John Bercow

John Bercow
Born	John Simon Bercow 19 January 1963 Edgware, Middlesex, England
Nationality	British
Religion	Jewish
Party	Conservative, Labour
Speaker of the House of Commons  In office 22 June 2009 - 31 October 2019  Shadow Secretary of State for International Development In office 10 November 2003 - 8 September 2004 Appointed by Michael Howard Preceded by Caroline Spelman Succeeded by Alan Duncan  Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury  In office 18 September 2001 - 23 July 2002 Boss Michael Howard Appointed by Iain Duncan Smith Preceded by Oliver Letwin  Member of Parliament for Buckingham In office 1 May 1997 - 4 November 2019 Preceded by Michael Bates, Alexander Carlile, Lord Carlile, Paul Channon, Winston Churchill II, Tristan Garel-Jones, Charles Hendry, Alan Howarth, David Howell, Douglas Hurd, Greville Janner, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Liz Lynne, Michael Portillo, Nicholas Soames, David Steel

John Bercow (born 19 January 1963) is a British politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019. Bercow currently serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham since the UK/1997 General Election. Prior to his election as Speaker, he was a Conservative Party MP.

In June 2021, he joined Keir Starmers Labour Party.

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