1817 Speaker of the British House of Commons election


The 1817 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 2 June 1817.
The incumbent Speaker Charles Abbot had resigned due to ill health.
Charles Manners-Sutton was proposed by Sir John Nicholl and seconded by E. J. Littleton.
Charles Williams-Wynn was proposed by William Dickinson and seconded by Sir Matthew White Ridley.
Both candidates addressed the House. A debate followed.
On the motion "That the Right Honourable Charles Manners Sutton do take the chair of this House as Speaker," Manners-Sutton was elected by 312 votes to 152.