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John Simon Bercow (pron-en?b??ko?; born 19 January 1963) is the Speaker (Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)) of the House of Commons (House of Commons of the United Kingdom) in the United Kingdom. He was first elected to this office in June 2009, until the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010, and was re-elected on 18 May 2010. He has been the Member of Parliament for Buckingham (Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)) since 1997. Until he became Speaker, he sat in the House as a member of the Conservative Party (Conservative Party (UK)). He served in the Shadow Cabinet under former Conservative leaders Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard.
Honorific-prefix: The Right Honourable,
Honorific-suffix: MP (Member of Parliament)
Monarch: Elizabeth II (Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom)
Leader1: Michael Howard
Preceded1: Caroline Spelman
Succeeded1: Andrew Mitchell
Leader2: Iain Duncan Smith
Preceded2: Oliver Letwin
Succeeded2: Howard Flight
Constituency Mp3: Buckingham (Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency))
Majority3: 12,529 (47.3%)
Date of birth: 1963-01-19
Birth Location: Edgware, Middlesex, England
Nationality: British
Spouse: Sally Bercow (n�e Illman)
Party: None
Otherparty: Conservative (Conservative Party (UK)) (1997-2009)
Religion: Judaism
Children: Oliver,Freddie,Jemima
Alma Mater: University of Essex
Speaker of the House of Commons (Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom))
In office: 22 June 2009
Predceded by: Michael Martin (Michael Martin (politician))
Shadow (Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet) Secretary of State for International Development
In office: November 2003-September 2004
Shadow (Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet) Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office: 18 September 2001-23 July 2002
In office: 1 May 1997
Predceded by: George Walden