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Islington Central
Islington Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Islington district of Inner London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Boundaries The London Borough of Islington wards of Canonbury, Highbury, Holloway, Mildmay, and Quadrant. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1970s See also * List of parliamentary constituencies in Islington The Islington area of North London, England, has been represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom through several parliamentary constituencies: See also * List of parliamentary co ... References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Islington Central (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islington East
Islington East was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885, until it was abolished for the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 general election. Boundaries 1885–1918 The seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as one of four divisions of the new parliamentary borough of Islington. The parliamentary borough was coterminous with the Islington (parish), civil parish of Islington and each of the four divisions consisted of a number of parish ward (politics), wards used for the election of vestrymen to the Metropolis Management Act 1855, incorporated vestry, the local authority for the area. The East Division consisted of two wards: Canonbury and Highbury. 1918–1974 Constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland were reorgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Grant (British Politician)
John Douglas Grant (16 October 1932 – 29 September 2000) was a British politician who served as an MP of the United Kingdom parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour Party until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party (SDP). He represented Islington East from 1970 to 1974 and Islington Central from 1974 to 1983. Early life Grant was born in Finsbury Park, North London. He attended the Stationers' Company's School in Hornsey before beginning a career in journalism. He worked for several regional newspapers before managing to secure a post at the ''Daily Express'' in 1955 where he covered the trades unions, rising to become the Chief Industrial Correspondent in 1967. Parliamentary career Grant combined his career in journalism with an interest in politics and secured the Labour nomination for the Conservative seat of Beckenham which he lost by 13,000 votes in the 1966 General Election. However, for the 1970 General Election, Grant mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Of The Parliament Of The United Kingdom Established In 1974
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity. That legislative body, the state's constitution, or a body established for that purpose determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. The district representative or representatives may be elected by single-winner first-past-the-post system, a multi-winner proportional representative system, or another voting method. The district members may be selected by a direct election under wide adult enfranchisement, an indirect election, or direct election using another form of su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Constituencies In London (historic)
The Regions of England, region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 75 United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituencies all of which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted. Since the 2024 United Kingdom general election, general election of July 2024, 59 are represented by Labour Party (UK), Labour MPs, 9 by Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MPs, 6 by Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by an independent MP. Current constituencies Boundary changes Following the abandonment of the 2013 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the London region would increase by 2 from 73 to 75. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Parliamentary Constituencies In Islington
The Islington area of North London, England, has been represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom through several parliamentary constituencies: See also * List of parliamentary constituencies in London {{UK constituencies Lists of United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies in England by city, Islington Politics of the London Borough of Islington, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 1974 United Kingdom General Election
The October 1974 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members of the House of Commons. It was the second general election held that year; the first year in which two general elections had been held in the same year since 1910; and the first time that two general elections had been held less than a year apart from each other since the 1923 and 1924 elections, which took place 10 months apart. The election resulted in a narrow victory for the Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, which won a wafer-thin majority of three seats, the narrowest in modern British history. It was to remain the last general election victory for the Labour Party until 1997, with the Conservative Party winning majorities in the next four general elections. It would also be the last time Labour won more seats at a national election than the Conservatives until the 1989 European Parliament election. This remains the most recent General Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Goodson-Wickes
Charles Malcolm Goodson-Wickes, DL (born 7 November 1945) is a company director, business consultant and consulting physician. From 1987 to 1997 he was the British Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ... Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency), Wimbledon. He served in The Life Guards (British Army), Life Guards in the British Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, and served in the Gulf War, First Gulf War. He was the principal for two occupational health practices, advising Barclays Bank, Rio Tinto Group, Rio Tinto and other multi-national companies from 1980 to 1994. He was a consulting physician for BUPA from 1976 to 1986. He was the founder chairman of the Countryside Alliance. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 United Kingdom General Election
The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election, 635 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The election was held following the defeat of the Labour government in a no-confidence motion on 28 March 1979, six months before the Parliament was due for dissolution in October 1979. The Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour Party (UK), Labour government of Prime Minister James Callaghan, gaining a parliamentary majority of 43 seats. The election was the first of four consecutive election victories for the Conservative Party, and Thatcher became the United Kingdom's and Europe's first elected female head of government, marking the beginning of 18 years in government for the Conservatives and 18 years in opposition for Labour. Unusually, the date chosen coincided with the 1979 United Kingdom loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (UK)
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a centrist to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.The SDP is widely described as a centrist political party: * * * * * The party supported a mixed economy (favouring a system inspired by the German social market economy), Electoral reform in the United Kingdom, electoral reform, European integration and a Decentralization, decentralised state while rejecting the possibility of trade unions being overly influential within industrial relations. The SDP officially advocated social democracy, and unofficially for Social liberalism#United Kingdom, social liberalism as well. The SDP was founded on 26 March 1981 by four senior Labour Party (UK), Labour Party moderates, dubbed the "Gang of Four (SDP), Gang of Four": Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, Bill Rodgers, and Shirley Williams, who issued the Limehouse Declaration. Owen and Rodgers were sitting Labour Members of Parliament (MPs); Jenkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the Two-party system, two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom; the other being the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Labour has been led by Keir Starmer since 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. To date, there have been 12 Labour governments and seven different Labour Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald, MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Attlee, Harold Wilson, Wilson, James Callaghan, Callaghan, Tony Blair, Blair, Gordon Brown, Brown and Starmer. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 United Kingdom General Election
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party in 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945, with a majority of 144 seats and the first of two consecutive landslide victories. Thatcher's first term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister had not been an easy time. Unemployment increased during the first three years of her premiership and the economy went Early 1980s recession, through a recession. However, the British victory in the Falklands War led to a recovery of her personal popularity, and economic growth had begun to resume. By the time Thatcher called the election in May 1983, opinion polls pointed to a Conservative victory, with most national newspapers backing the re-election of the Conservative government. The resulting win earned the Conserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islington South West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Islington South West was a Parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election. Boundaries The Metropolitan Borough of Islington wards of Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, St Mary, St Peter, and Thornhill. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1960s Election in the 1970s See also * List of parliamentary constituencies in London The Regions of England, region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 75 United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituencies all of which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electo ... References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Islington South West (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
