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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]
Top left: John Smith was the first speaker of the modern House of Commons. Top right: Arthur Onslow is the longest-serving speaker so far. Bottom left: Betty Boothroyd was the first female speaker. Bottom right: Lindsay Hoyle is the incumbent speaker.
Margaret Ann Travers Symons (born Mary Ann Williams; 18 August 1879 – after 1951) was a British suffragette.On 13 October 1908, she became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she broke away from her escort into the debating chamber and made an exclamation to the assembly.
She became the first woman to be elected Speaker in its 700-year history in April 1992. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
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Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer were among the mourners paying their last respects at the funeral of Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first ever woman speaker of the House ...
Over 150 individuals have served as Speaker of the House of Commons. Their names are inscribed in gold leaf around the upper walls of Room C of the House of Commons Library. Betty Boothroyd, elected in 1992, was the first female speaker (the first woman to sit in the speaker's chair was Betty Harvie Anderson, a Deputy Speaker from 1970).
1992: Speaker of the House of Commons (Betty Boothroyd) – Labour Party. As of 2025 she remains the only female to hold the office of House Speaker. 1997: Full-time Minister for Women (Joan Ruddock) – Labour Party; 1997: Member who came out as LGBT in office (Angela Eagle) – Labour Party; 1998: Chief Whip [3] – Labour Party