1992 Speaker of the British House of Commons election 1992 Speaker of the British House of Commons election The 1992 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 27 April 1992, in the first sitting of the House of Commons following the 1992 general election and the retirement of the previous Speaker Bernard Weatherill. The election resulted in the election of Labour MP Betty Boothroyd, one of Weatherill’s deputies, who was the first ever woman to become Speaker. This was at a time when the Conservative Party had a majority in the House of Commons. It was also the first contested election (with more than one
Speaker of the House of Keys robe was donated by the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1966 to commemorate the centenary of popular elections to the House of Keys. On 27 September 2016, Juan Watterson was elected as Speaker, the youngest person to hold the office since Sir John Senhouse Goldie-Taubman. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Following the election of Noel Cringle as President of Tynwald Speaker of the House of Keys The Speaker of the House of Keys () is the principal officer of the House of Keys, the lower house of the Isle of Man legislature. The Speaker is elected from the membership of the House at