Betty Boothroyd Autobiography: The Autobiography

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McSmith, Andy (12 July 2000). "SuperstarwhoruledMPswithanironrodandareadywit". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019 . Retrieved 5 April 2019. Boothroyd died at a hospital in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 26 February 2023 at the age of 93. [2] Her death was announced the following day by Morris, Sophie (27 Chwefror 2023). "Baroness Boothroyd, first female Speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93" (yn Saesneg). Sky News . Cyrchwyd 27 Chwefror 2023. Harold Wilson (left) and Kevin R McNally in Stonehouse (right) Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/ITV

BettyBoothroyd:ToParliamentandbeyond". BBC. 24 October 2001. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009 . Retrieved 21 January 2009. The real disappointment of this book is the chapters on her time on the Commons throne. A defensive account of her speakership, overly padded with unrelieved slabs of Hansard and newspaper cuttings, adds little to our knowledge of its controversies. A cast of the great, the good and the not so good swim in and out of view. Boris Yeltsin and Jacques Chirac, both pictured kissing the hand of Her Bettyness, come calling. She meets Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton. If there is anything interesting to disclose about these encounters, then you will not find it here. 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.

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On 12 July 2000, following Prime Minister's Questions, Boothroyd announced to the House of Commons that would resign as Speaker after the summer recess. Tony Blair, then prime minister, paid tribute to her as "something of a national institution". Blair's predecessor, John Major, described her as an "outstanding Speaker". [23] She stepped down as Speaker and resigned as an MP on 23 October 2000. [24] Life peerage and later activity [ edit ] BritishParliament'sNewSpeakerSays'CallMeMadam' ". The Christian Science Monitor. 29 April 1992 . Retrieved 27 February 2023.

Former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd dies". BBC News. 27 February 2023 . Retrieved 27 February 2023. Morris, Sophie (27 February 2023). "Baroness Boothroyd, first female Speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93". Sky News . Retrieved 27 February 2023. I'd heard many moons ago that she was best mates with Betty Boothroyd. I read it in the Mail, the article could have said more but didn't want to go there. That was my impression. BettyBoothroyd:FuneralheldforfirstwomanCommonsSpeaker". BBC News. 29 March 2023 . Retrieved 29 March 2023. HouseHeroes". PoliticsHome.com. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019 . Retrieved 25 March 2019.I have no idea who she's with and nor do I care but what has it got to do with you, me or anyone else.Surely she's entitled to a private life. Who are you with ? :eek:

A Royal Exchange Theatre Production. Book by Maxine Peake & Seiriol Davies. Book, Music & Lyrics by Seiriol Davies. Directed by Sarah Frankcom. Betty! A sort of musical Maxine Peake (Funny Cow & Anne) and Seiriol Davies (How To Win Against History) have created this brand-new production, directed by former Royal Exchange Theatre Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom. 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] Betty Boothroyd (left) and Dorothy Atkinson in Stonehouse (right) Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/ITVShe grew up in a working-class family in Dewsbury and became involved in politics at a young age as her mother was a member of the women’s section of the Labour party.