Labour MP Sir Lindsay Hoyle elected House of Commons Speaker

Updated 9.24pm

Labour MP Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been elected Speaker of the House of Commons. The result was announced around 9.20pm by the Father of the House, the oldest MP, Sir Kenneth Clarke.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, defeated  Labour colleague Chris Bryant and won the overall contest polling 325 votes out of the 540 cast. Seven MPs  put themselves forward to replace Bercow, whose shouts of "Order! Order!" have rung out across the House of Commons since June 2009.

Lindsay Hoyle, Bercow's deputy since 2010, was the odds-on favourite. 

The newly-elected Speaker will not have too long to get comfortable as parliament will be dissolved late Tuesday for the December 12 election, after which they will return.

Key Brexit player 

Chosing a new speaker has been an unremarkable event in the past, but Bercow became a key player in the tortuous process of Britain's exit from the European Union.

With the Commons divided over how, when and even if Brexit should happen, he oversaw more than three years of crucial debates that defined the course of Brexit.

His supporters say he has empowered ordinary MPs through granting time for emergency debates and amendments, which had the effect of tying...