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| General election: Lindsay Hoyle and Chris Bryant in final round to be next Speaker – live news | General election: Lindsay Hoyle and Chris Bryant in final round to be next Speaker – live news |
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| Rolling coverage of the day’s political events as they happen, including 2019 general election campaigning | Rolling coverage of the day’s political events as they happen, including 2019 general election campaigning |
| Jeremy Corbyn will visit a 10th Tory-held target seat since the general election was called last Tuesday in a deliberate signal that Labour is determined to fight an attacking campaign, despite the anxieties of some of its MPs, my colleague Heather Stewart writes. | |
| In Harlow, in Essex, he will give a speech about Brexit, following visits to a string of other areas, including Putney, Milton Keynes and Crawley. He will head north later in the week, when parliament has been dissolved. | |
| Party strategists claim to have drawn up a list of almost 100 seats that could be within their sights, notwithstanding the Conservatives’ comfortable poll lead. | |
| All three candidates appear to have benefited from the previous round’s eliminations but Bryant saw the greatest increase in support from the second round to the third. | All three candidates appear to have benefited from the previous round’s eliminations but Bryant saw the greatest increase in support from the second round to the third. |
| Chris Bryant: An increase of 49 votes, or about 40% | Chris Bryant: An increase of 49 votes, or about 40% |
| Sir Lindsay Hoyle: An increase of 23 votes, or about 9% | Sir Lindsay Hoyle: An increase of 23 votes, or about 9% |
| Dame Eleanor Laing: An increase of 5 votes, or about 4% | |
| There were two spoiled votes, Clarke tells the Commons, and 10 fewer MPs cast their ballot in this latest round than in the second. | There were two spoiled votes, Clarke tells the Commons, and 10 fewer MPs cast their ballot in this latest round than in the second. |
| Bryant is 98 short of Hoyle’s total. So, should a significant proportion of those who voted for Laing stick around and switch to him, Bryant could yet overhaul the favourite. | |
| There is another way of looking at that, of course: | There is another way of looking at that, of course: |
| *Please note: I put a set of brackets in the wrong place in the previous post, giving an incorrect figure for Chris Bryant’s latest level of support. I’ve corrected it but you may need to refresh your screen to see the accurate results. | *Please note: I put a set of brackets in the wrong place in the previous post, giving an incorrect figure for Chris Bryant’s latest level of support. I’ve corrected it but you may need to refresh your screen to see the accurate results. |
| The Father of the House, Ken Clarke, has returned to his seat in the Commons and is announcing the results. Here they are (with the second round’s results in brackets): | The Father of the House, Ken Clarke, has returned to his seat in the Commons and is announcing the results. Here they are (with the second round’s results in brackets): |
| Sir Lindsay Hoyle 267 (244) | Sir Lindsay Hoyle 267 (244) |
| Chris Bryant 169 (120) | Chris Bryant 169 (120) |
| Dame Eleanor Laing 127 (122) | Dame Eleanor Laing 127 (122) |
| Laing is eliminated, Clarke says. Bryant and Hoyle will go through to a final round. | Laing is eliminated, Clarke says. Bryant and Hoyle will go through to a final round. |
| The Guardian has just published its editorial on Labour’s general election campaign, saying Corbyn’s plans are “required to repair the damage caused by a system that is being run in favour of privileged individuals whose market and political power allows them to extract cash from everyone else”. | The Guardian has just published its editorial on Labour’s general election campaign, saying Corbyn’s plans are “required to repair the damage caused by a system that is being run in favour of privileged individuals whose market and political power allows them to extract cash from everyone else”. |
| As we await the results of this round of voting, here’s what Parliament has to say on the office and role of the Speaker: | As we await the results of this round of voting, here’s what Parliament has to say on the office and role of the Speaker: |
| A majority of voters think Jo Swinson should be included in the ITV leaders’ debate featuring Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, a YouGov poll suggests. | A majority of voters think Jo Swinson should be included in the ITV leaders’ debate featuring Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, a YouGov poll suggests. |
| That’s all from me for tonight. | That’s all from me for tonight. |
| My colleague Kevin Rawlinson is now taking over. | My colleague Kevin Rawlinson is now taking over. |
| In the chamber Ken Clarke has just announced that Harriet Harman is pulling out. | In the chamber Ken Clarke has just announced that Harriet Harman is pulling out. |
| That means there are three candidates left: Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Dame Eleanor Laing, and Chris Bryant. | That means there are three candidates left: Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Dame Eleanor Laing, and Chris Bryant. |
| New ballot papers are being printed, and then the ballot opens. We should get the final result soon after 7pm. | New ballot papers are being printed, and then the ballot opens. We should get the final result soon after 7pm. |
| Some 575 MPs voted in the second ballot - 13 more than in the first round. | Some 575 MPs voted in the second ballot - 13 more than in the first round. |
| Assuming they all keep voting, that means a candidate needs 288 votes to win. | Assuming they all keep voting, that means a candidate needs 288 votes to win. |
| Sir Lindsay Hoyle is short by 44. | Sir Lindsay Hoyle is short by 44. |
| Ken Clarke has just read out the results of the second round of voting. | Ken Clarke has just read out the results of the second round of voting. |
| Here they are (with the results from the first round in brackets). | Here they are (with the results from the first round in brackets). |
| Sir Lindsay Hoyle: 244 (211) | Sir Lindsay Hoyle: 244 (211) |
| Dame Eleanor Laing: 122 (113) | Dame Eleanor Laing: 122 (113) |
| Chris Bryant: 120 (98) | Chris Bryant: 120 (98) |
| Harriet Harman: 59 (72) | Harriet Harman: 59 (72) |
| Dame Rosie Winterton: 30 (46) | Dame Rosie Winterton: 30 (46) |
| Winterton has now been eliminated. | Winterton has now been eliminated. |
| Hoyle has extended his lead, but he is still short of the votes he needs. | Hoyle has extended his lead, but he is still short of the votes he needs. |
| In the Commons the division bells are ringing, which means the results of the next round of voting in the election of the new Speaker will be announced soon. | In the Commons the division bells are ringing, which means the results of the next round of voting in the election of the new Speaker will be announced soon. |
| Sky News is now proposing a three-way leaders’s debate, involving Jo Swinson, the Lib Dem leader. | Sky News is now proposing a three-way leaders’s debate, involving Jo Swinson, the Lib Dem leader. |
| And Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and leader of the SNP, has described the decision to exclude her as “outrageous”. Her party has 35 MPs, while Swinson’s has just 19 - and eight of those are defectors from other parties. | And Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and leader of the SNP, has described the decision to exclude her as “outrageous”. Her party has 35 MPs, while Swinson’s has just 19 - and eight of those are defectors from other parties. |