[2] As the speaker remains a member of parliament (MP) for their constituency, there is a gentlemen's agreement between major political parties to not run candidates in the speaker's constituency.
[3] The incumbent speaker is Lindsay Hoyle, MP for Chorley, who assumed office on 4 November 2019.
[4] The Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the Acts of Union 1707.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1801.
In 1922 the Irish Free State ceased to be part of the UK.