Today, Dame Eleanor Laing was sitting in the big seat as Jeremy Hunt set out his latest economic plan for the UK, replacing the Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle. MailOnline explains why this is the case.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Eleanor Laing is a Member for House of Commons in the United Kingdom with eight videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2015 Broadcast. The year with ...

Labour’s motion was defeated by 230 votes to 326, majority 96, but the vote descended into chaos with Commons Deputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing at some point asking to investigate the delay in ...

Eleanor Laing, a Conservative front bencher, has admitted that she did not pay capital gains tax when she made £1 million profit on a second home bought with the help of taxpayers’ money.

Dame Eleanor Laing and Virginia Crosbie previously faced questions about a gathering in Parliament on December 8 2020. Dominic McGrath. Thursday 16 November 2023 16:05 GMT.

Dame Eleanor Laing says there needs to be "less testosterone and less aggression" in Parliament. By Alan McGuinness, political reporter . Thursday 28 February 2019 21:35, UK.

Dame Eleanor Laing, a Conservative MP for Epping Forest, told MPs that Speakers must be held “more accountable”. She said it is an urgent change as MPs begin voting on the election of the new ...

Eleanor Laing, the shadow justice minister who paid back £25,000 in expenses, has survived an attempt to have her deselected as a Tory candidate at the next election.

ELEANOR Laing has launched her bid to replace John Bercow as Commons Speaker when he stands down from the role. The Paisley-born politician who has been Deputy Speaker since October 2013 would, if ...

Two Tory ministers and deputy speaker Dame Eleanor Laing have confirmed they will not stand in next month's general election. Transport minister Huw Merriman is among five Conservative MP to ...

Lady Laing was a Conservative MP from 1997 to 2024, holding a number of shadow ministerial roles from 2003 to 2010, before taking a role as a deputy Commons speaker in 2013.

Speaker of the Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle did not preside over Jeremy Hunt’s 2024 spring Budget statement, with less-familar face Dame Eleanor Laing taking his place instead. Sir Hoyle had ...