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2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | presidential |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 1992 Speaker of the British House of Commons election |
| previous_year | 1992 |
| next_election | 2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election |
| next_year | 2009 |
| election_date | 23 October 2000 |
| 1blank | Constituency |
| 2blank | Final round |
| 3blank | Percentage |
| candidate1 | Michael Martin |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| 1data1 | Glasgow Springburn |
| 2data1 | 370 |
| 3data1 | 97.9% |
| title | Speaker |
| before_election | Betty Boothroyd |
| before_party | Labour Party (UK) |
| after_election | Michael Martin |
| after_party | Labour Party (UK) |
| flag_image | File:Crowned_Portcullis.svg |
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The 2000 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 23 October 2000 following the retirement of Betty Boothroyd as Speaker. The election resulted in the election of Labour MP Michael Martin, who had served as Deputy Speaker since 1997. It was the first contested election since 27 April 1992.
Candidates
Nominated candidates
The following candidates were successfully nominated and called in the following order, which was decided at the 'discretion' of Edward Heath the chair of the session: File:Sir Alan headshot.JPG|Sir Alan Haselhurst (Conservative, Saffron Walden): nominated by David Winnick and seconded by Peter Brooke File:Alan Beith MP Liverpool.jpg|Alan Beith (Liberal Democrats, Berwick-upon-Tweed), nominated by Dafydd Wigley and seconded by Jackie Ballard Dunwoody.jpg|Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour, Crewe and Nantwich): nominated by David Davis and seconded by Marjorie Mowlam File:George Young Minister.jpg|Sir George Young (Conservative, North West Hampshire): nominated by John MacGregor and seconded by Helen Jackson Sir Ming Campbell MP 2008 cropped.jpg|Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats, North East Fife): nominated by Martin O'Neill and seconded by Derek Wyatt File:Official portrait of Lord Clark of Windermere crop 3.jpg|David Clark (Labour, South Shields): nominated by John Maxton and seconded by Joan Ruddock File:Sir Nicholas Winterton 0992.jpg|Nicholas Winterton (Conservative, Macclesfield): nominated by John Wilkinson and seconded by Stephen Pound File:Official portrait of Lord Framlingham crop 2.jpg|Michael Lord (Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): nominated by Tom King and seconded by Andrew Reed Official portrait of Lord Cormack crop 3.jpg|Sir Patrick Cormack (Conservative, South Staffordshire): nominated by Gillian Shephard and seconded by Tam Dalyell File:RichardShepherdMP.jpg|Richard Shepherd (Conservative, Aldridge-Brownhills): nominated by Martin Bell and seconded by Tony Wright
Candidate who withdrew
- John Butterfill (Conservative, Bournemouth West)
Election
This was the last Speaker's election to be conducted by means of a conventional parliamentary motion with recorded votes on an amendment for each candidate. With an unusually large number of candidates, a significant number of MPs spoke in favour of switching to a less time-consuming procedure, but Sir Edward Heath, who was presiding in his capacity as Father of the House, declined to allow a vote on this issue.
The repeated ballots took nearly six hours. Each candidate gave their own speech of submission to the will of the House, having each been nominated and seconded by Members in separate speeches. Martin was the frontrunner going into the ballot and was never in any danger of losing during the election, winning every ballot by at least 76 votes.
As a result of this election, the rules for electing a Speaker were changed the following year to a use a secret and exhaustive ballot. This procedure was first used in the Speaker election of 2009.
Results
Under the old system for electing Speakers of the House of Commons, a candidate would be nominated and seconded, and alternative candidates would be offered as 'amendments' to that initial motion. In 2000, 11 candidates stepped forward, leading Edward Heath, presiding in his capacity as Father of the House, to have the candidates voted on two at a time. He called Michael Martin to be nominated first. In the event, no candidate was able to surpass Martin in any of the ballots, and once all Martin's opponents had been eliminated from the contest, the original motion that he be elected Speaker was met with some audible opposition. A division was therefore held, in which the motion was approved by 370 votes to 8. Martin was thus elected Speaker.
| Winner | Loser | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Martin: 345 (71.1%) | Sir Alan Haselhurst: 140 (28.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 409 (83.1%) | Alan Beith: 83 (16.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 341 (66.7%) | Gwyneth Dunwoody: 170 (33.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 317 (56.8%) | Sir George Young: 241 (43.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 381 (79.5%) | Menzies Campbell: 98 (20.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 257 (57.2%) | David Clark: 192 (42.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 340 (74.6%) | Nicholas Winterton: 116 (25.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 309 (91.2%) | John McWilliam: 30 (8.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 290 (66.5%) | Michael Lord: 146 (33.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 287 (68.8%) | Sir Patrick Cormack: 130 (31.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 282 (67.5%) | Richard Shepherd: 136 (32.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Martin: 370 (97.9%) | Against: 8 (2.1%) |
References
References
- White, Michael. (24 October 2000). "Ex-shop steward Martin is Speaker".
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