Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons

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parliamentary office political position presiding officer

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons is a senior presiding officer who assists and stands in for the Speaker in managing debates and maintaining order in the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons	1
Mr Deputy Speaker	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
assists	Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
canActAs	Speaker of the House of Commons in the Speaker’s absence ⓘ
canChair	committee of the whole House ⓘ public bill committees ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
electedBy	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ Members of Parliament ⓘ
electionMethod	vote of the House of Commons ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	conduct of Members during debates ⓘ
hasCategory	Offices in the House of Commons ⓘ Presiding officers of legislatures ⓘ
hasNumberOfOfficeHoldersSimultaneously	three ⓘ
hasOfficeHolderType	Chairman of Ways and Means ⓘ First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means ⓘ Chairman of Ways and Means ⓘ surface form: Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
inception	19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Standing Orders of the House of Commons ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mayOrder	Members to withdraw from the chamber for disorderly conduct ⓘ
nonPartisanExpectation	expected to act impartially while in the Chair ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe	Member of Parliament ⓘ
participatesIn	UK legislative process ⓘ
partOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
precedence	ranks after the Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
presidesOver	debates in the House of Commons ⓘ
reportsTo	Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
requires	membership of the House of Commons ⓘ
residence	no official residence ⓘ
responsibleFor	chairing debates in the absence of the Speaker ⓘ enforcing the rules of procedure in the House of Commons ⓘ maintaining order in the House of Commons chamber ⓘ overseeing voting procedures in the House of Commons ⓘ
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ
subordinateTo	Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
symbol	Portcullis emblem of the UK Parliament ⓘ
termLength	duration of a Parliament unless removed or they resign ⓘ
usedBy	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Westminster system of government
worksIn	Committee rooms of the House of Commons ⓘ House of Commons chamber ⓘ surface form: House of Commons Chamber

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westminster Hall debates → chair → Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ

House of Commons of the United Kingdom → hasOfficer → Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ

Deputy Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly → styleOfAddress → Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mr Deputy Speaker

Speaker’s Chair in the House of Commons chamber → usedBy → Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons