Janet Fookes

The Baroness Fookes
Official portrait, 2023
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Assumed office
9 December 2002
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means
In office
27 April 1992 – 14 May 1997
SpeakerBetty Boothroyd
Preceded byBetty Boothroyd
Succeeded byMichael Lord
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
16 October 1997
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Plymouth Drake
In office
28 February 1974 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Merton and Morden
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byHumphrey Atkins
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1936-02-21) 21 February 1936 (age 88)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

Janet Evelyn Fookes, Baroness Fookes, DBE, DL (born 21 February 1936) is a British politician.[1] A member of the Conservative Party, she is a life peer in the House of Lords. She was previously a member of the House of Commons from 1970 to 1997, representing the constituencies of Merton and Morden (1970–74) and Plymouth Drake (1974–97). She was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 1997, and presently is a Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords.

  1. ^ "Miss Janet Fookes (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2021.