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Communities And Local Government Committee
The Housing and Communities Committee (formerly the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 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 work, the expenditure, administration and policies of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and its associated public bodies. Membership Membership of the committee is as follows: Changes since 2024 2019-2024 Parliament The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020. Changes 2019-2024 2017–2019 Parliament The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017. Changes 2017–2019 2015–2017 Parliament The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015. Changes 2015–2017 2010–2015 Parliament The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being ... [...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] |
Will Forster
William Paul Forster is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woking since 2024. Early life Forster grew up in Goldsworth Park and Horsell. He attended Horsell Church of England Junior School, Woking High School, and Woking College. Political career Forster has served as a councillor for Woking South on Surrey County Council since 2009. He served as a councillor for Kingfield and Westfield on Woking Borough Council from 2011 until the seat was re-named Hoe Valley in 2016. From 2016 to the present day, Forster has continued to serve as a councillor for Hoe Valley. Forster was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the constituency of Woking in the 2019 general election, having been selected to contest the previous election in 2017. From 2018 to 2019, Forster served as Mayor of Woking. Forster worked as ALDC Regional Development Officer from October 2018 until May 2022. Between May 2022 and July 2024, Forster worked for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Amesbury
Michael Lee Amesbury (born 6 May 1969) is a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Runcorn and Helsby (previously Weaver Vale) from 2017 until 2025. Formerly a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, he was suspended in October 2024 and resigned his party membership in January 2025. Born in Manchester and raised in West Yorkshire, Amesbury began working as a careers adviser and later became a Labour Party officer. He has been a political adviser to Greater Manchester politicians including Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham. Amesbury served as a Member of Manchester City Council from 2006 to 2017 and an Executive Member from 2008 to 2012. He held several Shadow minister, shadow ministerial portfolios in Parliament between 2018 and 2024, including Minister of State for Employment, Employment, Minister of State for Housing and Planning (United Kingdom), Housing, and Minister of State for Local Government and English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyndburn (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hyndburn is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Smith of the Labour Party. History and profile A mostly Labour inclined seat, based around the East Lancashire town of Accrington, it also includes Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle, and Rishton in Hyndburn, as well as Haslingden in Rossendale. The seat was created in 1983, from parts of the former seats of Accrington and Clitheroe. In its ambit is much terraced ( freehold) owner occupied housing and surrounding villages, that may have helped to win the constituency for a Conservative in 1983, by 21 votes. The Conservative majority in 1983 was the second smallest achieved by any party in a seat in the United Kingdom at that election, only being beaten by the Conservatives 7 vote majority in Leicester South In 1987, against the national trend, the Conservative vote share increased by 2.1% while Labour's vote share fell by 2.4%. Consequently, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Smith (politician)
Sarah Madeleine Webster Smith is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Hyndburn since 2024. Early life and career Smith attended school at Chapel of Garioch Primary School and Inverurie Academy in north-east Scotland and went on to study law at Queen Mary University of London. She subsequently worked mostly at a number of non-profit organisations. Political career Smith was elected as the Labour councillor for the Marton ward at the 2023 Blackpool Council election. Following her election as an MP, she resigned as a councillor in August 2024. On 4 October 2024, the local by-election for her council seat was won by Reform UK Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Nigel Farage has been Leader of Reform UK and Richard Tice deputy leader since 2024. It has five members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and one membe ... candidate Jim O'Neill. Smith was elected as MP for the Hyndburn cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington And Bayswater (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kensington and Bayswater is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Joe Powell of the Labour Party. The constituency name comes from the Central London areas of Kensington and Bayswater. Boundaries The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards: * The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea wards of Abingdon, Brompton & Hans Town, Campden, Colville, Courtfield, Dalgarno, Earl's Court, Golborne, Holland, Norland, Notting Dale, Pembridge, Queen's Gate, and St Helen's. * The City of Westminster wards of Bayswater and Lancaster Gate. It covers nearly all the former constituency of Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Powell (politician)
Joseph Edward Powell is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Kensington and Bayswater since 2024. He was the deputy CEO of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) for 11 years. Early life Powell grew up in Queen's Park, London and attended University College School in London. In 2007 he graduated from the University of Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in geography. He then went on to complete a two-year masters degree at the Makerere University in Uganda, receiving a masters degree in international relations and diplomatic studies in 2009. Career outside parliament Powell was the deputy chief executive officer of the Open Government Partnership, which was founded by former U.S. president Barack Obama, for 11 years. In 2022, Powell was a co-founder of Kensington Against Dirty Money, an activist association. He was involved in a publicity stunt loading a washing machine with cash. He has regularly called for increased transparency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
South West Hertfordshire is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, represented since 2019 by Gagan Mohindra, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. Constituency profile Since the 2024 United Kingdom general election, at which major boundary changes instigated by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies took effect, this seat has consisted of the entirety of the Three Rivers District, plus the single ward of Kings Langley from the Dacorum district. The constituency surrounds the constituency (and town) of Watford (UK Parliament constituency), Watford on three sides, taking in the town of Rickmansworth and the villages of Abbots Langley, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Heronsgate, Kings Langley, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, Leavesden, Loudwater, Hertfordshire, Loudwater, Maple Cross and South Oxhey. Elevated and bordering Greater London and Buckinghamshire, this part of Hertfordshire is for its resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gagan Mohindra
Gagan Mohindra (born 7 April 1978) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since November 2024, serving alongside Joy Morrissey. Early life and career Gagan Mohindra was born on 7 April 1978 into a Punjabi Hindu family. His parents were both from Punjab, and immigrated to the United Kingdom before Mohindra was born. His paternal grandfather served in the British Indian Army. Mohindra was raised as a Hindu. Mohindra read Mathematics at King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ... and worked in financial services, before founding the Chromex Group four years after graduating, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Welwyn Hatfield is a constituency in Hertfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Andrew Lewin, a member of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The area has a higher than average proportion of managers, professionals and retired people than much of Greater London. The seat has a strong local economy, with extensive retail and industrial/commercial premises, particularly in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield. Two of the four largest Hertfordshire economic towns, Stevenage and St Albans are also close by. Accordingly, workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ''The Guardian''. History The seat was created for the February 1974 general election following the second periodic review of Westminster constituencies, as Welwyn and Hatfield. It was formed from parts of the abolished constituency of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lewin
Andrew Alan Lewin (born 7 January 1987) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield since the 2024 general election. Early life and education Lewin was born on 7 January 1987 at the original Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. He attended The Bishop's Stortford High School from 1998 to 2005 before graduating from the University of York with a BA in Politics in 2008. Political career Lewin joined the Liberal Democrats in 2003, while still at secondary school. He was selected as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Hertford and Stortford in October 2009. In the 2010 general election, 23-year-old Lewin, the youngest Lib Dem candidate in England, lost to Mark Prisk of the Conservative Party by a margin of 15,437 votes. In November 2010, Lewin defected to the Labour Party, citing his dissatisfaction with the decisions of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and the coalition gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
