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| − | '''Sir Lindsay Hoyle''' | + | '''Sir Lindsay Hoyle''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician who was elected [[Speaker of the House of Commons]] in 2019, and has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Chorley since the 1997 General Election. He is a member of [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. |
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| + | ==Elected Speaker== | ||
| + | Lindsay Hoyle was first elected as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means in 2010,<ref>''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10260537.stm "Deputy Speakers: Hoyle, Primarolo and Evans elected"]''</ref> and later as the Speaker on 4 November 2019.<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50293505 "Sir Lindsay Hoyle elected new Commons Speaker"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Pressure to resign== | ||
| + | On 23 February 2024 Sir Lindsay Hoyle was facing continued pressure to step down as Commons Speaker after almost 70 MPs called for him to go. Some 67 MPs, more than a tenth of the Commons, signed a motion proposed by senior Conservative William Wragg expressing no confidence in the Speaker over his handling of the [[Gaza]] ceasefire debate on Wednesday 21 February 2024.<ref>''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/02/21/profile-lindsay-hoyle-speaker-gaza-controversy/ "Lindsay Hoyle: The Speaker from a very political - and very Labour - family"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Apology=== | ||
| + | Hoyle apologised for his handling of the debate and offered an emergency debate on the [[SNP]]’s motion calling for a ceasefire.<ref>''[https://www.thenational.scot/news/national/24138787.speaker-still-pressure-almost-70-mps-sign-call-quit/ "Speaker still under pressure as almost 70 MPs sign call for him to quit"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | ==2024 election challenge== | ||
| + | Four candidates standing against Sir Lindsay Hoyle at Chorley in the [[UK/General election/2024]] are:{{QB| | ||
| + | :[https://www.democracyforchorley.com/ Ben Holden-Crowther of Democracy for Chorley] | ||
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| + | :Lindsay Hoyle [[Speaker of the House of Commons]] seeking re-election | ||
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| + | :[https://twitter.com/MPDNUT/status/1796660637252133279 Martin Powell-Davies] of [[TUSC]] | ||
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| + | :[https://chorley.greenparty.org.uk/2023/01/17/chorley-green-party-mark-tebbutt-general-election-2025/ Mark Worsley Tebbutt] of the [[Green Party]]<ref>''[https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/PR6+0AA/ "UK Parliamentary general election Chorley constituency"]''</ref>}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:31, 2 June 2024
 Sir Lindsay Hoyle    (politician) | |
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| Born | Lindsay Harvey Hoyle 10 June 1957 |
| Member of | Labour Friends of Israel |
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is a British Labour Party politician who was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 2019, and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since the 1997 General Election. He is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.
Contents
Elected Speaker
Lindsay Hoyle was first elected as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means in 2010,[1] and later as the Speaker on 4 November 2019.[2]
Pressure to resign
On 23 February 2024 Sir Lindsay Hoyle was facing continued pressure to step down as Commons Speaker after almost 70 MPs called for him to go. Some 67 MPs, more than a tenth of the Commons, signed a motion proposed by senior Conservative William Wragg expressing no confidence in the Speaker over his handling of the Gaza ceasefire debate on Wednesday 21 February 2024.[3]
Apology
Hoyle apologised for his handling of the debate and offered an emergency debate on the SNP’s motion calling for a ceasefire.[4]
2024 election challenge
Four candidates standing against Sir Lindsay Hoyle at Chorley in the UK/General election/2024 are:
- Lindsay Hoyle Speaker of the House of Commons seeking re-election
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Losing the Plot: reflections on the Gaza debate debacle | Article | 24 February 2024 | John S Warren | It wasn’t the Nasty Nats that lost the plot. It was the Labour Party, and the Speaker. I trust they have now lost Scotland. |
| Document:Meeting the Gaze of the Ghost in the Rubble | Article | 28 February 2024 | George Gunn | Meanwhile the ghost still looks out from the rubble of Gaza. Her stare searches across the ocean of our conscience like the beam of a lighthouse. The ghost in the rubble asks of us all: why can we not stop this madness and feed the people? |
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References
- ↑ "Deputy Speakers: Hoyle, Primarolo and Evans elected"
- ↑ "Sir Lindsay Hoyle elected new Commons Speaker"
- ↑ "Lindsay Hoyle: The Speaker from a very political - and very Labour - family"
- ↑ "Speaker still under pressure as almost 70 MPs sign call for him to quit"
- ↑ "UK Parliamentary general election Chorley constituency"
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