The Labour party is not very good at electing prime ministers but it is very good indeed at electing House of Commons Speakers.
Lindsay Hoyle is the fourth in a row to have been a Labour member, though it should be noted that John Bercow was nominally a Tory when he was installed and didn’t formally join the People’s party until after he stood down.
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