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Betty Boothroyd

Born: 8 October 1929

Died: 26 February 2023

Baroness Boothroyd of Sandwell - 16 January 2001

Member of Privy Council - 4 June 1992

daughter of Ben Archibald Boothroyd

daughter of Mary Butterfield

Dewsbury College of Commerce and Art

Assistant Government Whip	March 1974	1976
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means	17 June 1987	27 April 1992
Speaker of the House of Commons	27 April 1992	22 October 2000

28 November 1957	Leicester South East	Labour Party	11,541	39.04
8 October 1959	Peterborough	Labour Party	22,830	45.44
27 June 1968	Nelson & Colne	Labour Party	12,944	38.43
18 June 1970	Rossendale	Labour Party	18,568	47.59
24 May 1973	West Bromwich	Labour Party	15,907	53.21
28 February 1974	West Bromwich West	Labour Party	25,112	62.94
10 October 1974	West Bromwich West	Labour Party	23,336	62.21
3 May 1979	West Bromwich West	Labour Party	23,791	60.28
9 June 1983	West Bromwich West	Labour Party	18,896	50.73
11 June 1987	West Bromwich West	Labour Party	19,925	50.48
9 April 1992	West Bromwich West	Labour Party	22,251	54.81
17 April 1992 Betty Boothroyd elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
1 May 1997	West Bromwich West	Speaker of the House of Commons	23,969	65.32
23 October 2000 Resignation of Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd.