Karen Bradley Wants To "Put MPs First" In Her Deputy Speaker Bid
When Conservative MP for Staffordshire Moorlands Karen Bradley was elected in 2010, she would often come to the Chamber, simply to sit and listen.
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Nus Ghani Wants To Let MPs Work “WIthout Fear Or Favour”
Running for deputy speaker was something Nusrat Ghani, the Conservative MP for Wealden, had “always wanted to do”.
Caroline Nokes Says Parliament Needs A Behaviour "Reset" As She Bids To Become Deputy Speaker
“I want to be here to stand up for Parliament and parliamentarians,” Caroline Nokes pitches her stall in the race for deputy speaker.
Judith Cummins Wants To Hold Parliament To A “Higher Standard Than Any Other Workplace”
Judith Cummins is running for deputy speaker on two simple promises: to apply the rules fairly, and to foster a tolerant atmosphere.
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour's Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
Roger Gale's 'Family First' Pitch For Deputy Speaker
“Firmness, fairness, courtesy and impartiality,” that is what Sir Roger Gale, 80, says he would bring to the role of Deputy Speaker.
Defeated Tory Candidates Invited To Join Campaign Review After Election Drubbing
Conservative candidates who failed to win their seats at the General Election have been invited by the party chairman take part in a major review into where the campaign went wrong.
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
“Experienced, passionate, fair” – that’s the pitch Sharon Hodgson is making to her colleagues in the upcoming deputy speaker election.