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    Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023) was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for...
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  • Hebrew scholar Betty Boothroyd (1929–2023), British politician who was the first female Speaker of the House of Commons Clement G. Boothroyd (died 1952)...
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  • Representatives (e.g. Nancy Pelosi), British House of Commons (e.g. Betty Boothroyd), or Canadian House of Commons, as well as a female speaker of the...
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    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...
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  • the Tune?. Frank Cass. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-7146-5435-5. Betty Boothroyd (2002). Betty Boothroyd Autobiography. Random House UK. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-09-942704-9...
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    (Deputy Speaker), remaining in that post under successive Speakers Betty Boothroyd, Michael Martin, and John Bercow until May 2010. Haselhurst was a nominated...
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    returned to power as he was elevated to the Deputy Speakership. In 2000, Betty Boothroyd retired as Speaker. An election was held in October of that year and...
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    Life Betty Boothroyd MP for West Bromwich West (1929–2023) E 27 April R 28 April 1992 23 October 2000 1992 (1997) 51 52 Labour Baroness Boothroyd for Life...
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  • Armenian child singer Betty Apiafi (born 1962), Nigerian MP and educator Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician Betty Boothroyd (1929–2023), British...
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    December 2019. From 1974 until 2000, this was the constituency of Betty Boothroyd, who was first elected for the former West Bromwich in its by-election...
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