John Simon Bercow is a British former politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elected speaker without having been a deputy speaker. After resigning as speaker in 2019 and opting not to seek re-election as an MP in the 2019 general election, Bercow left Parliament. In 2021, he joined the Labour Party but was suspended in 2022.
- Occupation
- politician, political scientist
- Position held
- Speaker of the House of Commons, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
