The Speaker chairs debates in the House of Commons, where MPs consider and propose ... help their constituents in the way that other MPs do. In general elections, they stand as "the Speaker ...

After the Tudors, the process of selecting the Speaker of the House of Commons slowly transitioned ... or voting in most circumstances and does not sit on any standing committees in the House.

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote for a speaker on Jan. 3 as current Speaker Mike Johnson aims to retain his ...

The speaker’s election happens even before newly elected representatives are sworn in, and must be resolved before anything else can be addressed.

“The Speaker is the champion of the House of Commons against all comers,” he said. “The champion of the Commons against the Lords, sometimes against the judges, but perhaps most particularly ...

"I think it’s demonstrating for women that it is possible to do it ... here." House of Commons One of the first jobs of the new Parliament was to choose a new Speaker, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle ...