Mr. Bercow was a lawmaker with the governing Conservatives before being elected speaker, a role in which he irked the governments of both Theresa May and Boris Johnson. By The Associated Press Critics ...

John Bercow has announced that he will stand down as Speaker of the UK's House of Commons by October 31 -- the day Britain is set to leave the European Union -- after a decade in the position. John ...

Britain's House of Commons elected a new Speaker Monday. The fact that this is even news outside a small Westminster bubble reflects the enormous attention courted by the previous holder of the post, ...

LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, a longtime Conservative lawmaker who gained international fame refereeing the country’s bruising political drama over Brexit, said ...

John Bercow has denied the prospect of a peerage from Keir Starmer had anything to do with his defection to the Labour Party. The former Commons Speaker aid on Sunday there has been “no barter, no ...

Bercow was originally elected to the House of Commons in 1997, becoming a Member of Parliament (or MP) on behalf of the Conservative Party. As best I can tell based on my limited knowledge of the UK's ...

John Bercow will be the special guest on Sky News' election night programme. The former Speaker will join host Dermot Murnaghan to give his colourful take on events as the outcome of the battle for ...

Critics say Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s nominations for lifetime legislative posts continued a pattern of patronage that undermines the credibility of a long-troubled institution. By Mark Landler ...