Betty Boothroyd Autobiography: The Autobiography

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Boothroyd received at least eight honorary degrees in recognition of her political career, [48] including:

The following year, when Denis Healey fought and won a byelection in Leeds South East, he recorded that there were only two memorable events during his campaign. One was the death of the King. The other was when he took the afternoon off to judge a speaking contest for young socialists “and chose as winner a bonny lass from Dewsbury who danced as a Tiller girl in the chorus of the local pantomimes: her name was Betty Boothroyd …” That year Boothroyd also stood, although unsuccessfully, for Dewsbury council. Baroness Boothroyd on her official portrait as Commons Speaker by Andrew Festing". Archived from the original on 8 November 2019 . Retrieved 31 March 2019– via YouTube. Lords fail to find house room for Lady Boothroyd's crest". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2001. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019 . Retrieved 15 February 2019. Archivedcopy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2017 . Retrieved 27 May 2017. {{ citeweb}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)Boothroyd, whose parents were textile workers, grew up in northern England. She originally envisioned a career as a dancer, and after attending Dewsbury College of Commerce and Art, she performed for a time with a troupe called the Tiller Girls, a successful stage and television act. EUROPEANPARLIAMENT(MEMBERSHIP)(Hansard,1July1975)". ParliamentaryDebates(Hansard). 1 July 1975. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 . Retrieved 13 January 2017. The Rt Hon. Baroness Boothroyd OM". St Hugh's College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019 . Retrieved 25 March 2019. Boothroyd died at a hospital in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 26 February 2023 at the age of 93. [2] Her death was announced the following day by

Boothroyd was made an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Light and Lighting (Hon. FSLL) in 2009, [30] [31] and she was an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford, and of St Edmund's College, Cambridge. [32] She was Patron of the Jo Richardson Community School in Dagenham, East London, and President of NBFA Assisting the Elderly. She was, for a period, Vice President of the Industry and Parliament Trust. a b "Sunak and Starmer pay tribute to Betty Boothroyd at funeral of first woman speaker". The Independent. 29 March 2023 . Retrieved 29 March 2023. Baroness Boothroyd went on to become an assistant government whip for the Labour Party and kept a keen eye on ensuring MPs were in the Commons to vote on key pieces of legislation.

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Langdon, Julia (27 February 2023). "Lady Boothroyd obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 29 March 2023.