2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
The election for the 158th Speaker of the House of Commons took place on 4 November 2019. Lindsay Hoyle was elected with 325 votes in the final ballot, out of a total of 540 votes cast.
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Outgoing Speaker John Bercow.
Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle 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.
Official portrait, 2020
Official portrait, 2017
Hoyle during the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in 2023
Hoyle in the Speaker's Chair in February 2024