The Baroness Fookes | |
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 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords | |
| Assumed office 9 December 2002 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Second Deputy Chair of Ways and Means | |
| In office 27 April 1992 –14 May 1997 | |
| Speaker | Betty Boothroyd |
| Preceded by | Betty Boothroyd |
| Succeeded by | Michael Lord |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 30 September 1997 | |
| Member of Parliament for Plymouth Drake | |
| In office 28 February 1974 –8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Merton and Morden | |
| In office 18 June 1970 –8 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Humphrey Atkins |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1936 |
| Nationality | British |
| Party | Conservative |
Janet Evelyn Fookes,Baroness Fookes, DBE , DL (born 21 February 1936) is a British politician. [1] A member of the Conservative Party,she is a life peer in the House of Lords. She was previously a member of the House of Commons from 1970 to 1997,representing the constituencies of Merton and Morden (1970–74) and Plymouth Drake (1974–97). She was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 1997,and presently is a Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords.
