2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election


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Candidate John Bercow Sir George Young Margaret Beckett
Party Conservative Conservative Labour
Constituency Buckingham North W. Hampshire Derby South
First round 179 112 74
Second round 221 174 70
Final round 322 271 Withdrew

 
Candidate Sir Alan Haselhurst Sir Alan Beith Ann Widdecombe
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Conservative
Constituency Saffron Walden Berwick-upon-Tweed Maidstone and
The Weald
First round 66 55 44
Second round 57 46 30
Final round Withdrew Withdrew Eliminated

Speaker before election

Michael Martin
Labour

Elected Speaker

John Bercow
Conservative

The 2009 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 22 June 2009 following the resignation of Michael Martin as Speaker during the parliamentary expenses scandal. Martin was the first Speaker since Sir John Trevor in 1695 to be forced out of office.[1] It was the first Speaker election since 11 May 2005, and the first contested election of a Speaker since 23 October 2000.[2]

Conservative MP John Bercow was elected as the new speaker, after three rounds of voting.

  1. ^ "Under-fire Speaker to step down". BBC News. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  2. ^ "How will new Speaker be chosen?". BBC News. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.

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