Lindsay Hoyle

Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Official portrait, 2024
Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Assumed office
4 November 2019
Monarchs
Prime Minister
Preceded byJohn Bercow
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
8 June 2010 – 4 November 2019
SpeakerJohn Bercow
Preceded byAlan Haselhurst
Succeeded byEleanor Laing
Member of Parliament
for Chorley
Assumed office
1 May 1997
Preceded byDen Dover
Majority20,575 (60.6%)
Chorley Borough Councillor for Adlington
In office
1 May 1980 – 7 May 1998
Preceded byA. Moss
Succeeded byCatherine Hoyle
Personal details
Born
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle

(1957-06-10) 10 June 1957 (age 67)
Adlington, Lancashire, England
Political partySpeaker (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Labour (before 2019)
Spouses
Lynda Fowler
(m. 1974; div. 1982)
Catherine Swindley
(m. 1993)
Children2
Parent
ResidenceSpeaker's House
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman
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Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957)[1] is a British politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. Before his election as speaker, he was a member of the Labour Party.

As a Labour MP, Hoyle served as Chairman of Ways and Means and a deputy speaker to John Bercow from 2010 to 2019, before being elected as Speaker on 4 November 2019.[2] Hoyle was unanimously re-elected as Speaker after both the 2019 general election and the 2024 general election.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Deputy Speakers: Hoyle, Primarolo and Evans elected BBC News, 8 June 2010
  3. ^ "Hoyle re-elected Commons Speaker as MP's return". BBC News. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Hoyle re-elected Commons Speaker". BBC News. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.