Lindsay Hoyle
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The Right Honourable Lindsay Hoyle MP |
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| Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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Assumed office 8 June 2010 |
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| Speaker | John Bercow |
| Preceded by | Sir Alan Haselhurst |
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Member of Parliament for Chorley |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Den Dover |
| Majority | 4,530 (8.8%) |
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10 June 1957 Chorley, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine, née Swindley |
| Relations | The Lord Hoyle (father) |
| Residence | Chorley and London |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Church of England |
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the member of parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. He is the son of Doug Hoyle, a former Labour MP for Warrington North.
He was elected as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in a secret ballot on 8 June 2010. He is President of the All-Party British Gibraltar Group in Parliament and Chairman of the All Party British Virgin Islands Group.
Hoyle went to Anderton County Primary School, and the independent Lord's College, Bolton. Prior to being elected into Parliament, he ran his own screen printing business.
Hoyle was the first Labour politician to represent Chorley at Westminster in eighteen years. Prior to Parliament, he was a Councillor on Chorley Borough Council from 1980 to 1998. Hoyle also held the post of Deputy Leader from 1994 to 1997, and finished his time of the Council as Mayor from 1997 to 1998. In February 1996, he was officially chosen to stand as a candidate for the following year's general election, in which he won.
Hoyle was one of the 1997 Labour intake of MPs, winning a majority of 7,625. He later served as a member of the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee from 1998 to 2010.
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