What does the election of Lindsay Hoyle as Speaker mean for parliament?

We know a lot about the type of Speaker that Hoyle will be in the Chamber day-to-day: but when it comes to big decisions, we are far from clear.

By Stephen Bush

Lindsay Hoyle, the MP for Chorley and the bookmakers’ favourite for the Speakership, has been elected by MPs after four rounds of voting, having led at every stage of the contest.

What does it mean for the role of the Speaker? One of Hoyle’s strengths as far as MPs were concerned was that we have a pretty good idea of what he will be like in the Speaker’s chair day to day, because he has served as Deputy Speaker for nine years. But what we don’t know is how he will handle big decisions and how he will run parliament away from the chair.