Parliamentary Career
Hoyle was the first Labour politician to represent Chorley at Westminster in 18 years. Prior to Parliament, Lindsay Hoyle was a Councillor on Chorley Borough Council; being elected in 1980 at the age of 22, Lindsay was the youngest councillor ever to serve in Chorley and one of the youngest nationwide. Hoyle also held the post of Deputy Leader from 1994 to 1997 and finished his time of the Council as Mayor from 1997 to 1998.
Hoyle was one of the 1997 Labour intake of MPs winning a majority of 7,625. He later served as a member of the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee.
The Hon. Lindsay Hoyle was elected Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker on 8 June 2010, the first time this appointment has been made by ballot of MPs rather than by nomination of the Leader of the House.
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