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Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd OM PC (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023) was a British politician. She served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 1992.
The Baroness Boothroyd | |
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Speaker of the House of Commons | |
In office 27 April 1992 – 23 October 2000 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | John Major Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Bernard Weatherill |
Succeeded by | Michael Martin |
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
In office 11 June 1987 – 27 April 1992 | |
Speaker | Bernard Weatherill |
Preceded by | Paul Dean |
Succeeded by | Janet Fookes |
Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West | |
In office 28 February 1974 – 23 October 2000 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Adrian Bailey |
Member of Parliament for West Bromwich | |
In office 24 May 1973 – 28 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | Maurice Foley |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England | 8 October 1929
Died | 26 February 2023 93) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | (aged
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour (before 1992) None (1992–2000) Crossbencher (2001–2023) |
From 1992 to 2000, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons. She was the first, and to date only, female Speaker of the House of Commons.[1] She sat, by tradition, as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
Boothroyd died at a hospital in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 26 February 2023 at the age of 93.[2] Her death was announced the following day by Sir Lindsay Hoyle.[3][4]