Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn

The Right Honourable The Lord Martin of Springburn PC
Martin as Speaker in 2009
Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
In office 23 October 2000 – 21 June 2009[1]
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Betty Boothroyd
Succeeded by	John Bercow
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 14 May 1997 – 23 October 2000
Speaker	Betty Boothroyd
Preceded by	Geoffrey Lofthouse
Succeeded by	Sylvia Heal
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 25 August 2009 – 29 April 2018 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East Glasgow Springburn (1979–2005)
In office 3 May 1979 – 22 June 2009
Preceded by	Richard Buchanan
Succeeded by	Willie Bain
Personal details
Born	Michael John Martin (1945-07-03)3 July 1945 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	29 April 2018(2018-04-29) (aged 72) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Crossbench
Other political affiliations	Speaker (2000–2009) Labour (1966–2000)
Spouse	Mary McLay ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	2 (including Paul)

Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, PC (3 July 1945 – 29 April 2018) was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005 and for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, remaining in the office for nine years until his involuntary resignation in 2009.

On his election to the post of Speaker in 2000, he was the first Catholic to serve in the role since the Reformation.^[2] He resigned from the position on 21 June 2009,^[3] as a result of diminishing parliamentary and public confidence owing to his role in the expenses scandal.^[4] He stood down from the House of Commons on the following day.^[5]