Betty Boothroyd
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Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the Labour Party, she served
Official portrait, 2018
Boothroyd's Speaker's shoe in the Women's Library
Boothroyd meeting Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Sirimavo Bandaranaike
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, w
Betty Boothroyd
…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. She was the first and as of 2026, the only woman to serve as Speaker. Boothroyd…
Official portrait of Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, 2024
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is dragged to the chair, 2019.
William Court Gully
Portrait of John Smith by Godfrey Kneller, 1708