Sylvia Heal

Sylvia Heal
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
23 October 2000 – 12 April 2010
SpeakerMichael Martin
John Bercow
Preceded byMichael Martin
Succeeded byNigel Evans
Member of Parliament
for Halesowen and Rowley Regis
In office
1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byConstituency Created
Succeeded byJames Morris
Member of Parliament
for Mid Staffordshire
In office
23 March 1990 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byJohn Heddle
Succeeded byMichael Fabricant
Personal details
Born
Sylvia Lloyd Fox

(1942-07-20) 20 July 1942 (age 82)
Shotton, Flintshire, Wales, UK
Political partyLabour
SpouseKeith Heal
RelationsAnn Keen, Alan Keen
Alma materSwansea University

Dame Sylvia Lloyd Heal DBE (née Fox; born 20 July 1942) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Halesowen and Rowley Regis from 1997 to 2010, having previously been the MP for Mid Staffordshire from 1990 to 1992. She served as the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 2000 until she stood down from Parliament in 2010.