Speaker nominations via PoliticsHome

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PoliticsHome have alerted us to their post which is keeping a running tally of each Speaker candidate’s nominations so far. They’ll be updating them over the weekend, so stay posted by clicking here, but here’s what they have up to now:

Margaret Beckett: Awaiting reply.

Sir Alan Beith:
Alan Whitehead (Lab), Denis Murphy (Lab), Mark Lazarowicz (Lab), Vince Cable (LD), Martin Linton (Lab), Fiona McTaggart (Lab), Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid), Jenny Willott (LD), Michael Moore (LD), Annette Brooke (LD), Chris Huhne (LD), Phil Willis (LD), Roger Williams (LD), Greg Mulholland (LD), Steve Webb (LD).

John Bercow:
“I stand by the assurance that I gave at the Hansard Society Hustings. I am finalising my list of nominations and I will publish it before the ballot on Monday.”

Sir Patrick Cormack:
Peter Lilley. 4 other Conservatives, 5 Labour, others from Minority Parties.

Parmjit Danda:
“I am very happy to publish my list of nominators, but I am in the process of contacting them all to get their consent.”

Sir Alan Haselhurst:
John Gummer (Con), Daniel Kawczynski (Con), Michael Fallon (Con), Robert Walter (Con), Oliver Heald (Con), Edward Leigh (Con), Eddie O’Hara (Lab), Harry Cohen (Lab), George Howarth (Lab), Jim Dowd (Lab), Eric Illsley (Lab), Janet Anderson (Lab), John Thurso (LD), Bob Russell (LD).

Michael Lord: Awaiting reply.

Richard Shepherd: Awaiting reply.

Ann Widdecombe:
15 proposers, amongst whom: Frank Field (Lab), Kim Howells (Lab), John Grogan (Lab), Jim Dobbin (Lab), Nigel Evans (Con), Mark Pritchard (Con), Philip Hollobone (Con), Nadine Dorries (Con), Sammy Wilson (DUP).

Sir George Young:
Chris Mullin (Lab), Tony Wright (Lab), Stephen Pound (Lab), Fabian Hamilton (Lab), Keith Hill (Lab), Richard Ottaway (Con), Gary Streeter (Con), Michael Jack (Con), James Arbuthnot (Con), Nicholas Soames (Con), Michael Ancram (Con), John Butterfill (Con), David Curry (Con), Peter Bottomley (Con), Peter Luff (Con).

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