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John Simon Bercow (born 19 January 1963) is a British politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Commons since June 2009. Prior to his election to Speaker, he was a member of the Conservative Party. A former "hardline" right-winger who moderated his views after becoming an MP and at one time was rumoured to be likely to defect to the Labour Party, Bercow's election to the Speaker's Chair depended heavily on the backing of other parties, and was deeply unpopular with many of his former colleagues.
He served as a councillor from 1986 to 1990 and unsuccessfully contested parliamentary seats in the 1987 and 1992 general elections. In the 1997 general election, Bercow was elected the MP for 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.
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John Bercow is re-elected as Speaker of the House of Commons and as part of tradition is dragged 'reluctantly' to his seat before starting business. Bercow tells MPs that he would be the 'champion of backbenchers' and would ensure the Commons remained 'at the heart of our democratic system'. Bercow was first elected as Speaker in 2009, and has served in the role for six years
Cameron stopped in his tracks while avoiding Ed Miliband's questions.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid was branded "discourteous and incompetent" by Commons Speaker John Bercow for taking too long to reply to an urgent question. Mr Bercow said the cabinet minister should have offered to make a government statement instead. The unusually outspoken criticism from the Speaker came after Mr Javid finished responding to an urgent question from Labour on the steel industry, following the announcement by Tata Steel of nearly 1,200 job losses at its plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire. "It must not happen again," Mr Bercow told the cabinet minister. Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bbcworldnews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbcworld Instagram: http://instagram.com/bb...
The Speaker does impersonations of fellow Tories Michal Gove, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Sir Peter Tapsell in a light-hearted question and answer session following a lecture at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin
Speaker of the House John Bercow honoured in moving words the murdered Jo Cox after Parliament reconvened on Monday 20th June 2016
for more follow me: https://twitter.com/onlyfirstnews Speaker John Bercow expressed his anger at ministers "fiddling ostentatiously" with their phones on the front bench of the Commons, warning they should leave the chamber if they could not put them away. He reminded the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Deputy Commons leader Therese Coffey that electronic devices were only allowed to be used in the Commons if they did not impair the business taking place.
Obama in London 25 May 2011. Great welcome speech by John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons. We welcome President Obama too, with hope and prayers, that with our Prime Minister Cameron our great nations will work together to achieve global peace, and try to end all conflicts and wars.
The House of Commons speaker John Bercow is interviewed by Murnaghan on a number of issues. Recorded from Sky News, Murnaghan, 06 May 2012.
John Bercow clashes with ITV Political Editor Tom Bradby during News at Ten interview. .. Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Patchwork Foundation, Patron and Host. MP of the Year Awards Ceremony 2015. Hosted by Mr Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP. Kindly sponsored by KPMG. In association with Mosaic, UpRising and 3FF.
Interview with Sally and Speaker John Bercow MP about being parents of a boy with autism, Oliver, and why they're Parent Patrons of Ambitious about Autism. Find out more about Ambitious about Autism: http://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/
Tom Bradby grills John Bercow about his nomination as the new Speaker, despite being an unpopular figure with some of his own party
This is Sally and Speaker John Bercow MP's first ever joint television interview on ITV1's Lorraine programme. The couple talk to Lorraine about what family life is like raising a child with autism as their son Oliver, aged eight, has high-functioning autism. They also discussed why they support Ambitious about Autism and the £100,000 donation to the charity Sally achieved by appearing in Celebrity Big Brother 2011.
MP of the Year Awards Ceremony 2014. Hosted by Mr Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP. Kindly sponsored by KPMG. In association with Mosaic, UpRising, 3FF and NUS.
Final cut of the fourth and final video from the interview with the Speaker. The Speaker discusses the role of the Youth Parliament and how young people can become re-engaged with the political process.
Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, delivers the 2012 Kaleidoscope Trust lecture
Politics was pleased to host the Rt Hon John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons to give our 2016/7 Sammy Finer Lecture on ‘The Making of a Modern Parliament’
The Rt Hon John Bercow delivered the after-dinner speech at the PSA 65th Annual International Conference in Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield on March 31st 2015.
Speaker of the House of Commons visits Luton Sixth Form College 2015
John Bercow has been the Speaker of the House of Commons since 2009 and was re-elected this year. Prior to his election, he was a member of the Conservative Party and has been a MP since 1997. He was in the shadow cabinets of Michael Howard and Iain Duncan Smith.
Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow visited IIRPS and gave a public lecture entitled "The Speaker of the UK Parliament: Role and Responsibilities"
The 2016 Sir Bernard Crick Annual Lecture was delivered by The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon John Bercow MP. The Speaker spoke to the topic of 'Designing for Democracy', and discussed the radical plans to refurbish the ageing Palace of Westminster.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, gave a lecture on Parliamentary Reform at the University of Hull this week as part of the Politics 50 celebrations.
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Sponsored by KPMG and hosted by our Patron, Mr Speaker Rt Hon John Bercow MP at Speakers House.