Betty Boothroyd

The Right Honourable The Baroness Boothroyd OM PC
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	John Major Tony Blair
Preceded by	Bernard Weatherill
Succeeded by	Michael Martin
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means
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	(1929-10-08)8 October 1929 Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	26 February 2023(2023-02-26) (aged 93) Cambridge, England
Resting place	St George's Church, Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, England
Political party	Labour (before 1992) Speaker (1992–2000) Crossbench (from 2001)
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]