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The election of the next Lord Speaker is set to unfold during one of the most fractious periods the House of Lords has faced in years.

Peers are preparing for a January contest for the illustrious title of Lord Speaker between two strikingly different candidates: Baroness Deborah Bull, the former Royal Ballet principal turned crossbench administrator, and Lord Michael Forsyth of Drumlean, a Conservative grandee who has been in Westminster for four decades.

Electronic voting will take place from 6 to 8 January, with the result due the following Monday.

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