Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC, Hon. FSLL (born 8 October 1929), is a British politician, who served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. From 1992 to 2000, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons. She is the only woman to have served as Speaker. Following the death of Michael Martin in 2018, she is the only living former Speaker of the House of Commons. She sits, by tradition, as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
