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Transport Committee
The Transport Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport ... and its associated public bodies. Its powers, like those of other select committees, are provided for under standing order 152 of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons and its membership is limited to 11 members. Membership Membership of the committee is as follows: 2019-2024 Parliament The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020. Changes 2019-2024 2017-2019 Parliament The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Select Committees Of The United Kingdom
In British politics, parliamentary select committees are cross-party groups of MPs or Lords which investigate specific issues or scrutinise the work of the Government of the United Kingdom. They can be appointed from the House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a joint committee of Parliament drawn from both. Committees may be constituted as "sessional" committees – i.e. be near-permanent – or as "ad-hoc" committees with a specific deadline by which to complete their work, after which they cease to exist. House of Commons select committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments and agencies, whereas Lords select committees look at general issues, such as the constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, most of the new chairs of the 26 select committees were elected in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olly Glover
Oliver Guy Nicholas Glover is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Didcot and Wantage since 2024, elected with a 39.8% share of the vote for the newly created constituency. He is also a town and parish councillor in Oxfordshire. Glover has worked in operations management for various railway companies. Early life and education Glover was educated at Hampton School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in History. During his time at Cambridge, he was chairman of the Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU) LGBT group and junior treasurer of the Cambridge University Railway Club. He has worked in operations management for Network Rail and various train operating companies. Political career Glover stood in the 2019 general election for the London constituency of Tooting, finishing in third place. In the 2023 local elections, Glover was elected to the town council of Didcot, South Oxfordshire, and the parish co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Merriman
Huw William Merriman (born 13 July 1973) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexhill and Battle in East Sussex from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Rail and HS2 from October 2022 until July 2024. He previously chaired the Transport Select Committee between January 2020 and October 2022. Prior to his parliamentary career, Merriman was a barrister and a local councillor. Early life and career Merriman was born on 13 July 1973 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, to Richard and Ann Merriman. His father was a local council worker and his mother was a teacher. He grew up in Buckingham and attended Buckingham County Secondary Modern School and Aylesbury College. Merriman studied law at Durham University, where he was president of the Young Conservatives branch in 1994. After graduating, he qualified as a barrister at the City Law School. He initially worked in criminal law before working in fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Birmingham Northfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Laurence Turner, a Labour politician. It represents the southernmost part of the city of Birmingham. Boundaries 1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham Wards of Northfield, Selly Oak, and Weoley. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of King's Norton, Northfield, and Weoley. 1974–1983: As above less King's Norton, plus Longbridge 1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Bartley Green, Longbridge, Northfield, and Weoley. 1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Longbridge, Northfield, and Weoley ''(as they existed on 1 June 1994)''. 2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of King's Norton, Longbridge, Northfield, and Weoley ''(as they existed on 12 April 2005)''. 2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review, which did not effect the parliamentary boundaries, the contents of the constituency were as follows with effect fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Turner (politician)
Laurence David Russell Turner (born May 1988) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist, who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield since 2024. Early life and education Turner was born in May 1988. His parents were teachers and he grew up in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. He studied at the University of Oxford and Birkbeck, University of London. Career Turner worked as a constituency assistant and researcher (2011–2012), then as a parliamentary assistant (2012–2015) in the House of Commons. The MPs he worked with were Chris Leslie, Lillian Greenwood and Richard Burden. He then worked for the Labour Party as a policy advisor specialising in transport from 2015 to 2016. From 2017 until his election as an MP, he worked at the GMB union, as head of research and policy. He was also a director of the Labour Research Department from 2018 to 2024. Member of Parliament Turner was selected as the candidate for Birmingham Northfield at sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Devon (UK Parliament Constituency)
