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'{{Short description|British politician}} {{Redirect|Baroness Hayman|Baroness Hayman of Ullock|Sue Hayman}} {{Use British English|date=November 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = The Baroness Hayman | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GBEf|PC}} | image = Official portrait of Baroness Hayman crop 2, 2023.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2023 | birth_name = Helene Valerie Middleweek | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|3|26|df=y}} | occupation = | office = [[Lord Speaker|Lord Speaker of the House of Lords]] | monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] | term_start = 4 July 2006 | term_end = 31 August 2011 | predecessor = [[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton|The Lord Falconer of Thoroton]] <br />(as [[Lord Chancellor]]) | successor = [[Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza|The Baroness D'Souza]] | office1 = [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]] | monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]] | primeminister1 = [[Tony Blair]] | term_start1 = 29 July 1999 | term_end1 = 7 June 2001 | predecessor1 = [[Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue|The Lord Donoughue]] | successor1 = ''Office abolished'' | office2 = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health]] | monarch2 = [[Elizabeth II]] | primeminister2 = [[Tony Blair]] | term_start2 = 28 July 1998 | term_end2 = 29 July 1999 | predecessor2 = [[Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington|The Baroness Jay of Paddington]] | successor2 =[[Gisela Stuart]] | office3 = [[Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Roads]] | monarch3 = [[Elizabeth II]] | primeminister3 = [[Tony Blair]] | term_start3 = 6 May 1997 | term_end3 = 28 July 1998 | predecessor3 = [[Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen|The Viscount Goschen]] | successor3 =[[Larry Whitty, Baron Whitty|The Lord Whitty]] | office4 = [[Member of the House of Lords]] <br />[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]] | term_start4 = 2 January 1996<br />[[Life Peerage]] | office5 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Welwyn and Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn and Hatfield]] | term_start5 = 10 October 1974 | term_end5 = 7 April 1979 | majority5 = | predecessor5 = [[Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford|Lord Balniel]] | successor5 =[[Christopher Murphy (British politician)|Christopher Murphy]] | committees = [[Procedure Committee (House of Lords)|Procedure Committee]] (2006–11)<br />[[House Committee (House of Lords)|House Committee]] (2006–11) | spouse = {{marriage|Martin Heathcote Hayman|1974}} | children = 4 | party = [[Crossbencher|Crossbench]] | otherparty = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (until 2006)}} '''Helene Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman''', {{post-nominals|size=100%|sep=,|country=GBR|GBEf|PC}} ({{née}} '''Middleweek'''; born 26 March 1949) is a British politician who was [[Lord Speaker]] of the [[House of Lords]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. As a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] she was a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] from 1974 to 1979. When she became an MP at age 25, she was the youngest MP of the 1974–79 Parliament. Hayman became a [[life peer]] in 1996. Outside politics, she has been involved in health issues, serving on medical [[ethics]] committees and the governing bodies of bodies in the [[National Health Service]] and health charities. In 2006, she won the inaugural election for the newly created position of [[Lord Speaker]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5146024.stm|title=Hayman chosen to be Lords speaker|work=BBC News|access-date=4 July 2006|date=4 July 2006}}</ref> ==Early life, education and early career== The daughter of Maurice (a dentist) and Maude Middleweek, Hayman attended [[Wolverhampton Girls' High School]] and read law at [[Newnham College, Cambridge]], graduating in 1969; she was President of the [[Cambridge Union Society]] in 1969. She worked for [[Shelter (charity)|Shelter]] from 1969 to 1971, and for the [[Social Services]] Department at the [[London Borough of Camden]] from 1971 to 1974, when she was named Deputy Director of the National Council for One-Parent Families.<ref name="whoswho">Helene Hayman profile at ''Who's Who 2009'', A & C Black.<!-- ISBN, pages needed --></ref> ==Personal life== She married Martin Heathcote Hayman (born 20 December 1942) in 1974; they have four sons.<ref name="whoswho"/> ==Political career== She participated on William F. Buckley's ''Firing Line'' television programs in January 1972 as a member of a panel discussing "The Irish Problem" and featuring then-MP [[Bernadette Devlin McAliskey]],<ref>{{Citation|last=Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.|title=Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Irish Problem, Episode S0041, Recorded on March 25, 1972. Guest: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey|date=26 January 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFUKV5_EwdA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/FFUKV5_EwdA| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|access-date=3 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and on 24 July 1973 in an episode discussing whether the Apollo program had been worth it,<ref>{{Citation |title=Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Was It Worth It? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GteAsHsqTlc |access-date=2023-09-10 |language=en}}</ref> and again on the 20 August 1973 episode with [[Malcolm Muggeridge]] on the theme "Has America Had It?".<ref>Video distributed by the [[Hoover Institute]], January 27th, 2017.</ref> In February 1973 she was one of three commenters on an episode of ''Firing Line'' which featured Germaine Greer. She contested the [[Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton South West]] constituency in the February 1974 election. She was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Welwyn and Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn and Hatfield]] in the [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974 general election]]. On her election, she was the youngest member of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], remaining the "[[Baby of the House]]" until the [[1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election|by-election victory]] of [[Andrew MacKay]] in 1977. She was the first woman to [[breastfeeding|breastfeed]] at [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster]]. She lost her seat, a marginal, to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Christopher Murphy (British politician)|Christopher Murphy]] at the [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]]. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Health Authority (later Bloomsbury and Islington Health Authority) from 1985 to 1992, and its Vice-Chair from 1988 onwards.