All 5 results for brexit speaker:Lord Hayward

The Politics of Polling (Liaison Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note (19 May 2022)

Lord Hayward: ...Lord referred to Peter Kellner, who in some of his research recently identified that some 50% of the nation’s voters have voted for different parties in the last decade because of the issues of Brexit and the changes in the red wall. Polling companies always tend to be somewhat backward-looking, because they are using how people voted last time by class, age, education or part of the...

Elections Bill - Committee (4th Day) (21 Mar 2022)

Lord Hayward: ...and votes diminished quite markedly, despite the fact that there had been no change in electoral law. It is my contention that one reason for this is that we are moving further away from the Brexit vote, which generated large concerns among large numbers of people about the validity of certain votes.

Elections Bill - Committee (4th Day) (21 Mar 2022)

Lord Hayward: ...identified why I am concerned about that. It is not about a particular election; it is about when elections or referendums become close and contentious. I speak here as a remainer—I was not a Brexiteer. When a referendum, or some form of ballot, becomes both close and contentious, the way in which the ballots have been conducted comes out as a matter of concern. As a result, it is...

Parliamentary Constituencies Bill - Second Reading (27 Jul 2020)

Lord Hayward: ...to see that we are moving away from 600 MPs, a number which, as far as I was concerned, was far too many. In his opening comments, the Minister justified moving back to 650 MPs in part because of Brexit. I would have sympathy with that argument were it not for the fact that when we went into the EU, no one suggested that we should reduce the number of Members of Parliament. When we went...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Committee: Amendment 1 (15 Jul 2019)

Lord Hayward: ..., Lady Harris, has just said—in contradiction to what Lord Cormack said. I would support his amendment if I believed there would be a benefit in going beyond 31 October to a date some time after Brexit. However, there is serious advantage in having a target date before the Brexit date. Many of us in this House think all sorts of complications may arise from 31 October, whatever format...


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