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John Bercow
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Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1963)
Film & TV
Edgware, London, England, UK
John Bercow is a British politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and as Member of Parliament for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. He was the first MP who was elected Speaker without previously serving as a Deputy Speaker since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971
Known for
- The Box — Self2026
- The Traitors Postmortem — Self2024
- The Traitors — Self - Contestant2023
- The Weakest Link — Self - Participant2021
- I Am Greta — Self2020
- Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert2020
- The Last Leg — Self2013
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant2011
- Dispatches1987
- Question Time — Self - Panellist1979
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Gordon Brown , David Cameron , Theresa May , Boris Johnson
- Preceded by
- Michael Martin
- Succeeded by
- Lindsay Hoyle
- Leader
- Michael Howard
- Vice chancellor
- Anthony Forster
- Born
- John Simon Bercow , ( 1963-01-19 ) 19 January 1963 (age 63) , Edgware , Middlesex , England
- Party
- None
- Other political affiliations
- Labour (2021–2022; suspended) Independent (2019–2021) Speaker (2009–2019) Conservative (1980–2009)
- Spouse
- Sally Illman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
- Education
- Finchley Manorhill School
- Alma mater
- University of Essex ( BA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edgware
- Occupation
- political scientist
- Educated at
- University of Essex
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Official website
- www.johnbercow.co.uk
- Image
- John Bercow Senate of Poland 01.JPG
- Work location
- London
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- The Right Honourable
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- John Bercow
- date of birth
- 1963-01-19
- name in native language
- John Bercow
- birth name
- John Simon Bercow
- candidacy in election
- 2017 United Kingdom general election
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- John Bercow
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Encyclopedic overview
John Simon Bercow (/ˈbɜːrkoʊ/ ; born 19 January 1963) is a British former politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elected speaker without having been a deputy speaker. After resigning as speaker in 2019 and opting not to seek re-election as an MP in the 2019 general election, Bercow left Parliament. In 2021, he joined the Labour Party but was suspended in 2022.
Bercow was a councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth from 1986 to 1990 and unsuccessfully contested parliamentary seats in the 1987 and 1992 general elections, before being elected for Buckingham in 1997. Promoted to the Shadow cabinet in 2001, he held posts under Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard. In November 2002, Bercow resigned over a dispute concerning his support for the Adoption and Children Act 2002, but returned a year later, only to be dismissed from the Shadow cabinet in 2004. Having initially been strongly associated with the right-wing faction of his party, his views shifted; by 2007, there were rumours that he would defect to the Labour Party.
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