Bercow's successor: Results of second ballot - Speaker of the House of Commons, who will it be?

In the United Kingom, MPs are voting who will become the successor of John Bercow as Speaker of the House of Commons.

The results of the second ballot in the Speaker election candidate are in – Labour MP Sir Lindsay Hoyle remains in the lead with 244 votes. Nevertheless, he didn’t get more than half the votes, meaning unless all the other candidates withdraw there will have to be a third ballot.

As she received the fewest votes this round, Dame Rosie Winterton has been eliminated.

Here are the results in full:

Chris Bryant (Lab) – 120
Ms Harriet Harman (Lab) – 59
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) – 244
Dame Eleanor Laing (Con) – 122
Dame Rosie Winterton (Lab) – 30

Former Conservative MP Ken Clarke, who’s in charge of the election process, says Labour MP Harriet Harman has decided to pull out of the contest.

It means there will be three candidates going through to the next round of voting - Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Chris Bryant, and Dame Eleanor Laing.

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