- A former top junior tennis player, he once beat avid tennis fan Boris Johnson 6-0, 6-0, 6-0.
- Former member of the Conservative Party; elected Speaker of the House of Commons in June 2009, but retired in the summer of 2019.
- In June 2021, he announced that he had left the Conservative party, due to his disagreements with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government and its political beliefs. He joined the Labour party.
- Wife Sally Bercow left the Conservative Party, and is now standing for election to Westminster City Council in the district that includes the Houses of Parliament.
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