4 John Bercow Quotes

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"John Simon Bercow" is a British politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)/Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom/House of Commons since June 2009. Prior to his election to Speaker, he was a member of the Conservative Party (UK)/Conservative Party.

He served as a councillor from 1986–1990 and unsuccessfully contested parliamentary seats in the 1987 and 1992 general elections. In the United Kingdom general election, 1997/1997 general election, Bercow was elected the MP for Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)/Buckingham and promoted to the shadow cabinet in 2001. He held posts in the shadow cabinets of Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard. In November 2002, he resigned from the shadow cabinet over disputes concerning the Adoption and Children Act but returned under Howard in 2003. In September 2004, Bercow was sacked after disagreements with Howard.

Following the resignation of Speaker Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn/Michael Martin, Bercow announced his intention to stand for the Speaker of the British House of Commons election, 2009/speakership election on 22 June 2009 and was successful. He was re-elected to this post on 18 May 2010 following unsuccessful challenges in the general election.