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Lindsay Hoyle

MP for Chorley (Speaker).

Membership

  • MP for Chorley, Speaker (5 July 2024 – now)
  • MP for Chorley, Speaker (13 December 2019 – 30 May 2024)
  • MP for Chorley, Labour (9 June 2017 – 6 November 2019)
  • MP for Chorley, Labour (8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017)
  • MP for Chorley, Labour (6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015)
  • MP for Chorley, Labour (5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010)
  • MP for Chorley, Labour (7 June 2001 – 11 April 2005)
  • MP for Chorley, Labour (1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001)

Roles

  • Chair, Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee (14 October 2024 – now)
  • Chair, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (22 July 2024 – now)
  • Chair, Members Estimate Committee (9 July 2024 – now)
  • Chair, Speaker's Conference (2022) Committee (19 October 2022 – 30 May 2024)
  • Chair, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (17 October 2022 – 30 May 2024)
  • Chair, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (17 December 2019 – now)
  • Chair, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (4 November 2019 – now)
  • Chair, House of Commons Commission (4 November 2019 – now)
  • Speaker of the House of Commons (4 November 2019 – now)
  • Chair, Standing Orders Committee (1 November 2017 – 6 November 2019)
  • Chair, Panel of Chairs (28 June 2017 – 6 November 2019)
  • Chair, Panel of Chairs (8 June 2010 – 3 May 2017)
  • Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means (8 June 2010 – 4 November 2019)

Chorley: 2024 general election: majority 20,575 (60.6%).

Chorley: 2019 general election: majority 17,392 (43.6%); 2017 general election: majority 7,512 (13.5%); 2015 general election: majority 4,530 (8.8%); 2010 general election: majority 2,593 (5.2%).

Chorley: 2005 general election: majority 7,625 (15.4%); 2001 general election: majority 8,444 (17.6%); 1997 general election: majority 9,870 (17.1%).