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Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing, DBE (née Pritchard; born 1 February 1958)[5] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Epping Forest from 1997 to 2024. She has served in the shadow cabinets of Michael Howard and David Cameron. From 2013 to 2024, Laing served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons; from 2020, as Chairman of Ways and Means, making her the senior Deputy Speaker, and the first woman to hold this post. She has one of the longest tenures in the Speaker's Chair.
Laing stood down from the House of Commons at the 2024 general election. Having served as an MP for 27 years, she is one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history.[6]
- ^ D'Arcy, Mark (3 March 2023). "What's happening in Parliament this week?". BBC News. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
senior deputy speaker Dame Eleanor Laing will be back in the chair this week, after several weeks recovering from surgery
- ^ "Votes and Proceedings Thursday 26 October 2023". House of Commons of the United Kingdom. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Dame Eleanor Laing – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Deputy Speaker / Chairman of Ways and Means – UK Parliament". Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Mrs Eleanor Laing (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Epping Forest MP to stand down after 27 years". BBC News. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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