The election of Deputy Speakers

2019 results and arrangements

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Friday, January 10, 2020
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Westminster system, Speaker of the House of Commons, Parliament of Singapore, Hellenic Parliament, Ways and means committee
Summary
Key Points: 
  • 2019 results and arrangements

    The election for Deputy Speakers at the beginning of the 2019 Parliament took place on 8January 2020.

  • On 20 December 2019, the Speaker announced that the ballot for the election of Deputy Speakers in the 2019 Parliament would take place on Wednesday 8 January 2020.
  • First it considered principles, and set them out in a report, Election of the Deputy Speakers: Principles, in November 2009.
  • Following that endorsement, the Procedure Committee set out detailed proposals for the election of Deputy Speakers, in its report Election of the Speaker and of the Deputy Speakers, which was published in February 2010.
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