YThe Lord Trefgarne	173
	YThe Lord Denham	169
	YThe Lord Mancroft	168
	YThe Earl Howe	165
	YThe Lord Brabazon of Tara	165
	YThe Earl of Caithness	161
	YThe Lord Henley	160
	YThe Lord Glenarthur	157
	YThe Lord Astor of Hever	151
	YThe Viscount Astor	146
	YThe Earl of Courtown	143
	YThe Earl Peel	142
	YThe Lord Moynihan	137
	YThe Earl Attlee	135
	YThe Viscount Goschen	132
	YDuke of Montrose	127
	YThe Lord Burnham	127
	YThe Lord Vivian	126
	YThe Earl of Northesk	126
	YThe Earl of Selborne	125
	YThe Viscount Bridgeman	125
	YThe Lord Luke	124
	YThe Earl of Lindsay	116
	YThe Lord Lucas and Dingwall	115
	YThe Lord Montagu of Beaulieu	113
	YThe Earl of Home	113
	YThe Lord Glentoran	104
	YThe Earl of Onslow	99
	YThe Lord Crathorne	97
	YThe Lord Willoughby de Broke	96
	YThe Lord Inglewood	95
	YThe Lord Northbrook	95
	YThe Lord Swinfen	95
	YThe Earl of Shrewsbury	95
	YThe Lord Selsdon	94
	YThe Earl of Liverpool	93
	YThe Earl of Arran	90
	YThe Earl of Dundee	90
	YThe Lord Mowbray and Stourton	88
	YThe Lord Rotherwick	88
	The Viscount Trenchard	87
	The Lord Norrie	87
	Viscount Weir	86
	The Lord Lucas of Chilworth	82
	The Viscount Addison	80
	The Viscount Torrington	80
	The Viscount Long	80
	The Earl of Kinnoull	74
	The Viscount Davidson	73
	The Lord de Ramsey	71
	The Lord Coleraine	70
	The Lord Chesham	67
	The Lord Rowallan	65
	The Lord Hindlip	62
	The Lord Beaverbrook	62
	The Lord Birdwood	61
	The Viscount St Davids	60
	The Lord Renwick	60
	The Earl of Limerick	60
	The Lord Gray	59
	The Earl Cathcart	59
	The Earl of Clanwilliam	58
	The Earl Alexander of Tunis	58
	The Viscount Dilhorne	57
	The Lord Westbury	57
	The Lord Ironside	56
	Lord Sempill	52
	The Lord Harlech	52
	The Lord Newall	51
	The Viscount Eccles	50
	The Earl of Lindsey and Abingdon	48
	Lord Belhaven and Stenton	45
	Viscount Brentford	45
	The Lord Annaly	45
	Earl of Buckinghamshire	45
	The Lord Poole	45
	The Earl De La Warr	43
	The Lord Pender	42
	The Lord Strathcarron	41
	The Lord Ashbourne	41
	The Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax	41
	The Earl of Lauderdale	40
	The Lord HolmPatrick	39
	The Earl of Denbigh	39
	The Viscount Massereene and Ferrard	38
	The Viscount Hood	38
	The Lord Sudeley	37
	The Lord Rennell	35
	The Earl of Haddington	35
	The Lord Teviot	33
	The Lord Wise	33
	The Earl of Kimberley	32
	The Lord Monk Bretton	31
	Viscount Gage	31
	The Lord Cadman	30
	The Lord Morris	28
	The Lord Biddulph	27
	The Lord Harmsworth	27
	The Earl of Munster	26
	The Lord Mountevans	25
	The Lord Harding of Petherton	23
	The Lord Rodney	21
	The Lord Ellenborough	20
	The Lord Gainford	19
	The Lord Layton	14
	The Lord Leigh	13
	The Marquess of Ailsa	12
	The Lord Elibank	12
	The Lord Seaford	11
	Earl of Granard	10
	The Lord Merrivale	8

Crossbenchers

28 excepted hereditary peers were elected by the crossbench hereditary peers. 131 peers were eligible to vote and 105 valid votes were cast. The result was as follows:^[2]

