Lindsay Hoyle
 Sir Lindsay Hoyle    | |
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| Born | Lindsay Harvey Hoyle 10 June 1957 |
| Member of | Labour Friends of Israel |
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since the 1997 General Election. He is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.
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]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| 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? |
References
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