Commons Speaker John Bercow votes no and breaks tie in Parliament

John Bercow broke a tie to rule again holding a third round of votes on Monday tonight. MPs were tied for the first time in decades after they voted 310-310 on whether to stage a third day of indicative votes on Monday night. Labour's Hilary Benn had tried to amend the rules of the House to stage more votes on alternatives to Mrs May's Brexit deal. Mr Bercow's decision is helpful to the Government which may need Monday's time in the Commons to debate and vote on a new Brexit plan.
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[@dbwkdidwbsof]

I'm sorry I just realised it's supposed to be "NOs" and "AYEs" but the subtitles say "nose" and "eyes" and I was so confused about why the British parliament used facial features to run their voting system

[@TroyVan6654]

"So the nose have it! The nose have it!"
Alright nose, cough it up.

[@pavlejeremic7110]

SAMEEEEEE

[@Falcrist]

THE 👀TO THE RIGHT: 310
THE 👃 TO THE LEFT: 310
OHDAAAAA! OHDA!

[@user-fh1bw8ee3u]

Average american

[@dbwkdidwbsof]

@@user-fh1bw8ee3u I'm from an ex British colony

[@piscessun8480]

I thought he somehow broke his tie he's wearing.....

[@AlexanderofMiletus]

The way he says "order" like it's a punctuation mark gets me every time

[@aDifferentJT]

I wonder whether technically he could have used the ‘always vote in favour of further debate’ rule and voted aye.

[@jacobite2353]

He could but that would cause an uproar of bias, though it probably would've worked out better for the country.

[@Ghostlicc]

​@jacobite2353 If he said aye then brexit will break the Uk before it began effect in 2020

[@jamesbowden4871]

Definitely, yes. In May 2005, the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada had to break a tie on a vote for the budget of the Paul Martin Liberal minority government. Peter Milliken (also a Liberal) voted aye, in favour of passing the budget, on the very grounds that you cite: because voting in favour allowed debate to continue, and the bill proceeded to the upper house. That seems to me the proper way of doing things, strictly as a Speaker of the House of Commons, even though I supported the Conservatives at the time.
I could never take Bercow seriously when he pontificated about precedent, given that he always looked like he had just rolled out of bed without combing his hair and refused to wear the proper attire of the Speaker of the House of Commons. He thought himself above the office. In Canada, our Speakers don't wear the wigs, but they at least wear a proper traditional uniform, similar to those of Betty Boothroyd and Bernard Weatherill, who both wore the proper black robe and white shirt and non-business type of tie.

[@jasonkoch3182]

The way it works, on a first or second reading, the speaker breaks the tie in the affirmative in order to allow for more debate. But on the final reading, the speaker votes in the negative because, as he said, it takes a majority to pass something and if it can’t garner a majority without the speaker, it doesn’t have the majority needed to pass. This was the final reading, so he was obligated to vote no in the case of a tie.

[@jasonkoch3182]

@@jamesbowden4871Bercow would have voted aye if this had been the first or second reading of the bill. But it was the final reading, which obligated him to vote no for the reason he stated. That’s the British precedent. Canada may have a different precedent, or the aye vote may have been on the first or second reading.

[@pluto7389]

This is my favorite reality tv show lol

[@0isay]

Yeah, but what was the vote about?

[@jamesrawlins735]

It was during the Brexit debate.

[@musical_lolu4811]

0:30

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

Please come back John - all is forgiven!
🙏🏽💔🙏🏻

[@dinodinosaur3936]

Hell no

[@SteedHiggins]

Never forgive a proven bully

[@killakev9589]

i think this guy has too much power

[@KaiserSoza-lw9nx]

The problem with Bercow is he was supposed to be neutral, and he was anything but. That's why he did not get elevated to a Barony as did all of his predecessors, the first in 230 years not offered.

[@SteedHiggins]

An investigation found him to have bullied members of staff. That is why he was not given a peerage.

[@KaiserSoza-lw9nx]

that too...

[@user-hp5fz3qs1u]

No deal is the best deal fact people s vote

[@ObjectiveMedia]

john boulton we already had a vote

[@Osindileyo1]

No deal is worse than a deal, which itself is worse than remaining

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

This has aged terribly. 😂