Several names are already in the frame to take on the role at the end of October
Lindsay Hoyle Currently the bookmakers’ slight favourite over Harriet Harman, Hoyle has been the Labour MP for Chorley since 1997 and a deputy speaker since 2010. His father is Doug Hoyle, a former Labour MP who is now a peer. Hoyle, who is seen as a less contentious figure than John Bercow when in the Speaker’s chair, has never declared his views on Brexit.
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