Baroness Boothroyd

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8673
boothroydb@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Leicester South East 1957 by-election, Peterborough 1959 general election, Nelson and Colne 1968 by-election and Rossendale 1970 general election. MP (Labour) for West Bromwich 1973-74, for West Bromwich West (Labour 1974-92, Speaker 1992-2000) 1974-2000

Parliamentary career

Assistant Government Whip 1974-76; Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker 1987-92; Speaker 1992-2000; Chairman, House of Commons Commission 1992-2000

Party groups

Member, National Executive Committee, Labour Party 1981-87

Councils, public bodies

Councillor, Hammersmith Borough Council 1965-68

International bodies

Vice-President, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch)

Political interests

Constitutional affairs

Countries of interest

Commonwealth

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Boothroyd, of Sandwell in the County of West Midlands 2001

Register of Interests

8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

Invitation to sail on farewell cruise of "The Spirit of Adventure" around Black Sea, 17 April - 4 May 2012, as celebrity guest of Saga

10: Non-financial interests (b)

Member of Governing Board, Neapolis University, Pafos, Cyprus

10: Non-financial interests (e)

President, National Benevolent Fund for the Aged