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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). John Bercow is the 17,693rd most popular politician (down from 16,959th in 2024), the 5,928th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,311th in 2019) and the 660th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John Bercow ranks 17,693 out of 19,576. Before him are Coffi Codjia, Basdeo Panday, Sibel Siber, Yevgeny Roizman, Yury Trutnev, and Valeriy Heletey. After him are Felix Grundy, Daniel Manning, Voula Patoulidou, Daniela Santanchè, Mehmet Şimşek, and Ruben Kun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, John Bercow ranks 621. Before him are Christophe Barratier, Domingos Simões Pereira, Wei Wei, Elizabeth Fraser, Tasmin Archer, and Sven Andersson. After him are Ian Brown, Michel Weber, Srđan Dragojević, Juan Carlos Ablanedo, Zhang Yuan, and Jozef Sabovčík.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bercow ranks 5,930 out of 8,785. Before him are Parminder Nagra (1975), Tasmin Archer (1963), Henry Sewell (1807), Nigel Stepney (1958), Tom Burke (1981), and Malcolm Allison (1927). After him are Lilian Bond (1908), Ian Brown (1963), Sandy Powell (1960), Peter Broadbent (1933), Julie Covington (1946), and Gary Brabham (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Bercow ranks 660. Before him are Nick Griffin (1959), Sophia Duleep Singh (1876), Vince Cable (1943), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), Richard Seddon (1845), and Henry Sewell (1807). After him are Selwyn Lloyd (1904), Shirley Williams (1930), Kemi Badenoch (1980), Nick Leeson (1967), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), and Abraham Beame (1906).

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