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Eleanor Laing

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Eleanor Laing

Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
Assumed office
8 January 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Charles III
SpeakerLindsay Hoyle
Preceded byLindsay Hoyle
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
16 October 2013 – 19 December 2019
SpeakerJohn Bercow
Lindsay Hoyle
Preceded byNigel Evans
Succeeded byRosie Winterton
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
19 May 2005 – 7 December 2005
LeaderMichael Howard
Preceded byJames Gray
Succeeded byDavid Mundell
Shadow Minister for Women and Equality
In office
15 March 2004 – 2 July 2007
LeaderMichael Howard
David Cameron
Preceded byCaroline Spelman
Succeeded byTheresa May
Member of Parliament
for Epping Forest
Assumed office
1 May 1997
Preceded bySteven Norris
Majority22,173 (44.1%)
Personal details
Born
Eleanor Fulton Pritchard

(1958-02-01) 1 February 1958 (age 66)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Alan Laing
(div. 2002)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh


Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing DBE MP (née Pritchard; born 1 February 1958) is a British politician. She has been the Member of Parliament for the Epping Forest constituency since 1997. Laing is a member of the Conservative Party. She has served as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons since 2020.