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The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [3] The current speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, was elected Speaker on 4 November 2019, following the retirement of John Bercow.
As the speaker remains a member of parliament (MP) for their constituency, there is a gentlemen's agreement between major political parties to not run candidates in the speaker's constituency. [3] The incumbent speaker is Lindsay Hoyle, MP for Chorley, who assumed office on 4 November 2019. [4]
Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) [1] is a British politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. Before his election as speaker, he was a member of the Labour Party .
The speaker of parliament's lower chamber, the House of Commons, chairs debates, calling members of parliament to speak and keeping order. What does the speaker of Britain's parliament do, and who ...
The election was triggered on 9 September 2019, when former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, announced his resignation as both Speaker and Member of Parliament, effective at the end of the 31 October 2019 sitting, unless Parliament was dissolved for an early general election before that date, in which case the election of Speaker ...
John Simon Bercow (/ ˈ b ɜːr k oʊ /; born 19 January 1963) is a British former politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019.
Speaker's House is the official residence of the Speaker of the House of ... After the burning of Parliament in 1834, ... During their 1956 visit to the UK, ...
Speaker Constituency Notes January 1377: 2 March 1377: Sir Thomas Hungerforde: Wiltshire: First presiding officer styled Speaker. 56th Parliament of Edward III. October 1377: 28 November 1377: Sir Peter de la Mare: Herefordshire: Second term (first before 1377). 1st of Richard II. 22 October 1378: 16 November 1378: Sir James Pickering: Westmorland