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WOMEN GOVERNMENT WHIPS, SPEAKERS AND DEPUTY SPEAKERS

These tables (as at 25 October 2010) list current and former women government whips, speakers and deputy speakers of both Houses. There are three deputy speakers of the Commons (the Chairman and two Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means). Under the Constitutional Reform Act (2005) the post of Lord Speaker of the House of Lords was created. Baroness Hayman was elected as the first Lord Speaker in 2006. A panel of 20-25 Deputy Speakers assist the Lord Speaker. The Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees in the Lords is also Chairman of the Select Committee on the European Communities. The House of Lords normally has seven government whips and the Commons normally has five lords commissioner of the treasury and five assistant whips, though the present government has currently nine assistant whips.

Table 1a: Women House of Commons government whips

Name	Title	Party	Dates
Harriet Slater	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury	Labour	1964-66
Betty Boothroyd	Assistant Whip	Labour	1974-75
Margaret Jackson	Assistant Whip	Labour	1975-76
Ann Taylor	Assistant Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)	Labour	1977-79 1998-2001
Jacqui Lait	Assistant Whip	Conservative	1996-97
Janet Anderson	Vice Chamberlain of HM's Household	Labour	1997-98
Bridget Prentice	Assistant Whip	Labour	1997-98 2003-2005
Jane Kennedy	Assistant Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Government Whip)	Labour	1997-1998 1998-1999
Anne McGuire	Assistant Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Government Whip)	Labour	1998-2001 2001-2002
Hilary Armstrong	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)	Labour	2001-2006
Angela Smith	Assistant Whip	Labour	2001-2002
Karen Buck	Assistant Whip	Labour	2001
Joan Ryan	Assistant Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Government Whip)	Labour	2002-2003 2003-2006
Gillian Merron	Assistant Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Government Whip)	Labour	2002-2004 2004-2006
Charlotte Atkins	Assistant Whip	Labour	2002-2004
Margaret Moran	Assistant Whilp	Labour	2003-2005
Jacqui Smith	Government Chief Whip	Labour	2006-2007
Liz Blackman	Assistant Whip Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)	Labour	2006-2007 2007-2008
Claire Ward	Assistant Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Government Whip) Vice Chamberlain of the Household	Labour	2005-2006 2006-2008 2008-2009
Siobhan McDonagh	Assistant Whip	Labour	2007-2008
Alison Seabeck	Assistant Whip	Labour	2007-2010
Diana Johnson	Assistant Whip	Labour	2007-2010
Lyn Brown	Assistant Whip	Labour	2009-2010
Dawn Butler	Assistant Whip HM Treasury	Labour	2008-2010
Mary Creagh	Assistant Whip	Labour	2009-2010
Helen Jones	Vice Chamberlain of HM Household	Labour	2009-2010
Chloe Smith	Assistant Whip	Conservative	2010-date
Angela Watkinson	Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Government Whip)	Conservative	2010-date

Table 1b: Women House of Commons Speakers and Deputy Speakers

Name	Office	Party	Dates
Betty Harvie Anderson	First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means	Labour	1970-73
Betty Boothroyd	Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means Speaker of the House	Labour	1987-92 1992-2000
Janet Fookes	Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means	Conservative	1992-97
Sylvia Heal	First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means	Labour	2000-2010

Table 2a: House of Lords government whips

Name	Office	Party	Dates
Baroness Phillips	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1965-70
Baroness Serota	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1968-69
Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe	Baroness in Waiting Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Chief Whip)	Labour	1969-70 1974-79
Baroness Young	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	1972-73
Baroness Birk	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1974
Baroness Stedman	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1975-79
Baroness David	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1978-79
Baroness Trumpington	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	1983-85, 1992-97
Baroness Cox	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	1985
Baroness Hooper	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	1985-86
Baroness Blatch	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	1990
Baroness Denton of Wakefield	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	1991-92
Baroness Miller of Hendon	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	1994-97
Baroness Gould of Potternewton	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1997-98
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1997-2010
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1997-2001
Baroness Amos	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1998-2001
Baroness Crawley	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	2002-2008
Baroness Andrews	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	1998-2005
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon	Baroness in Waiting Lords Chief Whip	Labour	2005-2008 2008
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	2007-2008
Baroness Thornton	Baroness in Waiting	Labour	2008-2010
Baroness Northover	Baroness in Waiting	Liberal Democrat	2010-date
Baroness Verma	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	2010 - date
Baroness Rawlings	Baroness in Waiting	Conservative	2010-date
Baroness Anelay of St Johns	Lords Chief Whip	Conservative	2010-date

Table 2b: House of Lords Speakers and Deputy Speakers

Name	Title	Party	Dates
Baroness Wootton of Abinger	Deputy Speaker	Labour	1967-88
Baroness Emmet of Amberley	Deputy Speaker	Conservative	1968-77
Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie	Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees	Conservative	1974-77
Baroness White	Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees Deputy Speaker	Labour	1979-1983 1979-1989
Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe	Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Labour	1983-1986 1986-1993
Baroness Serota	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees	Labour	1985-2002 1986-1992
Baroness Cox	Deputy Chairman of Committees Deputy Speaker	Conservative	1986-2005
Baroness Lockwood	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Labour	1990-2007
Baroness Hooper	Deputy Chairman of Committees	Labour	1993 - date
Baroness Nicol	Deputy Speaker	Conservative	1995-2002
Countess of Mar	Deputy Chairman of Committees Deputy Speaker	Cross-Bench	1997-2007 1999-2007
Baroness Turner of Camden	Deputy Chairman of Committees Deputy Speaker	Labour	1997-2008 2002-2008
Baroness Gardner of Parkes	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Conservative	1999-2002
Baroness Pitkeathley	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Labour	2002-date
Baroness Gould of Potternewton	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Labour	2002 -date
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Liberal Democrat	2002-2007
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale	Deputy Speaker	Labour	2002-2008
Baroness Fookes	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Conservative	2002-date
Baroness Hayman	Lord Speaker	Not Party Political	2006-date
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall	Deputy Chair of Committees Deputy Speaker	Labour	2007-date 2008-date
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen	Deputy Speaker	Labour	2008-date
Baroness Harris of Richmond	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Liberal Democrat	2008-date
Baroness Anelay of St. Johns	Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees	Conservative	2008-date
Baroness Morris of Bolton	Deputy Chairman of Committees	Conservative	2010-date

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