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Broxtowe Independents
Broxtowe Alliance is a political party in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England. They form the minority administration of Broxtowe Borough Council. History The party was formed in January 2025 by announcement of the defection of 20 formerly Labour councillors, one of whom also served on Nottinghamshire County Council. The councillors quit the Labour party, claiming that it had "abandoned traditional Labour values", with the new group notably expressing their opposition to the government's means testing of the Winter Fuel Payment, and the increase in bus fares. The group has said that they intend to run Broxtowe Borough Council in a minority administration in the short term. Two of the announced defectors ended up staying with the Labour Party, leaving the group with 18 councillors. The group's joint statement claimed 10 of their councillors had been blocked from standing as Labour candidates for the 2025 Nottinghamshire County Council election of the 2025 Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Beeston () is a town in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, it is 3 miles south-west of Nottingham. To its north-east is the University of Nottingham's main campus, Campuses of the University of Nottingham#University Park Campus, University Park. The headquarters of Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical and retail chemist group Boots UK, Boots are east of the centre of Beeston, on the border with Borough of Broxtowe, Broxtowe and the City of Nottingham. To the south lie the River Trent and the village of Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, Attenborough, with extensive wetlands. Toponymy The earliest name of the settlement was ''Bestune'', recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name derives from the Old English words ''bēos'' (bent-grass) and ''tūn'' (farmstead, settlement). Although the idea that the name derives from the Old English ''bēo'' (bee) is popular locally, this is impossible as the plural form of ''bēo'' would be ''bēon'', resulting in an "n" to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Nottinghamshire County Council Election
The 2025 Nottinghamshire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Nottinghamshire County Council in Nottinghamshire, England. All 66 seats were elected. This was on the same day as other local elections. Reflecting national trends, the Conservatives, which had regained overall control of the council in the previous local election, experienced a significant loss of seats, resulting in the loss of its majority to Reform UK. The Labour Party also saw a substantial reduction in its representation, retaining only a third of its previous seats. In a rare positive outcome for the Conservatives on the day, the party recorded its sole net gain nationwide in Nottinghamshire, where Janette Barlow won the Collingham ward from independent councillor Debbie Darby. Previous council composition Changes 2021–2025 *October 2021: Francis Purdue-Horan (Conservative) expelled from party *December 2021: Maureen Dobson (independent) dies; by-election held February 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Established In 2025
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
