Speaker of the House of Keys

E96701

The Speaker of the House of Keys is the presiding officer and principal authority of the elected lower branch of the Isle of Man’s parliament, Tynwald.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office
political position
presiding officer
appliesToJurisdiction Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man
appointedBy House of Keys
belongsTo Tynwald
surface form: Tynwald, the Parliament of the Isle of Man
branchOfGovernment legislature
category Isle of Man Constitution and Tynwald Standing Orders
surface form: Politics of the Isle of Man

Speakers of lower houses
Tynwald
country Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man
electedBy Member of the House of Keys
surface form: Members of the House of Keys
governmentForm parliamentary system
hasAuthorityOver order in the House of Keys
procedures of the House of Keys
hasCounterpart President of Tynwald
hasRank principal authority of the House of Keys
isAnalogousTo Speaker of the House of Commons
surface form: Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
isHeadOf House of Keys
isLowerHouseCounterpartOf President of Tynwald
isLowerHouseSpeakerOf Tynwald
isPartOf Tynwald Court proceedings
isSpeakerOf House of Keys
jurisdiction Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man
languageOfOfficialTitle English
legislativeBody House of Keys
Tynwald
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Douglas
meetsAt Legislative Buildings, Douglas
officeCreatedIn Tynwald
officeHoldersAreUsually Members of the House of Keys
officeType presiding officer of a lower house
speaker
oversees administration of the House of Keys
partOf House of Keys
Tynwald
positionHeldIn Isle of Man Government
presidesOver House of Keys
represents House of Keys
surface form: House of Keys in its relations with the Crown and other authorities
residence Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man
responsibleFor announcing results of votes
calling members to speak
ensuring standing orders are followed
maintaining order during debates
putting questions to the House of Keys
seat Douglas, Isle of Man
selectionMethod election by members of the House of Keys
style The Honorable

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Tynwald lowerHousePresidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Keys
House of Keys presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Keys
President of Tynwald precededByOffice Speaker of the House of Keys
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House of Keys (as presiding officer of Tynwald Court)
Member of the House of Keys headOfChamber Speaker of the House of Keys