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Cambridgeshire (European Parliament Constituency)
Cambridgeshire was a European Parliament constituency, constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. It was first created in 1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, but was abolished in 1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1984 election. It was re-created in 1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1994 and abolished in 1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for Elections in the European Union, European elections in Great Britain. It was succeeded by the East of England (European Parliament constituency), East of England region. Boundaries 1979—1984 On its creation in 1979, it consisted of the List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, parliamentary constituencies of Cambridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament Constituency
Member of the European Parliament, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are Elections in the European Union, elected by the population of the Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union (EU). The European Electoral Act 2002 allows member states the choice to allocate electoral district, electoral subdivisions or constituencies (; ; ; ) for the European Parliament elections in several different ways. Most EU countries operate a single national constituency which elects MEPs for the whole country. Belgium and Ireland are each subdivided into constituencies, with electoral results calculated separately in each constituency. Germany, Italy and Poland are each subdivided into electoral districts, with the number of representatives determined at the national level after each election in proportion to the votes cast in each district. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at States of Germany, Länder or natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellingborough (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wellingborough and Rushden is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The seat is currently held by Labour MP Gen Kitchen, after the recall of MP Peter Bone in December 2023 which resulted in a by-election in February 2024. Prior to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was known as Wellingborough up until the 2024 general election. History This seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918. ;Political history Wellingborough's earliest years were left-leaning. Between 1964 and 2005, the seat kept on producing examples of bellwether results and rarely showed itself to be safe for more than one government term. Departing from this are two years where the result has defied the most common result nationwide, by leaning towards the Conservative Party, in 1974 (twice). Since 2010 it became a safe seat for the Conservatives until the 2024 by-election. In the 2016 EU ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Duff
Andrew Nicholas Duff (born 25 December 1950) is a British politician who presided over the Union of European Federalists (UEF) from 2008 to 2013. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England from 1999 to 2014. Early life He was educated at Sherborne School and St John's College, Cambridge. Political career He initially stood in the 1984 European Parliament election, finishing third with 22.5% of the vote. In the 1989 election he polled 8% of the vote, coming fourth, then in the 1994 election he came third with 20%. The constituencies were largely representing Cambridgeshire and at times parts of Bedfordshire. With the electoral change to regional party-list proportional representation, he was first elected in the 1999 European Parliament election when the Liberal Democrats won 12% of the regional vote, and retained his seat in the 2004 and 2009 elections when they won 14% of the regional vote. He lost his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Johnson
Melanie Jane Johnson (born 5 February 1955) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 to 2005 and served as a minister in the government of Tony Blair. Early life Johnson was born in Ipswich. She attended the Independent Clifton High School in Clifton, Bristol. Leaving Bristol for London, she studied at University College London, gaining a BA in Philosophy and Ancient Greek (1976). Following this she moved to Cambridge, continuing to study Philosophy at postgraduate level at King's College, Cambridge. From the age of 19 onwards she was an active member of the Labour Party and for over a decade was a County Councillor. From 1981 to 1988, she was Member Relations Officer for Cambridge Co-op, then Retail Administration Manager from 1988 to 1990. She was Assistant General Manager in Quality Assurance for Cambridge Family Health Service Authority from 1990 to 1992. Johnson was a schools inspector for Ofsted from 1993 to 1997. Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sturdy
Robert Sturdy (born 22 June 1944, in Wetherby, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British politician, and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact ... constituency for the Conservative Party. He held the seat from 1999 until 2014. Before then, he was the MEP for Cambridge and Bedfordshire North, from 1994 to 1999. Sturdy was educated at the independent Ashville College. Before being elected he was a farmer and is a former county chair of the Young Farmers. His son, Julian Sturdy, was the Conservative MP for York Outer from 2010 to 2024. External linksConservative Party: Official biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing of the Left–right political spectrum, left-right political spectrum. Following its defeat by Labour at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it is currently the second-largest party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons; as such it has the formal parliamentary role of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. It encompasses various ideological factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites and Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. There have been 20 Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Catherwood
Sir Henry Frederick Ross Catherwood (30 January 1925 – 30 November 2014) was a British politician and writer. Early life and education Catherwood was born at Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Clare College, Cambridge. Career He was former Director General of the National Economic Development Council, Chief industrial Adviser at the Department of Economic Affairs (UK), Department of Economic Affairs (1964–66), President of the Evangelical Alliance and President of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) He was knighted in 1971. From 1972 to 1976 he was Chairman of the Institute of Management and Chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board (1975–79). Catherwood was committed to economic co-operation within the European community for much of his professional life. He was elected as a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative member of the European Parliament for Cambridgeshire (European Parliament co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffolk (European Parliament Constituency)
Suffolk was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by the constituencies of Suffolk and South West Norfolk, Essex North and Suffolk South and Cambridgeshire. Boundaries On its creation in 1979, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Bury St Edmunds, Eye, Harwich, Ipswich, Lowestoft and Sudbury and Woodbridge. After the 1984 boundary changes based on the new UK parliamentary constituencies created in 1983, it consisted of the constituencies of Bury St. Edmunds, Central Suffolk, Ipswich, South East Cambridgeshire, South Suffolk, Suffolk Coastal and Waveney. South East Cambridgeshire had previously been part of Cambridge and Bedfordshire North, while Harwich was now part of Essex North East. The constituency was abolished in 1994. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
South East Cambridgeshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 to 2024 by Lucy Frazer, a member of the Conservative Party who has served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2023 to 2024. The constituency was established for the 1983 general election and was based on the cathedral city of Ely. Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was subject to major boundary changes. As a result, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with the majority of the electorate being included in the new constituency of Ely and East Cambridgeshire. History The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. Its first MP, Francis Pym, was a Conservative Cabinet Minister, serving in roles such as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1973–1974) in the Heath government and Secretary of State for Defence (1979–1981), Leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northamptonshire (European Parliament Constituency)
Northamptonshire was a European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom, constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom, established in 1979 as a single-member constituency and dissolved in 1994. Prior to the uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system, first-past-the-post for the Elections in the European Union, European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each. From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Aylesbury, Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency), Buckingham, Daventry (UK Parliament constituency), Daventry, Harborough (UK Parliament constituency), Harborough, Kettering (UK Parliament constituenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge And Bedfordshire North (European Parliament Constituency)
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North was a European Parliament constituency, constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1984 from parts of Cambridgeshire (European Parliament constituency), Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire (European Parliament constituency), Bedfordshire, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by Cambridgeshire (European Parliament constituency), Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes (European Parliament constituency), Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes. Boundaries On its creation in 1984, it consisted of the List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, parliamentary constituencies of Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridge, Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency), Huntingdon, Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
South West Cambridgeshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. Created in 1983 upon the abolition of the Cambridgeshire constituency, it was abolished in 1997 and succeeded by the constituencies of South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon. Boundaries * The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of Arrington, Barrington and Shepreth, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Comberton, Duxford, Foxton, Gamlingay, Great Shelford, Hardwick, Harston, Haslingfield, Ickleton, Little Shelford, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell, Papworth, Sawston, Stapleford, The Mordens, and Whittlesford; * The District of Huntingdon wards of Buckden, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Eynesbury, Gransden, Paxton, Priory Park, Staughton, and The Offords; and * The City of Cambridge wards of Queen Edith's and Trumpington. The seat was created for the 1983 general election which followed on from the merger under the Local Government Act 1972, of the two administrative counties of Huntingdon and Peterborough and Cambri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
