Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Capitol Hill

As things wrapped up, we had a few last votes against Jim Jordan.

Among them was Colorado's Ken Buck, who missed his earlier opportunity to vote

Arkansas' Steve Womack voted for Steve Scalise. He's been very consistent in saying he didn't plan to vote for Jordan, so that's not a surprise.

Three other members did not cast their vote for Jordan at the end - bringing the total to 20.

It'll be challenging, but not impossible, for Jordan to become Speaker.

I was also sitting in this room in January, when Kevin McCarthy whittled the list down from 20 detractors to get the job.

It was, however, a long, long slog to get there.

Image source, House TV

Here's where voting stands.

We have 200 votes for Republican Jim Jordan.

We have 212 votes for Democrat Hakeem Jeffries.

And we have 20 votes for other lawmakers. These are votes made by Republicans in protest of Jordan.

No member has the votes to be elected Speaker.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Capitol Hill

California Democrat Maxine Waters just called Jordan "an insurrectionist" as she cast her vote for Jeffries.

This elicited some groans from the Republican representatives of the room, and some remarks - which I couldn't hear clearly - from some of the members in her direction.

Jordan laughed it off as he glanced in her direction.

Louisiana's Steve Scalise has voted for Jim Jordan - just a few days after his own bid to become Speaker came to an abrupt halt.

As a reminder, Scalise was initially selected to be the Republican candidate for Speaker after a secret ballot last week.

He failed, however, to gain enough support from party members to win on the House floor, and announced that he was withdrawing - paving the way for Jordan to run.

This image shows Republican lawmakers applaud after Jim Jordan cast his vote for himself.

And while the picture makes it seem like the Republican party is unified behind Jordan, the votes say otherwise.

This first round will not be enough for Jordan to secure the role of Speaker, with 15 Republicans (so far) voting for another candidate.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Capitol Hill

House Republicans and their Democratic opponents can't agree on much - but they've both to stood to applaud for Alaska's Mary Peltola when she voted.

In September, Peltola's husband was killed in a plane crash in a remote area of Alaska.

Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America correspondent

There were two official candidates for House speaker today: Republican Jim Jordan and Democrat Hakeem Jeffries. That didn’t stop some Republicans from voting for someone else, however.

Some voted for Kevin McCarthy, the former House speaker who was unseated two weeks ago after a band of right-wing Republicans joined Democrats to oust him.

Another group voted for Steve Scalise, who is the second-ranking Republican in the House and was the pick of the party last week to succeed McCarthy before it became clear that he could not unify House Republicans behind him.

The wildcard pick from other Republicans has been former Congressman Lee Zeldin of New York, who resigned last year to launch an unsuccessful bid for governor of his state.

When combined, more than a dozen Republicans have voted against Jordan now – a sizeable amount of opposition, given that the Ohio Republican can only afford to lose three Republican votes to win the speakership.

We just had a bit of a light-hearted moment on the floor.

Susie Lee, a Nevada Democrat, appeared to not be paying attention when they called her name to vote.

Fellow Democrats laughed and appeared to be ribbing her a bit. She put her head in her hands for a moment - but appeared to be having fun.

She voted Jeffries - as have all the other Democrats so far.

Image source, Getty Images

It looks like it's back to the drawing board for House Republicans, as it appears they have failed to elect Jim Jordan as Speaker.

It's expected that Republicans will stick with Jordan as the nominee, but the party will have some work to do.

They could decide to vote again immediately to see whether those who opposed Jordan's candidacy were just filing an initial protest vote.

It is also possible they wait to have another vote to check in with members in an attempt to strong arm them.

Remember, Kevin McCarthy was elected after 15 ballots.

This could be a long, long day (and night).

Bernd Debusmann Jr
BBC News, on Capitol Hill

Just a few minutes ago, it was Hakeem Jeffries turn to receive a standing ovation from his Democratic colleagues after he was given a chance to vote for himself.

He smiled at his colleagues, and appeared to say something to Nancy Pelosi, who is sitting across the aisle to his left.

Jordan also voted for himself, receiving applause from Republicans.

Those applause, however, were more muted. There are already enough votes against him to ensure that this round of voting won't be enough to secure him the job.

We could be in for a long evening. It's starting to remind me of January, when I sat through round after round of votes before Kevin McCarthy became Speaker.

Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America correspondent

With less than a third of the House voting, it is all but certain that Jim Jordan will not be elected speaker on this first round of roll-call balloting.

There are already nine votes against the Ohio congressman, which is well over three votes the Ohio Republican could afford to lose with the current number of legislators in the chamber.

Jordan and his allies will have to regroup after this round of voting concludes and begin flipping those Republican votes for other candidates if he wants to win the gavel.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Capitol Hill

Every time one of the Republicans votes against Jim Jordan, there are loud whispers from members of both parties.

This has been particularly true in cases which weren't expected.

Every few minutes, I can see Jordan looking back to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who is sitting in the row behind him over his right shoulder.

McCarthy, as we now know, has already received a few votes today, despite having endorsed Jordan.

Jim Jordan does not have the numbers to be named Speaker in this first round of voting.

Currently, there are 85 votes for Jordan and 80 votes for Jeffries.

But there are nine votes for "other", which are Republican votes for various candidates other than Jordan.

Jordan could only afford three Republican votes to go against him.

As he cast his vote for Hakeem Jeffries, House Democrat Gerry Connolly called Jordan an "insurrectionist".

The declaration drew loud boos from Republicans.

Jordan voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election and Jordan was a "significant player" in the effort to overturn the vote, according to the House Jan. 6 Committee report.

Jordan could only afford to lose three votes today in his quest to become speaker.

He has five votes against him. But voters could change their minds before the gavel, so it's not official yet.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Capitol Hill

Florida's Mario Diaz-Balart has just voted for for Steve Scalise.

I've been in press gaggles with him several times over the last several days, and he's been adamant that he has yet to be convinced by Jordan and does not believe he's the main that can "unify" House Republicans.

Apparently, he has not been swayed by Jordan's efforts over the last day.

So far voting is 38-38 for Jordan and Jeffries, with two votes for McCarthy,

You can watch a live stream of the voting by clicking the play button at the top of this page.

We've just had another Republican vote for Kevin McCarthy, from Oregon's Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

That one wasn't expected by reporters and Hill watchers.

Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America correspondent

Right out of the gate, Democrats are going on the attack against Jim Jordan in a way they never did during Kevin McCarthy’s speakership battle at the beginning of this year.

“A vote for the gentleman for Ohio is a vote to turn your back on national security,” says Congressman Pete Aguilar of California. “It’s a vote to turn your back on a bipartisan path to fund national government and avoid government shutdowns.”

Democrats view Jordan as a polarising figure in the mould of Donald Trump – one who will motivate their base to make campaign donations and turn out to vote in next November’s elections.

If the Ohio congressman ends up winning the speakership, expect Democrats to try to put him alongside Mr Trump as the face of what they will try to brand as an intolerant, conspiracy-minded Republican Party.

Colorado Republican Ken Buck did note vote when called - and, in fact, he appears to not be in the room.

As of this morning, he told reporters he was still a "no" on Jim Jordan.