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John Bercow

1963 - Today

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John Simon Bercow (; born 19 January 1963) is a British former politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and 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 MP for Buckingham in the 2019 general election, Bercow left Parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bercow has received more than 6,706,624 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. John Bercow is the 16,972nd most popular politician (down from 14,708th in 2019), the 5,312th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,247th in 2019) and the 602nd most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Bercow ranks 16,972 out of 19,576. Before him are Neil Abercrombie, Jutta Urpilainen, Nitin Gadkari, Daniel Elena, Yohannes I, and Stéphane Dion. After him are Krishan Kant, Emily de Jongh-Elhage, William Hobson, Joe Williams, Lansana Kouyaté, and Mohamed Hussein Roble.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, John Bercow ranks 510. Before him are Danko Cvjetićanin, Ludger Beerbaum, Sophie in 't Veld, Frank Peterson, Joan Plaza, and Michael Chabon. After him are Mohamed Hussein Roble, Rami Saari, Andy Timmons, Vincent Collet, Liu Huan, and Mari Iijima.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bercow ranks 5,312 out of 8,785. Before him are William Nicholson (1872), Janet Munro (1934), Prince Louis of Cambridge (2018), Bertie Mee (1918), Annie Haslam (1947), and Barbara Shelley (1932). After him are Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), Ron Flockhart (1923), George Farquhar (1677), Regé-Jean Page (1988), and Howard Jacobson (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Bercow ranks 602. Before him are Denis Healey (1917), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Donald Dewar (1937), Jo Cox (1974), and Harriet Harman (1950). After him are Harry Pollitt (1890), Mark Drakeford (1954), John Graves Simcoe (1752), Henry Hyndman (1842), Nick Griffin (1959), and Edwin Montagu (1879).

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