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Betty Boothroyd

1929 - 2023

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Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023), was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. 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. She was the first and as of 2025, the only woman to serve as Speaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Boothroyd is the 7,240th most popular politician (up from 17,707th in 2019), the 1,618th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,004th in 2019) and the 285th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Betty Boothroyd ranks 7,240 out of 19,576. Before her are Jeong Mong-ju, Kerei Khan, Liubartas, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Aulus Hirtius, and Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen. After her are Conrad I, Count of Auxerre, Mesut Yılmaz, Archduke Felix of Austria, Pavel Axelrod, Gung Ye, and Karl Eberhard Schöngarth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Betty Boothroyd ranks 136. Before her are Alain Tanner, Anastasios of Albania, Fred Phelps, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Menahem Golan, and Dina bint Abdul-Hamid. After her are Jaakko Hintikka, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Charles Moore, Vladimír Menšík, Robert Faurisson, and Walter Brandmüller. Among people deceased in 2023, Betty Boothroyd ranks 107. Before her are Treat Williams, Roberto Dinamite, John Romita Sr., Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Stockton Rush, and Frank Borman. After her are David Crosby, Kaija Saariaho, Menahem Pressler, Petar Zhekov, Ruslan Khasbulatov, and Matteo Messina Denaro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Betty Boothroyd ranks 1,618 out of 8,785. Before her are Alan Shearer (1970), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Edward Waring (1736), David Byron (1947), Ellie Goulding (1986), and Harold Lowe (1882). After her are Alexander McDonnell (1798), Stephen Fry (1957), Marina Berti (1924), Iain Glen (1961), Ted Hughes (1930), and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Betty Boothroyd ranks 285. Before her are Thomas Gresham (1519), Rishi Sunak (1980), David Trimble (1944), Denis Thatcher (1915), Chris Patten (1944), and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612). After her are William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), George Grenville (1712), Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Spencer Perceval (1762), and Fletcher Christian (1764).

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