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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Bercow steps down, Hoyle steps up and an election begins

9 November 2019

9:00 AM

9 November 2019

9:00 AM

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Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Labour MP for Chorley and deputy Speaker since 2010, was elected Speaker by the Commons. His first words were: ‘No clapping.’ Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit party, proposed an electoral pact with the Conservatives, but only if Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, repudiated the agreement on Brexit that he had made with the European Union.

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