Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, (3 July 1945 – 29 April 2018) was a British Labour politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005, and then for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was an MP until his election as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, and was Speaker for nine years until his resignation in 2009. He also stood down from the House of Commons on the following day.

Martin died in the morning of the 29 April 2018 of a short-illness at the age of 72.

Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn

References

Other websites

Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Michael Martin MP

TheyWorkForYou.com – Michael Martin MP

Biography and profile in the Sunday Times 27 July 2008

Conservative MPs accuse Speaker of bias and threaten to walk out

Profile, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 24 February 2008

1945 births

2018 deaths

Speakers of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

Politicians from Glasgow

Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn