Elected Speaker of the House of Commons 2019
The election as Speaker of the House of Commons 2019 became necessary after the incumbent Speaker John Bercow withdrew from office on October 31, 2019 after more than ten years. The election took place on November 4, 2019, the first day of the House's session after Bercow's resignation. Sir Lindsay Hoyle prevailed as the winner after four rounds of voting .
procedure
On the morning of November 4th, the nominations were forwarded to the Clerk of the House along with the candidates' declarations of consent . The House then met at 2:30 p.m. local time and was presided over by the Father of the House - at the time of the election, Kenneth Clarke (independent, formerly Conservative MP for Rushcliffe constituency ). Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Chris Bryant , Eleanor Laing , Harriet Harman , Rosie Winterton , Edward Leigh and Meg Hillier ran for election .
Since there was more than one candidate, each candidate presented himself to Parliament first. The votes were then held by secret ballot. Since an absolute majority of the votes cast is a condition for the proper election of a speaker, a total of four ballots were required. In the first ballot, Meg Hillier was eliminated with the fewest votes and Edward Leigh with less than 5% of the votes cast. After the second ballot, Rosie Winterton was eliminated with the fewest votes, while Harriet Harman withdrew her candidacy as the penultimate. After the third ballot, Eleanor Laing was eliminated with the fewest votes. The fourth and final ballot then brought the decision in favor of Lindsay Hoyle over Chris Bryants. After the successful fourth ballot, Kenneth Clarke asked MPs if Lindsay Hoyle should be the new Speaker of the House:
" The question is that Sir Lindsay Hoyle takes the Chair of the House of Commons as Speaker. As many as are of that opinion say Aye. - Aye! (Members) - Of the contrary No! - I invite Sir Lindsay Hoyle to take the Chair of the House. "
"The question is. whether Sir Lindsay Hoyle should take the chair of the House of Commons as his speaker. Anyone who agrees, say yes. - Yes! (MPs) - The one against is no! - I ask Sir Lindsay Hoyle to take the chair in the house. "
Then, as is tradition, Lindsay Hoyle was dragged to his new seat by his colleagues.
Hoyle was officially appointed on the evening of November 4th, after obtaining approval from the monarch (at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's election ) by a royal commission in the House of Lords .
Candidates
After John Bercow resigned from his office, there were initially nine candidates who wanted to stand for election. Henry Bellingham dropped out of the race before the official nomination phase. Also moved Shailesh Vara his application briefly back before the election.
In addition to the below candidates also the deputy wanted to Scottish National Party , Pete Wishart stand for election. However, he decided against it.
The current Leader of the House of Commons and MP for the constituency of North East Somerset Jacob Rees-Mogg was also under discussion as a possible candidate, according to media reports.
Results
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| Surname | Lindsay Hoyle | Chris Bryant | Eleanor Laing | Harriet Harman | Rosie Winterton | Edward Leigh | Meg Hillier | voter turnout |
| Political party | Labor Party | Labor Party | Conservative party | Labor Party | Labor Party | Conservative party | Labor Party | |
| 1st round | 211 (37.5%) | 98 (17.4%) | 113 (20.1%) | 72 (12.6%) | 46 (8.1%) | 12 (2.1%) | 10 (1.8%) | 562 (86.5%) |
| 2nd round | 244 (42.4%) | 120 (20.9%) | 122 (21.2%) | 59 (10.3%) | 30 (5.2%) | Eliminated | Eliminated | 575 (88.5%) |
| 3rd round | 267 (47.3%) | 169 (29.9%) | 127 (22.5%) | Withdrawn | Eliminated | 565 (86.9%) | ||
| 4th round | 325 (60.2%) | 213 (39.4%) | Eliminated | 540 (83.1%) |
Individual evidence
- ^ Rajeev Syal, Rowena Mason: Race is on to replace John Bercow as Commons Speaker . In: The Guardian . September 9, 2019, ISSN 0261-3077 ( online [accessed November 1, 2019]).
- ^ Commons Speaker John Bercow to stand down . September 9, 2019 ( online [accessed November 1, 2019]).
- ^ Johann Stephanowitz, dpa, AFP: Great Britain: Lindsay Hoyle elected as the new speaker of parliament . In: The time . November 4, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( online [accessed November 5, 2019]).
- ↑ a b Parliamentlive.tv. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
- ^ Parliamentlive.tv. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
- ^ The 9 candidates to replace John Bercow as Speaker of the House of Commons. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Dame Eleanor Laing MP: Sir Henry Bellingham MP has just announced that he is no longer standing to become Speaker. He has being a true gentleman and a great servant of the @HouseofCommons who will, I am sure, continue to play an important role in national politics. E - # Eleanor4Speaker. Twitter, November 1, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ^ Dan Grimmer: Sir Henry Bellingham pulls out of race to succeed John Bercow as House of Commons speaker. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ^ MPs to elect next Commons Speaker . November 4, 2019 ( online [accessed November 4, 2019]).
- ↑ Pete Wishart rules out bid to be Commons Speaker so he can devote time to indy. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Who will be the next Speaker of the House of Commons and how is the role elected? October 17, 2018, Retrieved November 1, 2019 (UK English).