South West Devon is a constituency most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 to 2024, by Sir Gary Streeter, a Conservative. Plymstock Radford Councillor Rebecca Smith retained the seat for the Conservatives in the 4 July 2024 general election after Sir Gary Streeter didn't stand for re-election. Boundaries 1997–2010: The District of South Hams wards of Bickleigh and Shaugh, Brixton, Charterlands, Cornwood and Harford, Erme Valley, Ivybridge, Modbury, Newton and Noss, Sparkwell, Ugborough, Wembury, and Yealmpton, the City of Plymouth wards of Plympton Erle, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, and Plymstock Radford, and the Borough of West Devon ward of Buckland Monachorum. 2010–2024: The District of South Hams wards of Bickleigh and Shaugh, Charterlands, Cornwood and Sparkwell, Erme Valley, Ivybridge Central, Ivybridge Filham, Ivybridge Woodlands, Newton and Noss, Wembury and Brixton, and Yealmpton, and the City of Plymouth wards o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Smith (politician)
Rebecca Jane Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for South West Devon since 2024. Political career In 2019, she stood as the Conservative Party candidate in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, finishing second to Luke Pollard. She is a member of Plymouth City Council, first elected in 2018 to the Plymstock Radford ward. In the opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch, she serves as a junior whip A whip is a blunt weapon or implement used in a striking motion to create sound or pain. Whips can be used for flagellation against humans or animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain, or be used as an audible cue thro .... Electoral history References External links * * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Plymouth, Devon Place of birth missing (living people) Female members of the Parliament of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Derby South () is a constituency formed of part of the city of Derby, most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Baggy Shanker of the Labour and Co-op Party. Previous MP, Margaret Beckett, served the constituency for 41 years (from 1983 to 2024). She served under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She became interim Leader of the Labour Party in 1994 when John Smith suddenly died. She also served in the Opposition front bench under Neil Kinnock and Smith himself. Boundaries Derby city centre has been in this constituency since 1974; from 1950 it had been in Derby North. Historic 1950–1955: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Castle, Dale, Litchurch, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Castle, Dale, Litchurch, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree, and the parish of Littleover in the Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baggy Shanker
Bhagat Singh Shanker, known as Baggy Shanker, is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Derby South since 2024. He was elected Derby City Council leader in 2023, making him the first Sikh council leader in Derby, however he was later removed from that position in June 2024 after losing a Motion of no confidence A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion or vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fi .... Shanker previously worked as a project manager at Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Division, and for the chemicals company Celanese. References External links Living people Politicians from Derbyshire Alumni of the University of Derby English people of Indian descent Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Year of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunstable And Leighton Buzzard (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested at the 2024 general election. The current MP is Alex Mayer of the Labour Party. History The seat is a successor to South West Bedfordshire which was a Conservative seat during its existence, often with large majorities, though Labour came very close to winning the seat on two occasions in 1997 and 2001, reducing the Conservative Party's majorities to 132 and 776 respectively, with Labour winning the seat narrowly on a three-figure majority for the first time since a previous incarnation of the constituency ( South Bedfordshire), in 1966. Constituency profile Wealth and deprivation in this seat are around average for the UK. Boundaries Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020): * Dunstable–Central; Dunstable–Icknield; Dunstable–Manshe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Mayer
Alexandra Louise Mayer (born 2 June 1981) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard since 2024. She was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England region from 2016 to 2019. Early life Mayer was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and brought up in Crawley, West Sussex. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Exeter University in 2001 and has a master's degree in Politics and Parliamentary Studies from the University of Leeds. Politics In the 2014 European Parliament election she stood in for the East of England region in second position on the Labour list, which did not yield a seat, but took over from Richard Howitt following his resignation. Mayer is a member of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum, the GMB, UNISON and the Co-operative Party. In the European Parliament she was Labour's spokesperson for the foreign affairs (16–18) and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weald Of Kent (UK Parliament Constituency)
Weald of Kent is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The current MP is Katie Lam. Constituency profile This is one of the most rural seats in the South East, unlike its neighbours which each include at least one large town. House prices and incomes are significantly above UK averages. Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit. Boundaries Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as comprising the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: * The Borough of Ashford wards of: Biddenden, Charing, Downs North hilham Downs West hallock Isle of Oxney, Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield, Rolvenden & Tenterden West, Tenterden North, Tenterden South, Tenterden St Michael's, Weald Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
