Betty Boothroyd

Former health secretary Alan Milburn following the publication of the interim Milburn Report into Young People and Work. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Young people’s relationship with money is nonexistent - Sarah Todd
Apart from the late Lord John Prescott it’s a struggle to think of any Labour bigwigs your correspondent has admired. It was the former Member of Parliament for...

Undated handout photo issued by Special Auction Services of a large certificated diamond solitaire ring, owned by the late Baroness Betty Boothroyd. Special Auction Services/PA Wire

Betty Boothroyd’s belongings raise £84,600 for charity at auction

House of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd.

Government denies request to delay Parliament for Betty Boothroyd memorial

Betty Boothroyd relaxing on a window seat in her sitting room at Speakers House in the House of Commons, 2000. Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first woman to be Speaker of the House of Commons, died and according to current Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was "one of a kind". Issue date: Monday February 27, 2023.

Charities to benefit from sale of Betty Boothroyd’s belongings

Penny Mordaunt, holding the Sword of State walking ahead of King Charles III during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey.

Penny Mordaunt says she channelled Betty Boothroyd for coronation role

Michael Parkinson, Betty Boothroyd, Bobby Charlton and Paul O'Grady were among the much-loved famous people to pass away during 2023.

Yorkshire Post Special: Paying tribute to the great and good we lost during 2023

Baroness Betty Boothroyd at her office in Westminster in April 2017. Picture: James Hardisty.

Help us create a lasting tribute to Betty Boothroyd - The Yorkshire Post says

The funeral of former Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd took place today at St George's Church, Thriplow, Cambridgeshire.

Yorkshire's 'remarkable' Betty Boothroyd remembered at her funeral attended by t...

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will not be going head to head this afternoon.

PMQs: Why are Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer not at the dispatch box today?

Mourners will gather on Wednesday for the funeral of Boothroyd, the only woman so far to be elected speaker of the House of Commons. (Photo credit: Michael Stephens/PA Wire)

Mourners set to gather today for funeral of proud Yorkshirewoman Betty Boothroyd

Bag used by House of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd to go on auction

(L-R clockwise) - Mel B, Amy Johnson, Nicola Adams and Betty Boothroyd. (Pic credit: Anthony Devlin / Hulton Archive / John Phillips / Scott Barbour / Getty Images)

Inspiring and thought provoking quotes by famous Yorkshire women

Baronness Betty Boothroyd became the first woman to be elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 1992.

Betty Boothroyd: The Yorkshire Post calls for permanent Dewsbury memorial

Labour MP Betty Boothroyd, seen with the Queen in 1995, was elected first woman Speaker on this day in 1992

Betty Boothroyd: The classic rags to riches story of Madam Speaker

Baroness Betty Boothroyd

Betty Boothroyd: Yorkshirewoman who became first female Speaker dies

Former Speaker of the House, Betty Boothroyd. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Iconic former speaker of House of Commons Betty Boothroyd dies aged 93

Sir David Attenborough

Yorkshire legends and Sir David Attenborough to receive Queen's Order of Merit

Sir Lindsay Hoyle in the House of Commons this week.

Why MPs must show respect for PMQs and Parliament – Tom Richmond

Dewsbury-born Baroness Betty Boothroyd OM remains Britain's only female Speaker of the House of Commons. She became Speaker in 1992 and gave an exclusive interview to The Yorkshire Post in 2017 to mark the 25th anniversary of her election as Speaker. Photo: James Hardisty.

Partygate: Betty Boothroyd’s fears for ‘rule of law’

Baroness Betty Boothroyd is a former Speaker of the House of Commons Photo: James Hardisty.

Betty Boothroyd: We must not shut up in defence of integrity – YP Letters

Betty Boothroyd in her House of Lords office during an interview with The Yorkshire Post in 2017 to mark the 25th anni9versary of her election as Speaker of the House of Commons. Photo: James Hardisty.

When Betty Boothroyd speaks, we must listen – The Yorkshire Post says
BORIS JOHNSON’S predictable response to last week’s scathing attack by Sir John Major, one of his Tory predecessors, was straight from the Donald Trump ‘fake news’ playbook.
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A jacket and shoes worn by Baroness Betty Boothroyd when she was Madam Speaker could sell for more than £2,000 at auction.

Betty Boothroyd’s new order over auction items – The Yorkshire Post says

Baroness Boothroyd is selling off some of the clothes she wore in the House of Commons

Betty Boothroyd to sell jacket and shoes - so she can buy new garage door

This was Boris Johnson answering questions remotely at Prime Minister's Questions where Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tabled six questions.

Where’s Betty Boothroyd? PMQs diminished by Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer – The...

Former Speaker of the House of Commons Baroness Betty Boothroyd, in her office at Westminster, London in 2017. Picture: James Hardisty

PM's supporters should not dismiss Betty Boothroyd's broadside: The YP says

Picture James Hardisty.
Former speaker of the House of Commons Baroness Betty Boothroyd, in her office at Westminster, London.

Ex-Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd says Prime Minister's Questions has got worse

The box was given to the Yorkshire-born politician by Boris Yeltsin. (Pic credit: SWNS)

Box given to Betty Boothroyd by Boris Yeltsin sells for £2,400

Post Office bosses celebrate their landmark legal win last week when they overturned a serious miscarriage of justice, but how will the Government respond?

