Betty Boothroyd
Speaker of the House of Commons
Died when: 93 years 141 days (1120 months)Star Sign: Libra
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd OM PC (born 8 October 1929) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000.
From 1992 to 2000, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons.She is the only woman to have served as Speaker, and one of two living former Speakers of the British House of Commons.
She sits, by tradition, as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
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