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Betty Boothroyd Autobiography: The Autobiography

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Boothroyd received at least eight honorary degrees in recognition of her political career, [48] including: The Rt Hon. Baroness Boothroyd OM". St Hugh's College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019 . Retrieved 25 March 2019. London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1964" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council . Retrieved 3 May 2022. She believed that it was up to MPs to make changes in the way business was done, rather than the occupant of the chair, but she did complain vociferously in public and in private at the growing practice of ministers choosing to bypass the House of Commons and make important political pronouncements on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme instead. This became a particular issue after the election of Tony Blair in 1997. EUROPEANPARLIAMENT(MEMBERSHIP)(Hansard,1March1977)". ParliamentaryDebates(Hansard). 1 March 1977. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 . Retrieved 13 January 2017.

Lords fail to find house room for Lady Boothroyd's crest". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2001. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019 . Retrieved 15 February 2019. Parliamentary career for Baroness Boothroyd – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". Parliament of the United Kingdom . Retrieved 13 May 2021.After two years across the pond, she returned to the UK where she worked as a political assistant to Labour minister Lord Harry Walston. Running for the LabourParty, Boothroyd contested several seats – LeicesterSouthEast in 1957, Peterborough in 1959, NelsonandColne in 1968, and Rossendale in 1970 – before being elected MemberofParliament (MP) for WestBromwich in a by-election in 1973. [10] She represented the constituency for 27 years. Speaking as the partygate scandal unfolded, she added: "The prime minister is there to answer questions about what the government is doing, why it is not doing it. She was a truly outstanding speaker, presiding with great authority, warmth and wit, for which she had our deep respect and admiration,” Blair wrote.

Former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd dies". BBC News. 27 February 2023 . Retrieved 27 February 2023. a b c Morris, Sophie (27 February 2023). "BaronessBoothroyd,firstfemaleSpeakeroftheHouseofCommons,hasdiedaged93". Sky News . Retrieved 27 February 2023.In 1973, Baroness Boothroyd became an MP herself at the fifth attempt, successfully securing the seat of West Bromwich for the Labour Party. BritishParliament'sNewSpeakerSays'CallMeMadam' ". The Christian Science Monitor. 29 April 1992 . Retrieved 27 February 2023. Boothroyd, whose parents were textile workers, grew up in northern England. She originally envisioned a career as a dancer, and after attending Dewsbury College of Commerce and Art, she performed for a time with a troupe called the Tiller Girls, a successful stage and television act. Boothroyd was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law (Hon DCL) by the City University London in 1993. She was chancellor of the Open University from 1994 until October 2006 and donated some of her personal papers to the University's archives. In March 1995, she was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University (DUniv). In 1999 she was made an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford. [25] Two portraits of Boothroyd have been part of the parliamentary art collection since 1994 and 1999, respectively. [26] [27] But she only ever ejected one MP during her time in the role - then DUP leader Ian Paisley who had accused a minister of lying and was subsequently suspended for 10 days.

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