2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election information

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Candidate	John Bercow	Sir George Young	Margaret Beckett
Party	Conservative	Conservative	Labour
Constituency	Buckingham	North W. Hampshire	Derby South
First round	179	112	74
Second round	221	174	70
Final round	322	271	Withdrew


Candidate	Sir Alan Haselhurst	Sir Alan Beith	Ann Widdecombe
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Constituency	Saffron Walden	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Maidstone and The Weald
First round	66	55	44
Second round	57	46	30
Final round	Withdrew	Withdrew	Eliminated

Speaker before election

Michael Martin
Labour

Elected Speaker

John Bercow
Conservative

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The 2009 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 22 June 2009 following the resignation of Michael Martin as Speaker during the parliamentary expenses scandal. Martin was the first Speaker since Sir John Trevor in 1695 to be forced out of office.^[1] It was the first Speaker election since 11 May 2005, and the first contested election of a Speaker since 23 October 2000.^[2]

Conservative MP John Bercow was elected as the new speaker, after three rounds of voting.

^ "Under-fire Speaker to step down". BBC News. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
^ "How will new Speaker be chosen?". BBC News. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.

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