Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4111, 020 7219 5300
Fax: 020 7219 6901
bercowj@parliament.uk
Constituency
Speaker's House, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6346
Fax: 020 7219 0981
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Motherwell South 1987 and Bristol South 1992 general elections. Member for Buckingham 1997-2010, for Buckingham (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election (Conservative 1997-2009, Speaker since 2009)
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Education and Employment 1999-2000,
Home Affairs 2000-01;
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2001-02;
Opposition Spokesperson for Work and Pensions 2002;
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 2003-04;
Speaker 2009-;
Ex-officio chair House of Commons Commission 2009-;
Chair:
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 2009-,
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 2009-
Party groups
Chair, University of Essex Conservative Association 1984-85;
National chair, Federation of Conservative Students 1986;
Vice-chair, Conservative Collegiate Forum 1987
Select committees
Member: Welsh Affairs 1997-98,
Trade and Industry 1998-99,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002-04,
Home Affairs 2003,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Urban Affairs Sub-Committee) 2003-04,
International Development 2004-09,
Procedure 2004-05,
Chairmen's Panel 2005-09,
Joint Committee on Consolidation, Etc, Bills 2005-09,
Quadripartite (Committees on Strategic Export Controls)/Arms Export Controls 2006-09
Councils, public bodies
London Borough of Lambeth:
Councillor 1986-90,
Deputy Leader, Conservative Opposition 1987-89;
Ex-officio chair:
Boundary Commission for England 2009-,
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland 2009-,
Boundary Commission for Scotland 2009-,
Boundary Commission for Wales 2009-
International bodies
President, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch) 2009-;
Hon. President, Inter-Parliamentary Union, British Group 2009-
Political interests
Special educational needs, international development, human rights, constitutional reform
Countries of interest
Burma, Sudan, USA, Zimbabwe
General Election 2010 - Buckingham
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Bercow, John |
Speaker |
22860 |
46.28% |
| Stevens, John |
Ind |
10331 |
20.92% |
| Farage, Nigel |
UKIP |
8401 |
17.01% |
| Phillips, Patrick |
Ind |
2394 |
4.85% |
| Martin, Debbie |
Ind |
1270 |
2.58% |
| Mozar, Lynne |
BNP |
980 |
1.99% |
| Dale, Colin |
Loony |
856 |
1.74% |
| Howard, Geoff |
Ind |
435 |
0.89% |
| Hews, David |
Christian |
369 |
0.75% |
| Watts, Anthony |
Ind |
332 |
0.68% |
| Strutt, Simon |
Deficit |
107 |
0.22% |
| Result |
Speaker Hold (13% from Ind to Speaker) |