Redigerer John Bercow (avsnitt)

== Bakgrunn ==
John Simon Bercow  (uttales [[Det internasjonale fonetiske alfabetet|IPA]]: /ˈbɜːkəʊ/) ble født [[19. januar]] [[1963]] i [[Edgware]] i [[London]].<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=John Bercow's long journey from hard right to Labour darling|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/09/john-bercows-long-journey-from-hard-right-to-labour-darling|avis=The Guardian|dato=2019-09-09|besøksdato=2024-11-24|issn=0261-3077|språk=en-GB|fornavn=Frances|etternavn=Perraudin}}</ref> En av Bercows bestefedre, Jack Berkowitch, var en [[Romania|rumensk]] jøde som innvandret til Londons [[East End (London)|East End]] da han var 16 år gammel.<ref name=":2">{{Kilde avis|tittel=John Bercow, Shouting for ‘Order’ Amid Chaos, Is Brexit’s Surprise Star and Villain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/world/europe/brexit-speaker-john-bercow.html|avis=The New York Times|dato=2019-01-19|besøksdato=2019-11-05|issn=0362-4331|språk=en-US|fornavn=Ellen|etternavn=Barry}}</ref> Bercows far, Charlie, hadde en bruktbilforretning, og etter at han måtte stenge den, livnærte han familien ved å kjøre drosje.<ref name=":2" /> John Bercows more Brenda Bailey gikk over til jødedommen da hun giftet seg med Charlie Bercow. John Bercow regner seg som ikke-religiøs jøde. Han gjennomførte [[Bar mitsva|bar mitzvah]] i Finchley Reform Synagogue.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/fellows/john-bercow|tittel=John Bercow — Birkbeck, University of London|besøksdato=2024-11-24|verk=www.bbk.ac.uk}}</ref> I 2020 fortalte han at han ikke opplevde [[antisemittisme]] fra noen i Labour, men enkelte antisemittiske kommentarer fra det konservative partiet.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-bercow-antisemitism-conservative-party-commons-speaker-latest-a9313791.html|tittel=John Bercow says he was subject to antisemitic abuse from Conservatives|besøksdato=2024-11-24|dato=2020-02-03|språk=en|verk=The Independent}}</ref>

Han var et stort tennistalent i tenårene og ble regnet som landets beste under 12 år og ble trent av [[Bobby Wilson]]. Han var for liten av vekst (168 cm<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=John Bercow needs to rise above the jokes about his height {{!}} Marcus Dysch|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/08/john-bercow-height-jokes-discrimination|avis=The Guardian|dato=2014-07-08|besøksdato=2019-11-05|issn=0261-3077|språk=en-GB|fornavn=Marcus|etternavn=Dysch}}</ref> eller 169 cm)<ref name=":2" /> til å kunne hevde seg som senior.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/diary/diary-norton-cool-on-claudia-show-2251227.html|tittel=Diary: Norton cool on Claudia show|besøksdato=2019-02-02|forfattere=|dato=2011-03-24|språk=en|verk=The Independent|forlag=|sitat=Señor Bercow's biographer, Bobby Friedman, politely assures me that his version of the tale is, in fact, the correct one: despite being just two inches shorter than the current US Open champion, Kim Clijsters, Bercow proved too wee to compete as an adult. As the country's top under-12 player, he was coached by the former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Bobby Wilson,}}</ref>

Bercow er utdannet ved [[University of Essex]] med meget godt resultat (''first-class honours'') i [[statsvitenskap]].<ref name=":1">{{Kilde avis|tittel=Speaker John Bercow called for 'assisted repatriation' of immigrants|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/5651054/Speaker-John-Bercow-called-for-assisted-repatriation-of-immigrants.html|dato=2009-06-26|besøksdato=2019-02-02|issn=0307-1235|språk=en-GB|fornavn=|etternavn=|avis=The Telegraph|side=|sitat=Mr Bercow, whose early influences included Enoch Powell, stood for election to the national executive of the Monday Club pressure group on an anti-immigration ticket, despite the fact that he is himself descended from Romanian Jewish immigrants.}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Kilde www|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-bercow-i-have-been-to-sudan-seen-the-poorest-people-on-the-planet-they-need-our-help-40110.html|tittel=John Bercow: 'I have been to Sudan ... seen the poorest people on the|besøksdato=2019-02-02|forfattere=|dato=2004-08-02|språk=en|verk=The Independent|forlag=|sitat=Mr Bercow says he has been the victim of occasional anti-semitism within the Tory party but has always treated such bigotry with "the disdain it deserves" and has risen above it. … Over recent years, Mr Bercow has experienced something of a Damascene conversion, swapping his right-wing posture for that of a social liberal.}}</ref>

Bercow er gift med Sally Illman, som er en [[Labour Party]]-aktivist.<ref name=":2" />