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Which candidate for Speaker of the House of Commons you like best?

(The poll is below)

Poll Results

Option	Votes
4. Sir Alan Beith (Lib Dem)	1
1. Margaret Beckett (Lab)	0
9. Sir Alan Haselhurst (Con)	0
8. Sir Patrick Cormack (Con)	0
7. Sir Michael Lord (Con)	0
6. Richard Shepherd (Con)	0
5. John Bercow (Con)	0
3. Ann Widdecombe (Con)	0
2. Sir George Young (Con)	0
10. Parmjit Dhanda (Lab)	0

― Mark G, Monday, 22 June 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago)

Ann Widdecombe got several "hear, hears" as she opened by saying she was "unique in this contest" - putting herself forward as an interim Speaker until she stands down at the next election.
"What we need between now and then is the restoration of the reputation of this House with the public," she said.
She said in "extraordinary circumstances" the Commons needed someone who could connect with the public. In a reference to the TV shows she has done she said that by "vulgar means" she believed she fitted that bill.

― Mark G, Monday, 22 June 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago)

Tory veteran Ann Widdecombe was knocked out after getting only 30 votes

Thank the Lord.

― Originally opened in 1964 (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 22 June 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago)

So, Bercow ftw?

― Originally opened in 1964 (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 22 June 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago)

yup

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 22 June 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 22 June 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

mark g was the only one who voted?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 22 June 2009 23:08 (fifteen years ago)

It wasn't me.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.worth-the-weight.com/Shaggy-wasn%27t-me.jpg

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgmp0296+i-didnt-do-it-bart-simpson-the-simpsons-mini-poster.jpg

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 00:31 (fifteen years ago)

tories seem angry at bercow winning

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 11:59 (fifteen years ago)

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