All the MPs who have demanded Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle quit after Commons chaos

22 February 2024 , 10:33

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Dozens of Tory and SNP MPs have said they have no confidence in Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Seventy MPs have declared they have no confidence in Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle following last Wednesday's chaos.

Sir Lindsay is fighting to hold on after dozens of Tories and SNP MPs backed a motion demanding his exit. He sparked fury when he broke convention and allowed a Labour amendment that called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” that must be observed by “all sides”. It was ultimately passed on the nod without a vote after some SNP MPs stormed out of the chamber in extraordinary scenes and the Government announced it would boycott proceedings.

Those putting their names to an early day motion declaring no confidence in Sir Lindsay include Sir Graham Brady, who chairs the influential 1922 Committee of backbench Tories. It was put forward yesterday by Tory backbencher William Wragg. The Speaker is set to hold talks with party leaders today, while Tory minister Maria Caulfield said on Thursday morning Sir Lindsay's position was now "difficult".

Sir Lindsay came close to tears on Wednesday evening as he apologised to MPs amid angry scenes after helping Keir Starmer dodge a revolt. Mr Starmer had faced the threat of frontbenchers resigning so they could back an SNP-led motion demanding an "immediate ceasefire".

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Sir Lindsay told the Commons: "I thought I was doing the right thing and the best thing, and I regret it, and I apologise for how it's ended up." He said he took the decision to allow all sides to "express their views" and that he was "very, very concerned about the security" of MPs who have received personal threats over their stance on the Gaza conflict.

The MPs who have declared they have no confidence in the Speaker are

William Wragg (Conservative - Hazel Grove)

Gary Sambrook (Conservative - Birmingham Northfield)

Jill Mortimer (Conservative - Hartlepool)

John Stevenson (Conservative - Carlisle)

Dr Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich)

Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)

Sir James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)

Jo Gideon (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)

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Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East)

Tom Randall (Conservative - Gedling)

Jonathan Lord (Conservative - Woking)

Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)

Jack Brereton (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent South)

Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)

David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)

Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South)

Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)

John McNally (Scottish National Party - Falkirk)

Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)

Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and North Perthshire)

James Grundy (Conservative - Leigh)

Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)

Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party - North Ayrshire and Arran)

Brendan Clarke-Smith (Conservative - Bassetlaw)

Lee Anderson (Conservative - Ashfield)

Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Anum Qaisar (Scottish National Party - Airdrie and Shotts)

Sir Graham Brady (Conservative - Altrincham and Sale West)

Eddie Hughes (Conservative - Walsall North)

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, (Conservative - The Cotswolds)

Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)

Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West)

Marco Longhi (Conservative - Dudley North)

Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)

Rob Roberts (Independent - Delyn)

Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)

John Nicolson (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)

Simon Baynes (Conservative - Clwyd South)

Shaun Bailey (Conservative - West Bromwich West)

Matt Warman, (Conservative - Boston and Skegness)

Alyn Smith, (Scottish National Party - Stirling)

Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party - Inverclyde)

Steve Double (Conservative - St Austell and Newquay)

Danny Kruger (Conservative - Devizes)

Miriam Cates (Conservative - Penistone and Stocksbridge)

Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)

Amy Callaghan (Scottish National Party - East Dunbartonshire)

Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Lia Nici (Conservative - Great Grimsby)

Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)

Jonathan Gullis (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent North)

Kelly Tolhurst (Conservative - Rochester and Strood)

Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Dr Luke Evans (Conservative - Bosworth)

Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)

Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)

Ian Levy (Conservative - Blyth Valley)

Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party - Gordon)

Kirsten Oswald (Scottish National Party - East Renfrewshire)

Allan Dorans (Scottish National Party - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Paul Howell (Conservative - Sedgefield)

Andrew Lewer (Conservative - Northampton South)

Mark Eastwood (Conservative - Dewsbury)

Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)

Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)

Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative - Runnymede and Weybridge)

Dave Burke