2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election

2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election

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Candidate Michael Martin Party Labour Constituency Glasgow Springburn Final round 370 Percentage 97.9%

Speaker before election Betty Boothroyd Labour Elected Speaker Michael Martin Labour

The 2000 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 23 October 2000 following the retirement of Betty Boothroyd as Speaker. The election resulted in the election of Labour MP Michael Martin, who had served as Deputy Speaker since 1997. It was the first contested election since 27 April 1992.