Speaker election round 2 – and it’s still Bercow or Young

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Speaker election round 2 – and it’s still Bercow or Young

By Stephen Tall | Mon 22nd June 2009 - 7:05 pm

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2nd round ballot result announced 7.00 pm:

John Bercow 221
Sir George Young 174
Margaret Beckett 70
Sir Alan Haselhurst 57
Sir Alan Beith 46
Ann Widdecombe 30 – ELIMINATED

With Beckett, Haslehurst and Beith having all seen their votes decline between rounds one and two, it would seem sensible for all three to withdraw to allow the clear two-horse race to be settled promptly. Let’s see if that happens…

Update: it will be a straight run-off between Bercow and Young.

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2 Comments

Peter1919 22nd Jun '09 - 7:08pm

I think I’d prefer Bercow out of those two
Philip Young 22nd Jun '09 - 7:55pm

Bercow is the maverick, the unpredictable fire-cracker. Beith perhaps should never have stood – he must have known he wouldnt pull it off. Did the Sunday Telegraph front page on his exes and questioning judgement dish his potential support? Rather glad we are not losing an MP, frankly.

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