Sir Lindsay Hoyle: who is the new Speaker of the House of Commons?

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been elected as the next Commons Speaker, replacing John Bercow. The favourite beat Chris Bryant by 112 votes in the fourth and final round of voting, having already seen off Dame Eleanor Laing, Harriet Harman, Dame Rosie Winterton,  Sir Edward Leigh and Meg Hillier. In total, 540 MPs voted in the final round with Hoyle receiving 325 votes to Bryant's 213.

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[bethhalford]

He's the Labour MP for Chorley and he's an absolute sweetheart, most locals have met him and he's such a genuine guy ❤️

[hightowergaming]

"I want this house to be respected across the world..."

*This didn't age well*

[nopretribrapture]

Well he's a man after my own heart with his love for animals and birds😃

[GilbertoFishBoy]

So proud to have my local MP as speaker 🎉

[byronlovelace]

We go from "Oh dah" to "Or door"....

[ykdickybill]

Well I’m from ‘ up north ‘ so we’ll give ‘im a fair do at it before we say ‘owt about

[avrilcrisp]

I like him already, he has a Rottweiler.

[marcusp]

He got a cat a dog and a bird to sit in the same room! He must have something about him .

[summerxx]

He’s cool;smart, perfect for the job and everyone likes him

[NashTheGreat]

1:03 by this moment, he was already my favourite (and expected successor or bercow) speaker of commons!

[ABC-jdri]

Proud of my local mp. Amazing man even comes in for a cuppa every so often

[margaretnicol]

I wish him well in his job. It's certainly not an easy one. Let's hope he can bring some dignity back.

[keith]

1.50 ..I think he needs to be bringing out the Lindsay Hoyle sock range for Christmas....sell like hot cakes

[phelipimaximo]

He has a Rott, a cat, a parrot, a tortoise and another pup ❤️ I like him even more now.

[karl]

He sounds like a top geezer! just what they need in the house.

[creativefreedom]

Two dogs, a cat, a parrot and a tortoise - all as pets. Wow. That is wonderful.

[Lee-wmrz]

I think he'll make an amazing speaker.

[LinkTheFusky]

why was he ridiculed for watching the rugby final XD just cause he's not into football like the rest of the country he's allowed to watch whatever sport he wants to

[LK-qkfk]

Who else spotted the black cat under the sofa at 1:31? :P

[nobbystyles]

only in england could there be so much pomp and ceremony for a bloke whos been doing the job for years to do more of the same job. british politics ladies and gents.