Iain Dale has revealed an ‘exclusive’ on his blog tonight (although a fair few of us had wind of this a day or so ago) in that Sir Menzies Campbell is mounting a campaign to secure the position of Speaker of the House.

Ming has let it be known that he is willing to be included as a possible alternative to Bercow in an email due to be sent out to all MPs tomorrow morning by Labour MP Kate Hoey and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries.

Will he win? There is certainly a lack of support in the current Speaker, although will the House have the courage to firstly rebel against him (life for any member who does and the bid is unsuccessful would be difficult when the speaker was returned to office) and secondly, does the House want a LibDem as the Speaker?

I certainly would like to see a LibDem as the Speaker of the House, if for nothing more than to redress the balance and provide an opportunity for us to exercise some control over the day to day business of the House.

I for one will be watching the outcome with interest.

Here is a very quick analysis of the voting record for Theresa May (as recorded in Hansard). (clue: her votes are in RED - minority means NO, or in other words, against the bill)

NOT impressive is it?

Even more, if you start looking at where she has voted against the Tory whip, it is even more scary. For instance, she was a rebel against the Tory vote of Aye for reformation of the Upper House.

A more detailed analysis of her voting record will come in a day or so, along with a comparison against the new cabinet, so we can see where they all stand on issues which to LibDems and others, are important!

Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduce age of consent for homosexual acts to 16	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	25 Jan 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	minority	Majority
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful	minority	Majority
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill – Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	absent	Majority
Commons	10 Feb 2000	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	absent	Majority
Commons	5 Jul 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords] – Prohibition on promotion of homosexuality: bullying	minority	Majority
Commons	24 Oct 2001	Relationships (Civil Registration)	absent	Majority
Commons	29 Oct 2001	Adoption and Children Bill (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading	minority	Majority
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	minority	Majority
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	Majority
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986	absent	Majority
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Repeal of prohibition on promotion of homosexuality (Section 28)	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples	absent	Majority
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading	absent	Majority
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	Majority
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	Majority

Just heard the voice of another LibDem blogger on LBC (James Whale’s Drive Time Show) and she spoke a hell of a lot of common sense.

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Church Street Ward is one of the most deprived wards in Westminster, accordingly to social/demographic trending and analysis.

In 2008, there was a by-election and the results where as follows

AHMED – Mehfuz The Conservative Party Candidate 955 ROWNTREE – David Alexander De Horne The Labour Party Candidate 652 THOMPSON – Martin Adam Liberal Democrats 176

This meant that the vacant seat went to the Tories.

In 2006, the figures where as follows:

Toki, Abdul A. LAB 1099 Grahame, Barbara J. LAB 1078 Mothersdale, Antony G. LAB 979 Hamid, Abdus S. CON 807 Uddin, Abul F.M. CON 794 Shaw, Alexander S.J. CON 663 Ridley, Yvonne R 565 Castles, Jacqueline M. LD 310 Evans, Paul D. LD 278 Nicolaou, Artemis LD 209

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