21-517: Harold Walker may refer to: Harold Walker, Baron Walker of Doncaster (1927–2003), British Labour politician and life peer Harold Walker (British Army officer) (1862–1934), English general who led ANZAC forces in the First World War Harold Walker (Royal Navy officer) (1891–1975), Royal Navy admiral Harold Berners Walker (born 1932), former British Ambassador to Iraq, Bahrain and
42-633: A Labour Party member of Parliament representing an English constituency is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biography of a life peer is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chairman of Ways and Means In the United Kingdom , the Chairman of Ways and Means is a senior member of the House of Commons who acts as one of the Speaker 's three deputies. The current holder
63-598: A government minister. The deputy chairmen also deputise for the Speaker in the chair or by chairing committees of the Whole House, although the chairman has certain additional and distinct responsibilities (for instance, in relation to private bills and overseeing the Panel of Committee Chairs). The chairman is also chair of the Court of Referees , established in 1865. Once elected, both
84-510: Is Nusrat Ghani , following her election to the position on 23 July 2024. Ghani is the first ethnic minority MP to sit in the Speaker's chair. The Chairman of Ways and Means is the principal Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, presiding over the House in the Speaker's absence. The chairman also takes the chair of the Committee of the Whole House . The chairman's title is derived from their role in
105-539: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harold Walker, Baron Walker of Doncaster Harold Walker, Baron Walker of Doncaster , PC , DL (12 July 1927 – 11 November 2003) was an English Labour politician. Born in Audenshaw , Walker was educated at Manchester College of Technology and became a toolmaker. He served in the Royal Navy 's Fleet Air Arm and
126-408: The 2010 general election, the House agreed on 25 May that the Speaker could nominate people to serve as temporary chairman and deputy chairmen, while after the 2015 general election, the process was broadly the same, with the only difference being that the House agreed to the appointment of temporary chairman and deputy chairmen on 26 March, which is before the general election had taken place. After
147-514: The 2017 and 2019 general elections, the Leader of the House put forward a motion on the day of the Queen's Speech which provided for the appointment of temporary chairman and deputy chairmen. The major difference between these is that, after the 2017 election, the motion put forward then was for the Speaker to nominate temporary chairman and deputy chairmen (like what had happened in 2010 and 2015), but after
168-532: The Department of Employment 1976-79 and he became a Privy Counsellor in 1979. When Labour lost the election that year, Walker became the opposition spokesman for employment and training. Walker left the employment brief in 1983 following that year's general election, and became Chairman of Ways and Means & Deputy Speaker to Bernard Weatherill . He did not, however, become Speaker when Weatherill retired in 1992, that honour instead going to Betty Boothroyd . He
189-522: The 2019 election, the motion put forward was to itself appoint the temporary chairman and deputy chairmen. The Speaker (or the Leader of the House in 2019) didn't necessarily have to appoint people to fill all the roles. In fact, after every election where the chairmen and deputy chairmen were elected except 2019, the Speaker only appointed two people as Deputy Speakers, not as chairmen and deputy chairmen. Only in 2019 were there people appointed to all three roles and as chairmen and deputy chairmen. Because
210-520: The Chairman of Ways and Means and the deputy chairmen follow the same tradition of neither speaking nor voting on any matter before the House (unless a casting vote is required). Unlike the Speaker , though, they remain members of their political party and campaign in general elections as party politicians. Before 2010, the chairman was appointed by the Leader of the House or another government minister , with
231-588: The Procedure Committee published in October 2011 recommended that a new standing order be created to give the Speaker the power to appoint a temporary chairman and temporary deputy chairmen to serve between the start of a Parliament and the election of these positions, but as of the present day, this standing order has not been created, which has led to the House agreeing to appoint temporary chairman and deputy chairmen in various different ways. For example, after
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#1732854860565252-399: The Speaker, chairman and deputy chairmen do not vote (except to break a tie), this effectively pairs the occupants of the chair (their presumed support for their side cancelling each other out), which means no party loses a voting advantage on account of having one of the four drawn from its ranks. Bold type and light grey colour indicates a chairman who was later elected as the Speaker of
273-494: The UAE, son of Admiral Harold Walker Harold Walker (cricketer) (1918–2000), English cricketer Harold Walker (footballer) (1895–1935), Australian footballer Harold M. Walker (1904–1994), American animator Harold William Walker , Canadian Liberal politician from Ontario See also [ edit ] Hal Walker (1896–1972), American film director Harry Walker (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
294-454: The candidate from the (former) party of the Speaker would automatically be elected to be the first deputy chairman without appearing on the ballot paper. There is usually a gap between the election of the Speaker and the election of the chairman and deputy chairmen of anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, which has led to the House of Commons nominating members to temporarily serve in these roles until elections could be held. A report from
315-633: The first and second deputy chairmen being appointed by the House of Commons from 1902 and 1971 respectively, but in November 2009, a report was published by the Procedure Committee which made the chairman, first deputy and second deputy chairmen all elected which was approved in January 2010, with the election process further detailed in a report published by the Procedure Committee in February 2010 and approved
336-553: The following month. This election takes place after the election of the Speaker, and uses the Single Transferable Vote voting system, with the first candidate reaching the quota being elected as the chairman, the second candidate reaching the quota being elected as first deputy chairman and the third candidate reaching the quota being elected as second deputy chairman, but there are some rules on who can be elected. The chairman and second deputy chairman are elected from
357-454: The former Committee of Ways and Means , which was abolished in 1967. The chairman's connection with the financial responsibilities of this committee gave rise to the tradition that the chairman presides over the annual budget debate, although there is no reason why the Speaker cannot do so if he or she chooses. The chairman is always a senior Member of the House, often with experience of chairing standing committees , and sometimes also of being
378-423: The opposite side of the House to the (former) party of the Speaker, while the first deputy chairman comes from the same side, which can lead to some situations where only the chairman and second deputy chairman are actually elected and the first deputy chairman is effectively appointed to the role if there was only one candidate in the election from the (former) party of the Speaker. This is because, in this situation,
399-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harold_Walker&oldid=1176804134 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
420-462: Was knighted that year and returned to the backbenches until his retirement. Walker retired in 1997 and was created a life peer as Baron Walker of Doncaster , o f Audenshaw in the County of Greater Manchester on 26 September 1997. In 1998 he became a Deputy Lieutenant of South Yorkshire and Honorary Freeman of Doncaster . Walker died in November 2003, aged 76. This article about
441-467: Was a lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges. Walker was elected Member of Parliament for Doncaster (after 1983 Doncaster Central ) at the 1964 general election . He was a junior whip and then junior employment minister in the first Harold Wilson government, and continued being spokesman on employment in opposition, returning to the ministry in 1974. He was Minister of State at
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