"Orderrr!"

John Bercow is one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics. As Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, his distinctive bellow for order spanned the tenure of four Prime Ministers and a decade of political turmoil.

Having left his mark on the collective unconscious, he has since moved on from his parliamentary career of over two decades to become Chancellor of first Bedfordshire University and later the University of Essex.

"He will be remembered for championing parliament in the face of an arrogant and incompetent executive" - Prospect