Candidate		Votes
	YBaroness Darcy de Knayth	85
	YLord Freyberg	82
	YLord St John of Bletso	81
	YLord Northbourne	78
	YEarl of Sandwich	78
	YViscount Allenby of Megiddo	75
	YViscount Tenby	74
	YLord Palmer	72
	YViscount Slim	72
	YViscount Bledisloe	70
	YLord Monson	70
	YViscount Brookeborough	68
	YLord Bridges	68
	YLady Saltoun of Abernethy	64
	YLord Hylton	64
	YEarl Baldwin of Bewdley	63
	YEarl of Carnarvon^[a]	58
	YEarl of Listowel	58
	YLord Moran	57
	YBaroness Strange	53
	YEarl of Erroll	52
	YLord Walpole	52
	YViscount Craigavon	51
	YBaroness Wharton^[b]	48
	YViscount Colville of Culross	47
	YViscount Waverley	47
	YLord Greenway	47
	YEarl of Rosslyn	45
	Lord Cobbold^[b]	43
	Lord Chorley^[a]	42
	Earl of Iveagh	40
	Lord Ashburton	40
	Lord Gladwyn	39
	Earl of Shannon	39
	Earl of Kintore	39
	Earl of Effingham	38
	Earl of Clancarty	36
	Lady Kinloss	36
	Lord Rathcavan	35
	Viscount Runciman of Doxford	35
	Lord Hankey	34
	Lord Shaughnessy	32
	Earl of Drogheda	31
	Earl Cairns	27
	Lord Meston	26
	Lord Napier and Ettrick	26
	Lord Napier of Magdala	26
	Lord Norton	25
	Lord Carew	24
	Earl of Stair	24
	Lord Birkett	23
	Lord Dulverton	23
	Lord Lawrence	20
	Viscount Rothermere	20
	Viscount Mountgarret	19
	Viscount Alanbrooke	19
	Viscount Exmouth	19
	Baroness Arlington	18
	Earl of Huntingdon	17
	Lord Hayter	17
	Lord Tryon	16
	Lord Dunleath	15
	Lord Craigmyle	15
	Earl of Cromer	15
	Lord Swansea	14
	Lord Nunburnholme	14
	Lord Cromwell	14
	Viscount Monckton of Brenchley	14
	Lord Wrenbury	14
	Viscount Leathers	14
	Lord Amwell	12
	Lord Broadbridge	12
	Earl of Buchan	12
	Lord Blyth	11
	Marquess of Headfort	11
	Lord Glanusk	8
	Lord Lindsay of Birker	8
	Viscount Dunrossil	6
	Lord Catto	4

^ ^a ^b Earl of Carnarvon died on 11 September 2001 and was replaced by Lord Chorley.
^ ^a ^b Baroness Wharton died on 15 May 2000 and was replaced by Lord Cobbold.

Liberal Democrats

3 excepted hereditary peers were elected by the Liberal Democrat hereditary peers. All 20 peers who were eligible to vote cast their votes. The result was as follows:^[2]

Candidate		Votes
	YEarl Russell	17
	YLord Avebury	13
	YLord Addington	10
	Earl of Mar and Kellie	7
	Earl of Carlisle	4
	Earl Grey	3
	Lord Calverley	3
	Earl of Glasgow	2
	Lord McNair	1

Labour

2 excepted hereditary peers were elected by the Labour hereditary peers. 18 peers were eligible to vote and 17 valid votes were cast. The result was as follows:^[2]

Candidate		Votes
	YLord Milner of Leeds	8
	YLord Rea	7
	Lord Grantchester	7
	Lord Monkswell	6
	Lord Kilbracken	3
	Lord Kennet	3

References

^ "House of Lords Act 1999: Twenty Years On". UK Parliament. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections". Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[b-3] Earl of Carnarvon died on 11 September 2001 and was replaced by Lord Chorley.

[a-4] Baroness Wharton died on 15 May 2000 and was replaced by Lord Cobbold.

[1] "House of Lords Act 1999: Twenty Years On". UK Parliament. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[Demon-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections". Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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