Homes and Property | Home Page

Speaker 'happy' to fight Ukip election challenge

12 April 2012

Commons Speaker John Bercow today said he was "more than happy" to defend his Westminster seat from a challenge by Ukip leader Nigel Farage.

Mr Bercow spoke out after Mr Farage decided to defy the convention that a Speaker is not challenged at a general election.

Ukip posted the news on its website today before an announcement tomorrow at its annual conference. Mr Bercow has been MP for Buckingham for 12 years.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

Buckinghamshire
Conferences