How To Ruin One's Chances . . .

[Buenchico]

. . . of a peerage when one retires ;-)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-59319561

[THECORBYLOON]

DANNY, from your link, "****Had he remained a Labour MP,**** Hoyle‘s seat might well have been in jeopardy in the 2019 General Election. However as it turned out, Hoyle was elected Commons speaker shortly before the Election, and as per the normal convention, his seat was then not contested by the other major parties." [Emphasis added]

[dannyk13]

Corby, I am a little confused. If his seat was not contested then surely he is still a Labour MP.
// as per the normal convention, his seat was then not contested by the other major parties//

[dannyk13]

and from another link
//Sir Lindsay Hoyle is the MP for Chorley, and has been an MP continuously since 1 May 1997. He is Speaker of the House of Commons.//

[THECORBYLOON]

Once elected as the Speaker, they leave the party they were in and when they stand in a General Election they stand as, "the Speaker seeking re-election".

[AuntPG]

I bet the Queen had a right old laugh about it ;-)

[bednobs]

he's better than the last conservative speaker i suppose

[AuntPG]

John Bercow, former speaker was staunch Labour!

[ToraToraTora]

danny: "TTT //Hoyle is a Labour MP, ain't rocket is it?/
So what, he has never shown any bias towards the Labour party.," - Yes TBF he's been pretty good much better than the last one but you cannot take away a life time of being a Labour MP and now and again opportunities will present themselves where the impartiality may suffer a bit. I think this was such an occasion.

[ToraToraTora]

I should say a lifetime of being a Labour man.

[dannyk13]

APG, Bercow was an ex Conservative MP.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/19/john-bercow-defects-to-labour-with-withering-attack-on-johnson

[ToraToraTora]

Bercow was a Tory MP though he was not a Tory.

[AuntPG]

Yes, my mistake for googling it and reading an incorrect bio. Try googling John Bercow and first page RHS a bio with it clearly stating he was a member of the labour party - shows you should not believe everything you read LOL!

[THECORBYLOON]

TORATORATORA, do you agree he is NOT a Labour MP?