1817 Speaker of the British House of Commons election

The 1817 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 2 June 1817.[1][2]

1817 Speaker of the British House of Commons election

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  Charles Manners-Sutton Charles Williams-Wynn
Candidate Charles Manners-Sutton Charles Williams-Wynn
Party Tory Tory
Popular vote 312 152
Percentage 67.2% 32.8%
Candidate's seat Scarborough Montgomeryshire

Speaker before election

Charles Abbot

Elected Speaker

Charles Manners-Sutton

The incumbent Speaker Charles Abbot had resigned due to ill health.

Charles Manners-Sutton was proposed by Sir John Nicholl and seconded by E. J. Littleton.

Charles Williams-Wynn was proposed by William Dickinson and seconded by Sir Matthew White Ridley.

Both candidates addressed the House. A debate followed.

On the motion "That the Right Honourable Charles Manners Sutton do take the chair of this House as Speaker," Manners-Sutton was elected by 312 votes to 152[2] (Hansard gives the votes against as 150[1]).

References

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  1. ^ a b "Choice of a Speaker". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 36. House of Commons. 2 June 1817. col. 843–55.
  2. ^ a b Journals of the House of Commons. Vol. 72. 1817. pp. 306–307.