Lindsay Hoyle, Nigel Evans and Dawn Primarolo elected Deputy Speakers

John Bercow has just announced the result of the elections for the three Deputy Speakers.

The successful candidates were:

• Lindsay Hoyle - Chairman of Ways and Means
• Nigel Evans - 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
• Dawn Primarolo - 2nd Deputy Chairman of ways and Means

Needless to say, having backed both Lindsay and Nigel, I am delighted to see them both elected.

> Paul Waugh has the full results on his blog, but the first preferences were:

• Nigel Evans (Con) - 124
• Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) - 90
• Dawn Primarolo (Lab) - 76
• Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con) - 57
• Roger Gale (Con)  - 48
• Tom Clarke (Lab) - 47
• George Howarth (Lab) - 40
• Anne McIntosh (Con) - 24
• Marsha Singh (Lab) - 9

Jonathan Isaby