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Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman

Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman
Baroness Hayman at Westminster Hall in 2011
Personal data
Date of birth26 March 1949(age 62)
Political partyIndependent (2006 - present)
Other partyLabour (? - 2006)
SpouseMartin Heathcote Hayman
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords
Assumed office4 July 2006
Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byLord Falconer of Thoroton
as Lord Chancellor
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office1996
In office10 October 1974 - 3 May 1979
Succeeded byChristopher Murphy
Preceded byLord Balniel

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Helene Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC (born 26 March 1949 in Wolverhampton as Helene Middleweek) is Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This means that both the speaker of the House of Commons (John Bercow) and of the House of Lords are Jewish. As a member of the Labour Party she was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and became a Life Peer in 1996. Outside politics, she has been involved in health issues, serving on medical ethics committees and the governing bodies of bodies in the National Health Service and health charities. In 2006, she won the inaugural election for the newly created position of Lord Speaker.

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ITV.com--Lady Newlove received a loud cheer from peers as she shook the hand of Lord Speaker -Baroness Hayman- on her way out of the chamber.--- - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:06:24 GMT+00:00
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Ha'aretz--The speaker of the House of Lords, -Baroness Helene Hayman-, who is Jewish, appealed yesterday to the Foreign Office to move the speech from the late ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:46:04 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
as Lord Chancellor
Lord Speaker
2006 - present
Incumbent
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord Balniel
Member of Parliament for Welwyn and Hatfield
October 1974 - 1979
Succeeded by
Andrew MacKay
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Dafydd Elis Thomas
Baby of the House
1974 - 1977
Succeeded by
Harriet Harman
Lord Privy Seal
Order of precedence
Preceded by
The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Lord President of the Council
Ladies
Lord Speaker
Succeeded by
The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk
Order of precedence in Scotland
Preceded by
Ambassadors and High Commissioners
to the United Kingdom
Ladies
Lord Speaker

House of Commons House of Lords



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