Post Office fraud scandal; 10 unanswered questions – Tom Richmond

Yorkshire's female icons:(Left to right) Leonora Cohen, Nicola Adams, Amy Johnson

From the Brontes to Betty Boothroyd – the Yorkshire who have made history

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

Don’t let Gavin Williamson whitewash his failings like this – Tom Richmond

Baroness Betty Boothroyd receives her Covid vaccine.

Betty Boothroyd leads by example over vaccine – The Yorkshire Post says

Baroness Betty Boothroyd is a former Speaker of the House of Commons. She has made an outspoken speech against Boris Johnson and his government.

Boris Johnson’s Brexit promises are a ‘sham’ and destroying trust – Betty Boothr...
I WAS elected to Parliament some 47 years ago and have witnessed nine Prime Ministers tread the steps of No. 10 Downing Street.
Betty Boothroyd

Former speaker of the House of Commons Baroness Betty Boothroyd, in her office at Westminster, London. Photo: JPI Media

Betty Boothroyd admonishes Boris Johnson over 'collapse of the people’s trust'

Dewsbury Town Hall pictured last month. (Simon Hulme).

From the Industrial Revolution to Betty Boothroyd, how Dewsbury has left its mar...

Baroness Betty Boothroyd is a distinguished former Speaker of the House of Commons. Photo: James Hardisty.

Betty Boothroyd’s Yorkshire Day solidarity with current Speaker – Tom Richmond

Baroness Betty boothroyd OM is a former Speaker of the House of Commons.

Former Speaker Betty Boothroyd out of order over ‘waffling’ Ministers

Baroness Betty Bothroyd is the former Speaker of the House of Commons.

Why Betty Boothroyd is right to call out ‘waffling’ Ministers – Jayne Dowle

Baroness Betty Boothroyd OM during an interview with The Yorkshire Post in 2017 to mark the 25th anniversary of her election as Speaker.

Betty Boothroyd’s word of warning over Covid – The Yorkshire Post says

Former Speaker Betty Boothroyd OM has paid personal tribute to Captain Tom Moore.

Hero Captain Tom Moore has put blustering Ministers to shame - Betty Boothroyd

Betty Boothroyd was Britain's female Speaker.

When Betty Boothroyd gave Speaker John Bercow a dressing down – Tom Richmond

The statue of Nancy Astor, the first female MP, which was unveiled in Plymouth, Devon. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Vile abuse towards female MPs must be stamped out if more women are to be electe...

House of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd.

Five women who changed politics - including Yorkshire’s Betty Boothroyd

Parliament, says Jayne Dowle, needs another Speaker in the mould of Betty Boothroyd.

Why John Bercow’s replacement as Speaker must be in the best Betty Boothroyd tra...

Boris Johnson is using Facebook to hold a People's PMQs, but Andrew Vine says it is a brazen attempt to avoid scrutiny. Do you agree?

Why Boris Johnson’s phoney PMQs on Facebook is an insult to voters – Andrew Vine

Author Gaynor Haliday with her new book 'Struggle and Suffrage in Wakefield'. Picture Gerard Binks

Yorkshire would be all the poorer without its influential women - The Yorkshire ...

Is Speaker John Bercow too full of his own self-importance or not?

Speaker John Bercow lessens power of Parliament - Yorkshire Post letters

Alice Bacon was Yorkshire's first female MP.

Rachel Reeves: How the women of Westminster are showing the way forward 100 year...

Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa was briefing reporters on footblal tactics, and his approach, while MPs were debating a no confidence motion in Theresa May. This illustration is by Graeme Bandeira, The Yorkshire Post's very own cartoonist.

Tom Richmond: Marcelo Bielsa provides a lesson in tactics as Jeremy Corbyn and T...

David Dimbleby is stepping down as presenter of Question Time.

Bernard Ingham: '˜Softer feel' will make Question Time hard going when Fiona Bru...

Baroness Betty Boothroyd.

YP Letters: Betty Boothroyd and why the fight for sight is woefully underfunded

Annabel Smith.

Yorkshire beer expert Annabel Smith takes place in photo exhibition dedicated to...

Today marks the centenary of the Representation of People Act.

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Betty Boothroyd has called for an end to political self-indulgence over Brexit.

Betty Boothroyd: Britain is in crisis. Stop the Brexit self-indulgence

Former speaker of the House of Commons Baroness Betty Boothroyd, in her office at Westminster, London.

Betty Boothroyd on politics, Yorkshire and making history

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, in her office at Westminster. Picture: James Hardisty

Betty Boothroyd: Cameron '˜gambled' nation's future to save Tory party

Betty Boothroyd became Britain's first female Speaker 25 years ago.

YP Comment: Who will speak for Yorkshire? Betty Boothroyd's indomitable example ...

Speaker John Bercow.

YP Comment: Why the Bercow ban was wrong. Speaker lacks statesmanship

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Tom Richmond: Leeds council off track with its airport rail station plan

YP Comment: Betty Boothroyd on the warpath

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