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Education Select Committee
The Education 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 Education and any associated public bodies. The chair of the committee until 2024 was Robin Walker MP. Previous chairs include Robert Halfon MP (2017–2022), Neil Carmichael (2015–17) and Graham Stuart MP (2010–2015). Current membership On 5 September 2024, nominations for the role were opened with the candidates being Labour MPs Sharon Hodgson, Marie Tidball and Helen Hayes. Hayes was elected. The full membership as of 29 October 2024 is: 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 Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such ... [...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] |
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Elizabeth Johnson (''née'' Burton; born 31 December 1977) is a British Conservative Party politician and consultant paediatrician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sleaford and North Hykeham since 2016. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Public Health from September to October 2022. She has been Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care since July 2024. Early life and career Caroline Burton was born on 31 December 1977 in Middlesbrough."Johnson, Caroline Elizabeth" ''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 28 December 2017. She attended , a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Suffolk And North Ipswich (UK Parliament Constituency)
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Spencer of the Conservative Party, currently suspended and sitting as an Independent. Constituency profile Central Suffolk and North Ipswich is considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party at the parliamentary level, primarily made up of rural farming communities and retirement properties. At the local government level, the Ipswich wards are generally divided between the Conservatives and Labour, whilst the rural wards were previously dominated by the Conservatives but have seen large-scale gains by the Green Party in the 2020s. History The county constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, largely from eastern parts of the abolished constituency of Central Suffolk, including the north-western wards of the Borough of Ipswich. It also included western fringes of Suffolk Coastal. Sir Michael Lord, knighted in 2001, who had held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer (born 8 May 1988) is a British politician and Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich since the 2024 general election. Elected as a Conservative MP, he had the whip withdrawn in May 2025, after being charged with sexual assault, and sits as an independent. He has worked at the Department for Education and was a senior fellow at the Centre for Social Justice. Early life and career Patrick Spencer studied for a BA in politics at the University of Leeds and a master's in public policy at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He began his career in finance and sat on the board of his family's investment business IPGL for seven years. In 2016 he went to work at the Centre for Social Justice. In 2020 he become a Senior Adviser at the Department for Education working for six Secretaries of State for Education over the next three years. He was briefly a Director at the Jobs Foundation. Political career Patrick Spencer joined the Conser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds South West And Morley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leeds South West and Morley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was created by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and first contested in the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by Mark Sewards of the Labour Party. Boundaries The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the City of Leeds Leeds, also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Gar ...: * Ardsley & Robin Hood, Farnley & Wortley, Morley North, and Morley South. It comprises the following areas of the City of Leeds: Members of Parliament '' Morley & Outwood prior to 2024'' Elections Elections in the 2020s Elections in the 2010s See also * List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire * List of pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Sewards
Mark James Sewards MP (born 6 January 1990) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds South West and Morley since 2024. Early life Sewards studied at Morley High School and studied Law at the University of Leeds, where he was also elected as the University Union's Communications and Internal Affairs Officer. He later served as Head of Maths at a comprehensive school in Middleton, Leeds for eight years. Pre-parliamentary career Prior to his election as Member of Parliament, Sewards stood as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough in 2017 and 2019 general elections. He was elected as a Leeds City Councillor for Farnley and Wortley in 2022 until his resignation on 28 August 2024, following his election to the House of Commons on 4 July. Personal life His wife, Alice Smart, has served as a Labour councillor for Armley on Leeds City Council since 2014 The year 2014 was marked by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Manuela Perteghella of the Liberal Democrats. The constituency is in Warwickshire; as its name suggests, it is centred on the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, but also takes in the surrounding areas, including the towns of Alcester and Henley-in-Arden. Boundaries Historic 1885–1918: The Boroughs of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Leamington, the Sessional Divisions of Alcester, Brailes, Henley, Stratford, Snitterfield, and Warwick, and the part of the Sessional Division of Kenilworth in the Parliamentary Borough of Warwick and Leamington. 1950–1974: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Rural Districts of Stratford-on-Avon, Alcester, Shipston-on-Stour, and Southam. 1974–1983: As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries. 1983–1997: The District of Stratford-on-Avon. 1997–2010: All the wards of the District of Stratford-on-Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats, colloquially known as the Lib Dems, are a Liberalism, liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988. They are based at Liberal Democrat Headquarters (UK), Liberal Democrat Headquarters, in Westminster, and the leader is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom, party in the United Kingdom, with 72 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. They have members of the House of Lords, 5 in the Scottish Parliament, 1 in the Welsh Senedd, and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice yearly Liberal Democrat Conference, at which policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents, the Lib Dems Liberal Democrat Conference#All-member Conference voting system, grant all members attending Conference the right to vote on policy, under a one member, one vote#United Kingdom, one member, one vote system. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Perteghella
Manuela Perteghella (born ) is an Italian-born British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stratford-on-Avon since 2024. Early life and education Perteghella was born in Italy. She graduated from the University of North London with a Bachelor of Arts in English and theatre studies, and then pursued a master's in literary translation and a PhD in theatre and translation, both from the University of East Anglia. Career Perteghella is a former university lecturer and a former school governor. From 2006 to 2012, she was a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University. She has also worked as a curator of community arts projects, published research in literary translation and been a principal tutor at the University of Warwick, a contributing artist and researcher at King's College London, and an associate lecturer for the Open University. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Perteghella won the constituency of Stratford-on-Avo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament Constituency)
Southampton, Itchen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Darren Paffey from the Labour Party (UK). Before then, it had been held since 2015 by Royston Smith GM of the Conservative Party, who had announced his retirement from frontline politics in 2023 and did not seek re-election in 2024. The constituency is named after the River Itchen, which flows through it and is the lesser of the two major rivers that reach the tidal estuary of Southampton Water at the city. History The constituency was created in 1950, when the two-member Southampton constituency was abolished. Until 1979 it was a safe Labour seat – apart from 1965 to 1971, when Horace King became the first member of the Labour Party to serve as the Speaker of the House of Commons. A Conservative MP, Christopher Chope, was elected in 1983 and 1987 after the sitting MP Bob Mitchell left Labour in 1981 for the SDP. The combination of Mitchell as a strong S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Paffey
Darren James Paffey is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen since 2024. Education and academia Paffey studied modern languages at the University of Southampton, where he has since been an Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and teaches sociolinguistics and language policy. Political career Paffey previously served as Deputy Leader of Southampton City Council and had represented Bargate ward on the City Council since 2011. Paffey stood for parliament in the 2015 and 2017 General Elections for the Romsey and Southampton North Romsey and Southampton North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Caroline Nokes for the Conservative Party. For the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer i ... constituency, increasing Labour's share of the votes on both occasions. Paffey won his seat with 15,782 votes on 4 July 2024, beating t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Portsmouth North is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament by Amanda Martin of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. Boundaries and boundary changes As its name suggests, the constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire. 1918–1950 ''The constituency was formed from splitting the existing of constituency Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency), Portsmouth'' Abolition After the First periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the Cosham and Meredith ward forming part of the new constituency of Portsmouth Langstone (UK Parliament constituency), Portsmouth Langstone, while the rest formed the new constituency of Portsmouth West (UK Parliament constituency), Portsmouth West. 1974–1983 ''The constituency was reformed from the abolished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
