| Country: | Great Britain |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1802 Speaker of the British House of Commons election |
| Previous Year: | 1802 |
| Next Election: | 1833 Speaker of the British House of Commons election |
| Next Year: | 1833 |
| Election Date: | 2 June 1817 |
| 1Blank: | Candidate's seat |
| Candidate1: | Charles Manners-Sutton |
| Party1: | Tories (British political party) |
| 1Data1: | Scarborough |
| Popular Vote1: | 312 |
| Percentage1: | 67.2% |
| Candidate2: | Charles Williams-Wynn |
| Party2: | Tories (British political party) |
| 1Data2: | Montgomeryshire |
| Popular Vote2: | 152 |
| Percentage2: | 32.8% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Charles Abbot |
| After Election: | Charles Manners-Sutton |
The 1817 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 2 June 1817.[1] [2]
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[2] (Hansard gives the votes against as 150[1]).