A Bristol MP is one of a group calling for the Speaker of the House of Commons to be removed.

Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams, who represents Bristol West, is one of 15 MPs from across the main parties who have tabled a motion of no confidence in Michael Martin in the wake of the MP expenses scandal.

In astonishing scenes in the chamber yesterday MPs told Mr Martin he was not up to the job and must quit.

Harriet Harman, the Leader of the House, will now decide if that motion is debated.

Speakers are traditionally in post until they retire or die, but Mr Martin's handling of allowance claims reforms has come under intense criticism and he now faces an attempt to remove him unprecedented in modern times.

Mr Williams, a former tax consultant, told the Post: "I have thought for quite some time Mr Martin should go. The House of Commons needs a massive reform of its procedures.

"We need a reformer and he is one of the old guard.

"I gave evidence about allowances to the members' estimates committee a couple of times. I thought as someone who came in in 2005, and as a tax and business consultant for 17 years, I might have something to offer.

"I felt I was talking to people who didn't live in the real world.

"The whole process needs reforming, the way we debate things is so antiquated, the way we refer to each other in overly reverential ways.

"I have come to the view I am part of a private members' club and that is not what I want.

"I didn't go to private school, I have never been part of a members' club, but there are a lot of people here, particularly on the Tory benches, who are part of that."

The motion of no confidence in Mr Martin was tabled yesterday by Conservative MP Douglas Carswell, and signed by 15 MPs from the three major parties.

If it succeeds, Mr Martin would become the first speaker to be forced out of office since Sir John Trevor was expelled from the House of Commons in 1695, for accepting a bribe.

Gordon Brown's spokesman said that, once the motion had been tabled, it would be "for business managers and the Leader of the House to consider" whether it should be debated.

The MPs who have signed the motion alongside Mr Carswell and Mr Williams include Labour's Kate Hoey and Liberal Democrat Norman Baker, who were the targets of criticism by Mr Martin in the Commons last week, as well as former shadow home secretary David Davis.

Mr Williams plans to put up some details about his expenses claims over the coming days insisting he has spent just £800 buying basics for his rented London flat since being elected.

Goods include a television, Tesco Value cutlery set, radio and pots and pans.

Kingswood's Labour MP Roger Berry has joined colleagues Dan Norris and Dawn Primarolo by putting a basic outline of his second home costs for the last financial year on his website. He claimed £14,717 – almost £10,000 below the maximum allowed – and said he would publish the detailed receipts as soon as possible.