Sussex Weald MP recognised for excellence in the world of Westminster says "I hope that my journey will inspire women and girls from working class backgrounds like me to consider jobs they believed were out of reach for them"

I am honoured and delighted to have secured the confidence of MPs across the House and to have been elected as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means.The principal Deputy Speaker is elected from the opposite side of the House to the Speaker, and by convention I will be chairing the debat