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Baroness Boothroyd

Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd (October 8, 1929 - February 26, 2023), was a British politician. She was elected as the first female Speaker of the British House of Commons in its seven hundred year history in 1992. The 155th Speaker to be elected, she had served as Deputy Speaker from 1987. She was re-elected in 1997 and served as Speaker for eight years before her retirement. The first Speaker to be chosen from the opposition benches since 1835, she was a Labour member of Parliament elected as Speaker during a Conservative administration, defeating a Conservative opponent by 174 votes. She was created Baroness Boothroyd in 2001 and elevated to the House of Lords.

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