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Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) is a British politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. Before his election as Speaker, he was a member of the Labour Party.
As a Labour MP, Hoyle served as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker to John Bercow from 2010 to 2019, before being elected as Speaker on 4 November 2019. Hoyle was unanimously re-elected as Speaker five days after the December 2019 general election. In February 2024, a controversial decision by Hoyle, during the SNP debate on the conflict in Gaza led to the tabling of an early day motion (EDM) that expressed no confidence in Speaker Hoyle. The EDM has garnered 95 signatures, from a selection of cross-party MPs and effectively asks the Speaker to resign.