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. The current speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, w
Official portrait of Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, 2024
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is dragged to the chair, 2019.
William Court Gully
Portrait of John Smith by Godfrey Kneller, 1708
Speaker's House
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Speaker's House is the official residence of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is located in the Palace of Westminste
Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
…of the Privy Council, and represent the Commons to the monarch, the House of Lords and other authorities. The official residence of the Speaker is the Speaker's House at the Palace of Westminster. The office of the speaker is almost as old as the Parliament itself. The earliest year for which a presiding officer has…
A corridor in Speaker's House
View of the Speaker's House from the river "as before the Fire on October 16th 1834"
Today, Speaker's House is located at this corner of Palace of Westminster, as seen from Westminster Bridge
John Evelyn Denison, the first occupant of the rebuilt Speaker's House