of them were labour mps: sir lindsay hoyle, chris bryant, harriet harman, meg hillier and dame rosie wintertonher two were conservatives: dame eleanor laing and sir edward leigh. they were each given five minutes make their pitch. most chose to highlight how they would do the job differently from john bercow. the first to speak was one of the current deputy speakers, dame rosie winterton. as deputy speaker, i have seen tempers rise if there is too much disruption of business. urgent questions are an important innovation of our last speaker. but i've seen members become frustrated, having worked hard on a speech only to end up being squeezed by the three—minute time limit. urgent business must be debated when it is urgent. but pmqs and statements should not take hours. neither should pmqs. i'm standing because i love parliament and i believe in parliamentary democracy and i want to do things properly. that means being a speaker who has absolutely no favourites. a speaker who believes in standing by the rules. somebody who is completely impartial, who knows that erskine may inside out and back t

meg hillier and sir edward leigh were first to go, followed by dame rosie winterton.an withdrew, and eleanor laing was fifth to go, leaving two labour mps in the run off. number of votes cast for each candidate was as followed, chris bryant, 213. sir lindsay hoyle, 325. but that's not quite the end of the rather lengthy process. i invite sir lindsay hoyle to take the chair of the house. it's traditional for the speaker elect to appear reluctant to take thejob, so he or she is dragged to the chair. labour's caroline flint and the conservative and former deputy speaker nigel evans doing the dragging this time. the tradition comes from the fact that the speaker has to communicate the opinion of the commons to the monarch — and, in the past at least, if the monarch didn't like the message, he or she might — literally — shoot the messanger. once in position, lindsay hoyle spoke to mps. it is about the challenges ahead for me and this chamber. i stand by what i said and i stand firm that i hope this house will be once a great respected house not just in here but across the

and finally dame rosie winterton, a deputy speaker sincejune 2017, and a former labour chief weapon.ary conor. well who better to ask about the challenges facing the new speaker than dr ruth fox from the hansard society. i think the next speaker is certainly, in terms of how they are running what they are saying in the hustings events that have been taking place in the run—up to the election i think they are likely to promote themselves more as umpires rather than players, and certainly a lot of criticism of the speaker and his creativity and innovation. a number of the runners in this race are saying that they will stick more to the rules and not be loading the dice in favour of one side or the other. however, the candidates, if they get the job are going to have to deal with the political context in which this speaker has found himself. so they may have to deal with a hung parliament. they will still have to deal with parties that are quite fragmented. it may have to deal with these in peace they have to take account of in these decisions that they make and so they could still face

dame rosie winterton.or the esteem the experience that you have in this place, orthe esteem in the experience that you have in this place, or the esteem in which you are held. you are leaving us after half a century of service, and we thank you for that service. but others are leaving in part because of what our politics has become. as the house is the crucible of our politics, that should concern us all. it is why the role of the speaker matters so much. i am putting myself forward after 22 years of diverse experience as a backbencher, a government minister, shadow leader of the house, chief whip, and deputy speaker. restoring public confidence in parliament is all our responsibility. but the speaker sets the tone. my view is the speaker'sjob speaker sets the tone. my view is the speaker's job is speaker sets the tone. my view is the speaker'sjob is not to dominate proceedings or speak for parliament, but to facilitate debate and allow parliament to speak for itself. with all its different voices. and in