Follow the Polls

Now to work out who won 😄😄
I'll get my abacus out

Speakers and general elections
Speakers still stand in general elections. They are generally unopposed by the major political parties, who will not field a candidate in the Speaker's constituency - this includes the original party they were a member of. During a general election, Speakers do not campaign on any political issues but simply stand as 'the Speaker seeking re-election'.

www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speaker-and-the-chamber/election-of-speaker/

SNP 9 and Reform 5 I think WWM.

A new Speaker is elected whenever the previous Speaker has died or retires. He or she must also be re-elected after a general election.

Callistemon213

^Now to work out who won^ 😄😄
I'll get my abacus out

😄😄😄 I need a few cups of coffee a walk in the fresh air first.

Thanks for the leader information.

mamie thanks 😊

If Sir Lindsay Hoyle is re-elected as Speaker, I hope he sharpens up a bit and doesn't allow the worst loudmouths to dominate the way he often did in the last parliament.

It’s a strange arrangement when you think about it. The speaker is elected as a constituency MP with no opposition from the major parties, they don’t stand in that seat.
After the election the secret ballot of all MPs is then held. If the speaker is not re-appointed, then he or she returns to their party benches, so potentially the most useless of speakers would then sit for 5 years as an MP. I’m not saying Lindsay Hoyle is useless, just that’s the process.

Just saying… it’s about time Mr Bercow got his peerage.

Noooo! 😱