<ref name="whoswho"/> She served on the ethics committees of the [[Royal College of Gynaecologists]] from 1982 to 1997, and of the [[University College London]] and [[University College Hospital]] from 1987 to 1997. From 1992 to 1997, she was a member of the Council of University College, London, and chair of [[Whittington Hospital]] [[NHS Trust]]. Hayman was made a [[life peer]] on 2 January 1996, and took the title '''Baroness Hayman''', of [[Dartmouth Park]] in the [[London Borough of Camden]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=54269|date=5 January 1996|page=267}}</ref> After the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], she served as a junior minister in the [[Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions]] and the [[Department of Health (United Kingdom)|Department of Health]], before being appointed [[Minister of State]] at the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]] in July 1999.<ref>[http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26604 ''DOD Parliamentary Companion'' online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060708195001/http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26604 |date=8 July 2006 }} <!-- ISBN, pages needed --></ref> She became a member of the [[Privy Council]] in 2001, but left political office the same year to become chairman of [[Cancer Research UK]] (2001–2005). She became chair of the [[Human Tissue Authority]] in 2005. She was a Trustee of the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] (2002–2006) and of the Tropical Health and Education Trust (2005–2006). She was a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in 2005–2006. She was a member of the Lords Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, 2004–2005, and of the Lords Constitution Committee, 2005–2006.<ref name="whoswho"/> ==Lord Speaker== In May 2006, after the position of [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] in the [[House of Lords]] was separated from the office of [[Lord Chancellor]] as part of the reforms under the [[Constitutional Reform Act 2005]], she was one of nine candidates to be put forward for the new role of [[Lord Speaker]]. She was nominated as a candidate by [[Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean]] and seconded by [[Lord Walton of Detchant]]. Her narrow victory in the election was announced on 4 July 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/SpeakershipElectionResult.pdf|title=Lord Speaker election results|access-date=4 July 2006}}</ref> and she became the first ever Lord Speaker. On her election, [[Lord McNally]], the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] leader in the House of Lords, called her the "[[Julie Andrews]] of British politics". Like the Speaker in the House of Commons, but unlike the [[Lord Chancellor]] who was also a judge and a government minister, the Lord Speaker resigns party membership and outside interests to concentrate on being an impartial presiding officer. {{Citation needed|date=August 2012}} On 2 March 2011, Hayman gave a lecture to the Mile End Group in the Attlee Suite of Portcullis House. This was the third in a lecture series to commemorate the [[Parliament Act 1911]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hayman |first1=Helene |title=1911 Parliament Act and the House of Lords |url=http://www.meg.qmul.ac.uk/pastevents/Hayman.html |website=Mile End Group |publisher=[[Queen Mary University of London]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321023703/http://www.meg.qmul.ac.uk/pastevents/Hayman.html |archive-date=21 March 2012 |date=2 March 2011}} (Transcript of Hayman's speech)</ref> On 9 May 2011, Hayman announced that she would not seek re-election for a second term as Lord Speaker;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2011/may/lord-speaker-steps-down|title=Lord Speakership Election 2011 - Baroness Hayman's Announcement|access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref> her successor was [[Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza|Baroness D'Souza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04092.pdf|title=Amendments Made on 3 May 2011 to the Standing Orders for Public Business|publisher=The Stationery Office, Ltd|access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref> ==Honours and awards== *[[Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] (GBE) in the [[2012 New Year Honours]] for services to the House of Lords.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60009|date=31 December 2011|page=6 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/dec/31/new-year-honours-list-gbe?newsfeed=true|title=New Year honours list|date=31 December 2011 | location=London|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> *On 21 September 2010: copy of the key of the city of [[Tirana]] on a visit to Albania at the invitation of the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406064926/http://www.tirana.gov.al/Celesi_qytetit/LStudio_Rama_Baronesha.jpg |url=http://www.tirana.gov.al/Celesi_qytetit/LStudio_Rama_Baronesha.jpg |title=Hayman received a copy of the key of the City of Tirana, Albania |archive-date=6 April 2012}}</ref> * Honorary Fellow, [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] ==See also== * [[List of residents of Wolverhampton]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ytgcxhTq1U A lecture on House of Lords reform delivered by Baroness Hayman] at the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] on [[YouTube]] {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford|Lord Balniel]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Welwyn and Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn and Hatfield]]|years=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974]] – [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Christopher Murphy (British politician)|Christopher Murphy]]}} |- {{s-bef|before = [[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton|The Lord Falconer of Thoroton]]|as=Lord Chancellor}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Lord Speaker]]|years=2006–2011}} {{s-aft|after=[[Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza|The Baroness D'Souza]]}} {{s-hon}} {{s-bef|before=[[Dafydd Elis-Thomas]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Baby of the House]] [[British House of Commons|of Commons]]|years=1974–1977}} {{s-aft|after=[[Andrew MacKay]]}} {{s-end}} {{Babies of the House}} {{Lord Speaker}} {{2006 Lord Speaker election}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayman, Helene}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:20th-century English women politicians]] [[Category:21st-century British women politicians]] [[Category:Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge]] [[Category:Crossbench life peers]] [[Category:Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Fellows of Newnham College, Cambridge]] [[Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies]] [[Category:Labour Friends of Israel]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) life peers]] [[Category:Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Lords Speaker]] [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:People educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School]] [[Category:People from Wolverhampton]] [[Category:Presidents of the Cambridge Union]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]]'