0ur chief political correspondent
vicki young is in the central lobby
of the houses of parliament.
vicki, what's the latest?
this is quite a laborious process,
it doesn't happen very often. it's a
decade ago the last one took place.
they are trying to whittle down the
candidates from seven to the final
one. they are on the third round of
voting, they are waiting for one of
those candidates to reach 50% of
those candidates to reach 50% of
those who voted. let's look at the
last three, lindsay hoyle, he is a
labourmp and he
last three, lindsay hoyle, he is a
labour mp and he has been deputy
speakerfor
labour mp and he has been deputy
speaker for many years. his
labour mp and he has been deputy
speakerfor many years. his pitch
today was to say it is all about the
referee, it's not about being a
player. he said everyone wants the
game to flow and that's what he
would intend to do. next we have
eleanor laing, a conservative mp.
she's also been a deputy speaker so
she's very experienced and...