Douglas Clifton Brown Conservative William Morrison Conservative The 1951 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 31 October 1951, following the 1951 general election and the retirement of the previous speaker Douglas Clifton Brown.

This was one of the few speaker elections held in the 20th century in which there was more than one nominee (the others including 1971 and 1992), and the first contested election of speaker since 10 April 1895.

Samuel Viant then moved an amendment to the original motion to elect James Milner, who was then seconded by David Logan.

Both Morrison and Milner then gave their speeches of submission to the will of the House.

Morrison was then conducted to the chair by O'Neill and Glyn.