My local MP is John Bercow. This means that the other major parties don't even put candidates up against him so the choice was Bercow, UKIP or Greens. Bercow himself wasn;t listed as Conervative so i'm not even sure if it counts as a Tory seat?
Also I think i'm correct in saying that the speaker doesn't vote unless there is a tie in the Commons.
All in all, therefore, my vote appears to have f**k all impact on anything. I don;t think its fair on their constituents for any one MP to be speaker for more than a short period of time.
Posted By: Jim, Apr 30, 08:55:09
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