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Most unusual byelection in the world

category international | politics / elections | news report author Sunday August 31, 2003 01:29author by election

Lord Milner of Leeds AE, one of the two Labour hereditary peers elected
in November 1999 to continue in the House of Lords, has died.

This will mean a byelection. However the Act states that the electorate for such a byelection are the other elected hereditary peers in the same party. As Labour has only two peers, this means an electorate of one (Lord Rea). He can choose from the following candidates:

Lord Grantchester
Lord Kennet
Lord Monkswell
Viscount Samuel

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