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PostHeaderIcon Controversy as Commons Speaker appoints first black vicar of Westminster

Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Commons Speaker John Bercow caused controversy yesterday after refusing to appoint a candidate chosen by the Dean of Westminster Abbey for the role of ­Chaplain to the House of Commons, and choosing instead to appoint Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, a black woman from East London and now the first black vicar of Westminster.

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