- Born
- Birth nameJohn Simon Bercow
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- John Bercow was born on January 19, 1963 in Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK. He has been married to Sally Bercow since December 12, 2002. They have three children.
- SpouseSally Bercow(December 12, 2002 - present) (filed for divorce, 3 children)
- A former top junior tennis player, he once beat avid tennis fan Boris Johnson 6-0, 6-0, 6-0.
- Former member of the Conservative Party; elected Speaker of the House of Commons in June 2009, but retired in the summer of 2019.
- Wife Sally Bercow left the Conservative Party, and is now standing for election to Westminster City Council in the district that includes the Houses of Parliament.
- In June 2021, he announced that he had left the Conservative party, due to his disagreements with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government and its political beliefs. He joined the Labour party.
- Nobody these days would regard it as acceptable to criticise someone on grounds of race or creed or disability or sexual orientation.
- [December 2021] I've known twelve prime ministers in my lifetime and by a country mile, Boris Johnson is the worst
- I think that Brexit is the biggest foreign policy mistake in the post-war period, and that is my honest view.
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