Mr. David Beamish at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee

On October 2nd, 2014. See this statement in context.

October 2nd, 2014 / 11:20 a.m.

Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

I thank you for that question. It's something I didn't cover in my notes.

Basically we ran a polling station for the day. A room near the chamber was available for members to cast their votes. Members who thought they might not be present on the day were able to apply for a postal vote. By 2011, the second election, postal votes had become more popular. Quite a large proportion of the votes would have been sent in in advance.

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