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 ...

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 ...

Speaker John Bercow and other MPs are facing fresh pressure over bullying allegations after the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas was granted an Urgent Commons question on independent safeguards for staff ...

Speaker John Bercow is bowing out of the UK Parliament — and he’s leaving with a volley of parting shots for his many critics. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN to mark the end of his term, Bercow, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...