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Deregulation Select Committee
The Regulatory Reform Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee was to examine subordinate provisions to amend primary legislation as created under the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, amended by the Regulatory Reform Act 2001. It ceased to exist on 20 May 2021, with responsibilities being transferred to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee The Business and Trade 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 Business an .... Membership At dissolution, the members of the committee were as follows: SourceReform Committee 2017–2019 Parliament Members were announced on 6 November 2017. Changes 2017–2019 2015–2017 Parliament Members were announced on 12 October 2015. Changes 2015–2017 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Select Committee (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 of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 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 British constitution, constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sunderland Central is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is represented by the Labour Party MP Lewis Atkinson, who has held the seat since 2024. Constituency profile The Sunderland Central constituency covers both the city centre and Sunderland Docks as well as coastal suburbs such as Fulwell and Ryhope. Nearly all of the middle-class areas of the city are in this constituency and therefore the Conservatives tend to do better in Sunderland Central than either of its neighbours. The City of Sunderland spans the River Wear and is southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, with long-distance train and air links, as such it is a base for companies, particularly those requiring a large labour force, including in graphic design and production through to customer service jobs in fields such as insurance and banking. The public sector is also a source of significant employment, providing a wide range of services. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Turner (British Politician)
Karl William Turner (born 15 April 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010. Early life and career Karl Turner was born on 15 April 1971 in Kingston upon Hull. He was raised in the city and was educated at Bransholme High School from 1984 to 1987, leaving at the age of 16. He attended HCC Training to study business administration from 1987 to 1989. Later, Turner became a self-employed antiques dealer. He returned to education in the late 1990s to study A Levels at Hull College, before graduating with a law degree as a mature student from the University of Hull in 2004. Turner became a barrister in 2005 after passing the Bar Vocational Course at Northumbria University and went on to practice criminal law for the Max Gold Partnership in Hull. He did not complete his pupillage and is no longer authorised to practise by the Bar Standards Board. Parliamentary career Turner was selected by ... [...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] |
Gary Sambrook
Gary William Sambrook (born 25 June 1989) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 2019 until 2024. He served as the Joint Executive Secretary of the backbench 1922 Committee from 2021 until he left parliament. Early life Gary Sambrook was born and raised in Kingstanding, Birmingham. His early experiences in Kingstanding, an underprivileged area, fuelled his passion for societal change. Despite attending a challenging school with a low pass rate, Sambrook's organic interest in politics led him to join the Conservative Party at 16. Starting his political activism at just 16, Sambrook engaged in community efforts, including campaigning to save a local school and becoming the youngest chairman of a Neighbourhood Watch in the UK. Political career Sambrook became a councillor for Birmingham City Council in 2014, winning the Kingstanding ward seat, based on the area of the same name, in a by-election. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Helens North (UK Parliament Constituency)
St. Helens North is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by the Labour Party's David Baines since 2024. Boundaries 1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens wards of Billinge and Seneley Green, Blackbrook, Broad Oak, Haydock, Moss Bank, Newton East, Newton West, Rainford, and Windle. 2010–2022: As above, subject to changes in the local authority ward structure, with Parr replacing Broad Oak, Newton East renamed Newton, and Newton West becoming Earlestown. 2022–present: Following a further local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, the Newton and Earlestown wards reverted back to Newton-le-Willows East and Newton-le-Willows West respectively. The constituency now comprises the following wards of the Borough of St Helens: * Billinge & Seneley Green; Blackbrook; Haydock; Moss Bank; Newton-le-Willows East; Newton-le-Willows West; Parr; Rainford; Windle; and a very small part of Sutton Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor McGinn
Conor Patrick McGinn (born 31 July 1984) is a British and Irish politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens North from 2015 to 2024. Early life and education Conor McGinn was born on 31 July 1984 in Camlough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and brought up in the nearby village of Bessbrook. The village was highly militarised during The Troubles. His mother was an NHS clerical officer, and his father was a Sinn Féin councillor. McGinn went to St Paul's High School, Bessbrook. Before going to university, he worked for the African National Congress in South Africa on a fellowship for two months. He studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, but did not initially complete his degree, remaining in London working for a mental health charity for Irish immigrants, Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy, and later for the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas. He later completed his history, politics and Irish studies degree part-time at London Metropoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totnes (UK Parliament Constituency)
Totnes was a parliamentary constituency in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency name was abolished. With to minor boundary changes, it was renamed South Devon at the 2024 general election. History An original parliamentary borough of Totnes or Totness was created in 1295. It returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 election. The constituency was reformed in 1885, in a much narrower form than previously. It was abolished again at the 1983, largely replaced by the South Hams constituency. In 1997, South Hams was abolished and largely replaced by the reformed Totnes. At the 2024 general election, the name Totnes disappeared once a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Mangnall
Anthony James Holland Mangnall (born 12 August 1989), is a British Conservative Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes from 2019 to 2024. After minor boundary changes, Mangnall stood for the re-named seat of South Devon in 2024 and become the first Conservative to lose the seat since 1923. Mangnall worked in London and Singapore as a shipbroker before entering politics as a Special Adviser on foreign affairs. Early life and education The youngest son of Colonel Nicholas Mangnall and Carola ''née'' Sayers, he was brought up in Zimbabwe then Northern Ireland. After attending Shrewsbury School in Shropshire, he read history, politics, and sociology at the University of Exeter, graduating as BA. Early career Mangnall served an undergraduate internship as a parliamentary researcher for William Hague, then after graduating he embarked upon a career in shipbroking. Joining Braemar ACM's Singapore office in 2012, Mangnall trained as a shipbro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Durham (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Akehurst of the Labour Party. History A constituency formally named the Northern Division of Durham was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the former Durham constituency was split into the northern and southern divisions, each electing two members using the bloc vote system. This seat was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the two divisions were replaced by eight single-member divisions. These were Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Mid Durham, North West Durham and South East Durham. In addition, there were seven County Durham borough constituencies. The seat was re-created as a single-seat constituency for the 1983 general election as a result of the redistribution following the changes to local authority boundaries under the Local Government Act 1972. The new c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevan Jones
Kevan David Jones, Baron Beamish, (born 25 April 1964), is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 2001 to 2024. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024. Early life and career Kevan Jones was born on 25 April 1964 in Nottinghamshire and is the son of a coal miner. He attended Portland School, Worksop, Portland Comprehensive School in Worksop and Newcastle Polytechnic, before studying at the University of Southern Maine, gaining a Bachelor of Arts, BA (Hons) in Government and Public Policy. Before becoming an MP, he was a Newcastle upon Tyne councillor from 1990 to 2001 and Chairman of the Development Committee as well as an elected officer of the GMB Union. Parliamentary career At the 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 general election, Jones was elected to Parliament as MP for North Durham (UK Parliament constituency), North Durham with 67. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek ''boreas'' "north wind, north" which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of '' Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
