Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle was born on 10 June 1957 and is a British politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019 and as Member of Parliament for Chorley since 1997.
33 Facts About Lindsay Hoyle
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Lindsay Hoyle was unanimously re-elected as Speaker five days after the 2019 general election on 17 December.
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Lindsay Hoyle went to Anderton County Primary School in Adlington and Lord's College in Bolton.
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Lindsay Hoyle was re-elected four times, and served as Deputy Leader from 1994 to 1997.
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In February 1996, Lindsay Hoyle was chosen to stand as the Labour candidate for the Chorley constituency at the 1997 general election.
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Lindsay Hoyle won the election with a majority of 9,870, becoming the first Labour MP for Chorley in eighteen years.
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Lindsay Hoyle served as a member of the Trade and Industry Committee from 1998 to 2010 and as a member of the European Scrutiny Committee from 2005 to 2010.
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Lindsay Hoyle is currently the President of the All-Party British Gibraltar Group in Parliament and a Vice Chair of the All-Party British Virgin Islands Group.
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Lindsay Hoyle clashed with then Prime Minister Tony Blair over issues such as Gibraltar and tuition fees.
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Lindsay Hoyle is one of the few MPs who have not revealed whether they voted Leave or Remain in the 2016 referendum.
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Lindsay Hoyle was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and Chairman of Ways and Means on 8 June 2010, the first time this appointment had been made by ballot of MPs, rather than by nomination of the Leader of the House.
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Lindsay Hoyle was appointed to the Privy Council in January 2013.
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On 20 March 2013, Lindsay Hoyle won wide public acclaim for his handling of the Budget proceedings, which were frequently interrupted by jeering MPs.
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In February 2017, Lindsay Hoyle scolded SNP MPs for singing the European Anthem during the vote for the Brexit bill in the House of Commons, stating that he did not want parliament to turn into a sing-off.
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In March 2017, Lindsay Hoyle called on social media companies to take swifter action to crack down on offensive posts, arguing it deters Jewish and Muslim women from becoming MPs.
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Lindsay Hoyle was in the Speaker's Chair during the terrorist attack in Westminster on 22 March 2017, and the subsequent suspension and lockdown of the Commons.
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Lindsay Hoyle was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for parliamentary and political services.
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On 4 November 2019, Lindsay Hoyle entered the election for Speaker to replace John Bercow.
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Lindsay Hoyle was elected Speaker on the fourth ballot, defeating Chris Bryant and winning 325 votes out of a total of 540 cast.
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Lindsay Hoyle was unanimously confirmed as Speaker following the 2019 election.
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Lindsay Hoyle became the first Speaker since Sir Harry Hylton-Foster and only the third Speaker of the British House of Commons to possess a knighthood at the point of his election.
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On 16 October 2021, Lindsay Hoyle accompanied Boris Johnson, Sir Keir Starmer and Priti Patel in laying wreaths at the church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex where MP David Amess was murdered the day before.
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In September 2022, Lindsay Hoyle described the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II as "the most important event the world will ever see".
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Lindsay Hoyle has been married twice and has had two daughters.
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Lindsay Hoyle was married from 1974 to Lynda Anne Fowler; they divorced in 1982.
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In June 1993, Lindsay Hoyle married Catherine Swindley, who succeeded him as the Labour Councillor for Adlington in May 1998.
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Lindsay Hoyle has employed his wife as his part-time constituency secretary.
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Lindsay Hoyle currently serves as President of the Rugby Football League.
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Lindsay Hoyle has described himself as an animal lover and houses a number of pets, which he has named after notable figures in British political history.
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Lindsay Hoyle operates an Instagram page for the latter, where he regularly shares pictures of his animals.
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Lindsay Hoyle stated that he had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes shortly before the 2019 general election.
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Lindsay Hoyle gained the style of The Right Honourable when sworn into the Privy Council on 12 February 2013.
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Lindsay Hoyle was appointed as the Chancellor of the University of Gibraltar in 2020.