Sir Lindsay Hoyle promises calm after being elected Speaker
Successor to John Bercow – and 158th occupant of the job – beats Chris Bryant in final round of voting
Sir Lindsay Hoyle was elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons on Monday, succeeding John Bercow who held the role for more than a decade.
The 62-year-old Labour MP for Chorley, the only candidate who refused to say how he voted in the 2016 EU referendum, became the 158th Speaker after beating six others in a secret ballot of members.