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2022 Wakefield By-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Wakefield was held on 23 June 2022. It was triggered by the resignation, on 3 May 2022, of Member of Parliament (MP) Imran Ahmad Khan, who was elected as a Conservative at the 2019 general election and resigned following a criminal conviction for child sexual assault. Ahmad Khan was subsequently jailed for 18 months. The election was won by Simon Lightwood of the Labour Party, and was the first by-election gain made by Labour since 2012. It was held on the same day as the Tiverton and Honiton by-election in Devon, which the Conservatives lost to the Liberal Democrats. This marked the first time since the 1991 Kincardine and Deeside and Langbaurgh by-elections that the UK government had lost two seats at two by-elections held on the same day. Background Constituency Wakefield lies in the county of West Yorkshire. The seat covers most of Wakefield itself (besides the Wakefield South ward), the small to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakefield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wakefield was a United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in West Yorkshire, England. It was created as a United Kingdom constituencies#Borough, borough constituency in 1832 and reformed as a United Kingdom constituencies#County, county constituency in 1885. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Its area was split between the new seats of Wakefield and Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency), Wakefield and Rothwell and Ossett and Denby Dale (UK Parliament constituency), Ossett and Denby Dale, first contested at the 4 July 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. Boundaries 1885-1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the parish of Sandal Magna as lies to the north-east of the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, being the portion known as Belle Vue. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Wakefield. 1950–1955: The County Borough of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Kincardine And Deeside By-election
The 1991 Kincardine and Deeside by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held in Kincardine and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency), Kincardine and Deeside, Scotland, on 7 November 1991, caused by the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament, Alick Buchanan-Smith (politician), Alick Buchanan-Smith on 29 August 1991. The result was a gain for the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Lib Dems from the Scottish Conservatives, with future party leader Nicol Stephen elected as the new Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament. Stephen held the seat until the 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 general election, when it was regained by the Conservative Party. The SNP candidate Allan Macartney went on to be elected as the MEP for North East Scotland (European Parliament constituency) at the 1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1994 European Parliament election; a position he retained until his death in 1998. The Scottish L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the Two-party system, two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom; the other being the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Labour has been led by Keir Starmer since 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. To date, there have been 12 Labour governments and seven different Labour Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald, MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Attlee, Harold Wilson, Wilson, James Callaghan, Callaghan, Tony Blair, Blair, Gordon Brown, Brown and Starmer. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of MPs Elected In The 2019 United Kingdom General Election
In the United Kingdom's 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election, 650 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons – one for each Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliamentary constituency. Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons. This Parliament first met on 17 December 2019. After the swearing-in of members and the election of Speaker, the State Opening of Parliament took place on 19 December. The 2021 State Opening of Parliament began the second session on 11 May 2021. The 2022 State Opening of Parliament began the third session on 10 May 2022. The 2023 State Opening of Parliament began the fourth session on 7 November 2023. Notable newcomers to enter the House of Commons in this general election included future cabinet ministers Claire Coutinho, Richard Holden (Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brexit
Brexit (, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 Central European Time, CET). The UK, which joined the EU's precursors the European Communities (EC) on 1 January 1973, is the only member state to have withdrawn from the EU, although the territories of Greenland (part of the Kingdom of Denmark) previously left the EC in 1985 and Algeria (formerly French Algeria, part of France) left in 1976. Following Brexit, EU law and the Court of Justice of the European Union no longer have Primacy of European Union law, primacy over British laws but the UK remains legally bound by obligations in the various treaties it has with other countries around the world, including many with EU member states and indeed with the EU itself. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 retains relevant EU law as La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 United Kingdom European Union Membership Referendum
