Betty Boothroyd

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. 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. Her death was announced the following day by 
Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

References

Other websites
 Brief biography by BBC News, October 2000

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