The 21 allegations All complaints upheld
Angus Sinclair, former private secretary
1. Mr Bercow called Mr Sinclair “f---ing stupid” after he answered a press query about MPS pay.
2. In a meeting with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association CEO, Mr Bercow was “very rude”, criticising Mr Sinclair and accusing him of failing to brief him properly.
3. In two outbursts in 2009 and 2010, Mr Bercow smashed a phone on a desk when he learnt his family could not stay in Parliament during the election campaign. In a second temper, he shouted “what the f---?” when he learnt civil partnership ceremonies could not take place in Parliament.
4. In a “Jekyll and Hyde” episode, Mr Bercow lost his temper when he was told his preferred candidate for Speaker’s Chaplain had not been recommended by the Church. his temper after he was told he could not take a tube of toothpaste in his luggage on a flight to Kenya, and became “irascible and disproportionately rude and threatening”. 3. After Ms Emms made an error in a briefing of Mr Bercow, he launched a “really direct personal attack” on her.
1. Mr Bercow and Lord Lisvane disagreed on diversity in the Commons, and the Speaker accused him of being “duplicitous” and “manipulative”, and of lying and being a bully.
2. In another meeting, Mr Bercow said Lord Lisvane was “no good” in his role.
3. Lord Lisvane was accused by Mr Bercow of “disloyalty, deceit” and a “wish to control everything” after a disagreement about Honours.
4. After Lord Lisvane had offered advice on a Standing Order, Mr Bercow released a “torrent of abuse”.
5. The pair disagreed again about diversity in 2013, after which Mr Bercow said he “was not prepared to put up with white middle-aged men any more” and called for Lord Lisvane to be replaced with a BAME woman.
6. Mr Bercow lost his temper during a discussion about Parliament’s support for Burma, in which he is accused of telling Lord Lisvane his proposed measures were “pathetically inadequate”.
7. The next day, Lord Lisvane apologised “to avoid more conflict” and Mr Bercow “insulted him for 15 minutes”.
8. In a meeting in January 2013, the Speaker “exploded in an absolute diatribe”.
9. Angry over a meeting agenda item he had not agreed, “physically shaking with fury”, Mr Bercow “accused the complainant for over 15 minutes of incompetence, duplicity and subversion”.
10. After a serious security issue discussion, Mr Bercow said the Commons clerks would “scuttle off to avoid … blame”.
11. Mr Bercow launched into a 13-minute rant at Lord Lisvane after a disagreement over MPS bullying their staff.
12. After a media story about MPS employing illegal immigrants as staff, Mr Bercow accused Lord Lisvane of missing a meeting because he did not want to discuss the issue.
13. When Mr Bercow and Lord Lisvane disagreed about diversity, the Speaker gave a 15-minute rant. He said he would not be replaced by a white man who went to Oxbridge.
14. The Speaker said the Clerks had “unsexed” a woman and turned her into a “proxy man,” then mimicked Lord Lisvane’s voice and implied he had lied about how long he would stay in post.