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Mark Cubitt, 5th Baron Ashcombe

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Ashcombe
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected hereditary peer
20 October 2022
Preceded byThe 15th Earl of Home
Personal details
Born
Mark Edward Cubitt

(1964-02-29) 29 February 1964 (age 60)
Political partyConservative
Coat of arms of Cubitt, Baron Ashcombe: Chequy Or and Gules on a pile Argent, a lion's head erased Sable

Mark Edward Cubitt, 5th Baron Ashcombe (born 29 February 1964), is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician. In an October 2022 by-election, he was elected to replace The Earl of Home in the House of Lords following Home's death in August.[1] He is a second cousin of Queen Camilla.

According to his candidate statement, Cubitt has a degree in civil engineering from Imperial College London, and has spent his career in the insurance industry, specialising in the energy sector. He lives in London and Hampshire.[2]

Electoral history

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Ashcombe first stood in a House of Lords by-election in November 2015, receiving a single vote and coming 9th of 14 candidates.[3]

His second by-election outing was in July 2018, where he received two votes and came 4th of 11 candidates.[4]

In January 2019, Ashcombe tried again, polling 13 first preference votes, but dropped to 9th place of 17 candidates.[5]

Ashcombe's fourth attempt was in January 2021, when on a low turnout he received a single vote, coming 9th of 21 candidates.[6]

He skipped July 2021 by-election.

His fifth outing was in February 2022 when he received 5 votes and jumped to 3rd place of 10 candidates.[7] Just a month later Ashcombe gained 12 votes to come 2nd of 9 candidates.[8] But in July 2022 he dropped to 7 votes and whilst coming 2nd of 12 candidates on the first count, he slipped to third place on the fifth count due to poor transfers from eliminated candidates.[9] In early October he received 18 votes but slipped to 4th place in a field of 21 candidates.[10]

In late October 2022, at the 9th time of asking, Ashcombe was elected with 10 first-preference votes, and finally elected on the 6th count.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, October 2022: result" (PDF). Parliament.uk. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Hereditary peers' by-election" (PDF). House of Lords. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, November 2015" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Conservative Hereditary Peers' By-Election, July 2018" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Whole House by-election, January 2019" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, June 2021" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, February 2022" (PDF). Parliament.uk.
  8. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, March 2022: result" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, July 2022" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Hereditary peers' by-election, October 2022: result" (PDF). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, October 2022" (PDF). Parliament.uk.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Ashcombe
2013–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Richard Cubitt
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
2022–present 		Incumbent
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