Betty Boothroyd

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Boothroyd

OM PC
Speaker of the House of Commons
In office
27 April 1992 – 23 October 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Tony Blair
Preceded byBernard Weatherill
Succeeded byMichael Martin
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
11 June 1987 – 27 April 1992
SpeakerBernard Weatherill
Preceded byPaul Dean
Succeeded byJanet Fookes
Member of Parliament
for West Bromwich West
In office
28 February 1974 – 23 October 2000
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byAdrian Bailey
Member of Parliament
for West Bromwich
In office
24 May 1973 – 28 February 1974
Preceded byMaurice Foley
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1929-10-08)8 October 1929
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Died26 February 2023(2023-02-26) (aged 93)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour (before 1992)
None (1992–2000)
Crossbencher (2001–2023)

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.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Betty Boothroyd: To Parliament and beyond". BBC Online. 24 October 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Tominey, Camilla (27 February 2023). "Betty Boothroyd, first female Speaker, dies aged 93". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Morris, Sophie (27 February 2023). "Baroness Boothroyd, first female Speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93". Sky News. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd dies". BBC News. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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