The Baroness Boothroyd | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2018 | |
Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom | |
In office 28 April 1992 – 23 October 2000[1] | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Bernard Weatherill |
Succeeded by | Michael Martin |
In office 17 June 1987 – 27 April 1992 | |
Speaker | Bernard Weatherill |
Preceded by | Paul Dean |
Succeeded by | Janet Fookes |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 15 January 2001 – 26 February 2023 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West West Bromwich (1973–1974) | |
In office 24 May 1973 – 23 October 2000 | |
Preceded by | Maurice Foley |
Succeeded by | Adrian Bailey |
Personal details | |
Born | Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | 8 October 1929
Died | 26 February 2023 Cambridge, England | (aged 93)
Resting place | St George's Church, Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, England |
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Alma mater | Kirklees College |
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Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023) was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000. She was previously a Deputy Speaker from 1987 to 1992.[2] She was the first and to date only woman to serve as Speaker.[3] Boothroyd later sat in the House of Lords as, in accordance with tradition, a crossbench peer.[4]
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