The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 to ask the electorate whether the country should continue to remain a member of, or leave, the European Union (EU). The result was a vote in favour of leaving the EU, triggering calls to begin the process of the country's withdrawal from the EU commonly termed "Brexit". Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities, Since 1973, the UK had been a member state of the EU and its predecessor the European Communities (principally the European Economic Community), along with other international bodies. The constitutional implications of membership for the UK became a topic of debate domestically particularly regarding sovereignty. 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolley, West Yorkshire
Woolley is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 575 in 2001, which increased to 1,339 at the 2011 Census. It is north of Barnsley, and south of Wakefield. History Historically Woolley, mentioned as "Weludai" in the ''Domesday Book'', was part of the Staincross Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the late 19th century it was part of the Royston parish. By 1881 it had become a civil parish in its own right, which covered an area of about . Until 1974 it formed part of the rural district of Wakefield. Geography No major roads pass through the village. The A61 runs about east of it, the M1 motorway about west. West of the village is the escarpment known as Woolley Edge, which has given its name to the nearby Woolley Edge service station on the M1 motorway. Two miles (3 km) to the south west is Woolley Colliery village and the site of the pit is occupied by Woolley Grange, a residential dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bretton
West Bretton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in City of Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies close to junction 38 of the M1 motorway at Haigh, Yorkshire, Haigh. It has a population of 546, reducing to 459 at the 2011 Census. There is a school in the village, West Bretton Junior and Infant School, and a church, which is an Anglican-Methodist local ecumenical partnership. History Toponymy Bretton derives from the Old English ''Brettas'', the Britons and ''tūn'' meaning an enclosure, farmstead, village or estate. The Briton's farm or settlement was recorded as ''Bretone'' in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 and ''West Bretton'' in 1200. Manor This part of Yorkshire was laid waste in the Harrying of the North after the Norman conquest of England. Most of West Bretton was granted to the de Lacys, lords of the Honour of Pontefract by William the Conqueror, William I and a small part to the Manor of Wakefield. After the devastation, growth wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitlington
Sitlington, historically Shitlington, was a township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Thornhill in the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire comprising the villages and hamlets of Middlestown, Netherton, Overton and Midgley. The ''h'' was dropped from Shitlington and Sitlington was adopted in 1929 with the approval of the county council. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,963. History Toponymy Shitlington has Anglo-Saxon origins. It possibly began as the settlement, ''tun'', connected with ''scyttel'' (either a personal name or a bar or gate which bolts shut) or might mean a farm or settlement on a steep slope. The village is recorded as "Schelingtone" in the ''Domesday Book''. Other spellings have included Shytlington, Sittlington, Schetlinton, and Scyllinton. Netherton was recorded as Schiteliton Inferior in the 13th century and subsequently as Nether Shitlington. It means the "lower town". Middlestown was Midelsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crigglestone
Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded as "Crigeston" (along with neighbouring "Orberie") in the Domesday Book. The civil parish had a population of 9,271 at the 2011 Census. On 29 July 1941, an explosion occurred at the Crigglestone Colliery, killing 21 men. Since the 1970s, the site of the colliery has become an industrial estate on the western side, giving way to residential housing on the eastern side and a public amenity (Betty Eastwood Park) to the south. This area has two Anglican churches: the Church of St James, Chapelthorpe, and the Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove. Retrieved 23 April 2014 Crigglestone on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horbury
Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated north of the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder about three miles (5 km) south west of Wakefield and two miles (3 km) to the south of Ossett. It includes the outlying areas of Horbury Bridge and Horbury Junction. At the 2001 census the Horbury and South Ossett ward of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council had a population of 10,002. At the 2011 census the population was 15,032. Old industries include woollens, engineering and building wagons for the railways. Horbury forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. History Toponymy The name Horbury is attested in 1086 as ''(H)orberie''. It is derived from Old English ''horu'' 'dirty land' and ''burh'' (in its dative form ''byrig''), which translates as 'filthy fortification' or 'stronghold on muddy land'. Other spellings include Orberie, Horbiry and Horber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossett
Ossett is a market town in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 21,861. Ossett forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. History Toponymy The name ''Ossett'' derives from the Old English and is thought to be either "the fold of a man named Osla" or " a fold frequented by blackbirds". Ossett is sometimes misspelled as "Osset". In Ellis' ''On Early English Pronunciation'', one of the founding works of British linguistics, the incorrect spelling is used. The British Library has an online dialect study that uses the spelling. One new alternative theory is that it is the place where King Osbehrt died after receiving fatal wounds when fighting the Great Heathen Army of the Vikings at York on 21 March 867. An exceedingly rare clustering of high status Anglian graves, one bearing the Anglian roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
