Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn
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The Right Honourable The Lord Martin of Springburn PC |
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| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office 23 October 2000 – 21 June 2009 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Betty Boothroyd |
| Succeeded by | John Bercow |
| First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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In office 14 May 1997 – 23 October 2000 |
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| Speaker | Betty Boothroyd |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Lofthouse |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Heal |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East Glasgow Springburn (1979–2005) |
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In office 3 May 1979 – 22 June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Willie Bain |
| Majority | 10,134 (35.7%) |
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3 July 1945 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Other political affiliations |
Labour (1966–2000) Speaker (2000–09) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Martin |
| Children | Paul Martin |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, PC (born 3 July 1945) is a British politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005, and then for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was a Labour Party MP until his election as the Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, and was Speaker for nine years until his resignation in 2009.
On his election to the post of Speaker in 2000 he was the first Roman Catholic to serve in the role since the Reformation. He resigned from the position on 21 June 2009 as a result of diminishing parliamentary and public confidence owing to his role in the expenses scandal. He also stood down from the House of Commons on the following day.
Martin was born in Glasgow in 1945, the son of a merchant seaman and a school cleaner. He attended St Patrick's Boys' School in Anderston, leaving at the age of 15 to become an apprentice sheet-metal worker. He became involved in the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Coppersmiths and joined the Labour Party when he was 21. He later worked in the Rolls-Royce plant at Hillington, and was an Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union shop steward from 1970 to 1974.
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