TEN candidates are in the race to be elected Speaker of the House of Commons at the close of nominations this morning.
The candidates are: :: Margaret Beckett (Lab, Derby South) :: Sir Alan Beith (Lib Dem, Berwick-upon-Tweed) :: John Bercow (C, Buckingham) :: Sir Patrick Cormack (C, South Staffordshire) :: Parmjit Dhanda (Lab, Gloucester) :: Sir Alan Haselhurst (C, Saffron Walden) :: Sir Michael Lord (C, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) :: Richard Shepherd (C, Aldridge-Brownhills) :: Ann Widdecombe (C, Maidstone and The Weald) :: Sir George Young (C, North West Hampshire)
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