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Page last updated at 07:34 GMT, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 08:34 UK

'Only three Tories' voted for new Speaker

Conservative MP John Bercow is to begin work in his new role after being elected as Speaker of the House of Commons.

Political editor Nick Robinson considers whether some MPs are already plotting a challenge to unseat him after the next election.

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries, Vernon Bogdanor professor of government at Oxford University, and Alan Duncan, shadow leader of the House, discuss whether Mr Bercow will be a successful Speaker.

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