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Jane Hunt (politician)
Jane Marion Hunt (born 4 June 1966) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough in Leicestershire between 2019 and 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she briefly served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets from July to September 2022 under Prime Minister Boris Johnson following the July 2022 government crisis. She lost her seat to Labour's Jeevun Sandher in the 2024 election. Career Hunt served on Charnwood Borough Council from 2003 until 2015 for Loughborough Nanpantan, and from 2018 for Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle. She worked as an adviser to her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, in Morgan's role as MP for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019. She was the unsuccessful Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for several safe Labour seats prior to 2019, initially contesting Leicester East at the 2010 general election and the neighbouring Leicester South at the 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State For Enterprise, Markets And Small Business
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets is a ministerial position in the Department for Business and Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom, British Government. It is currently held by Justin Madders The position was previously housed within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Responsibilities As of 2023, the Minister has the following areas of regulation and governance within their portfolio: * small business and enterprise * scale up strategy * access to finance * labour market and employment rights (including National Minimum Wage) * postal services (including Royal Mail) * consumer and competition policy (including subsidy control) * mutual recognition of professional qualifications * Office for Product Safety and Standards * levelling up and regional growth * corporate governance and transparency * audit and insolvency * hospitality * retail * consumer goods * personal care * Post Office Limited * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safe Seat
A safe seat is an electoral district which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combination of both. With such seats, there is very little chance of a seat changing hands because of the political leanings of the electorate in the constituency concerned or the popularity of the incumbent member. This contrasts with a marginal seat in which a defeat for the seat holder is considered possible. In systems where candidates must first win the party's primary election or preselection, the phrase "tantamount to election" is often used to describe winning the dominant party's nomination for a safe seat. Definition There is a spectrum between safe and marginal seats. Supposedly safe seats can still change hands in a landslide election, such as Enfield Southgate being lost by the Conservatives (and then-potential future party leader Michael Portillo) to Labour at the 1997 UK general election, whilst oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Truss
Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day Premiership of Liz Truss, in office, she stepped down amid October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis, a government crisis, making her the List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure, shortest-serving prime minister in British history. The Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 2010 to 2024, Truss held various Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet positions under three prime ministersDavid Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnsonlastly as Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom), foreign secretary from 2021 to 2022. Truss studied philosophy, politics and economics at Merton College, Oxford, and was the president of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats. In 1996 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State For Small Business, Consumers And Labour Markets
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets is a ministerial position in the Department for Business and Trade in the British Government. It is currently held by Justin Madders The position was previously housed within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It was created by the Gordon Brown premiership on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Uni .... Responsibilities As of 2023, the Minister has the following areas of regulation and governance within their portfolio: * small business and enterprise * scale up strategy * access to finance * labour market and employment rights (including National Minimum Wage) * postal services (including Royal Mail) * consumer and competition policy (including subsidy control) * mutual recognition of professional qualifications * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 2022 British Cabinet Reshuffle
Boris Johnson carried out the third significant Cabinet reshuffle, reshuffle of his majority government (the Second Johnson ministry) from 5 to 8 July 2022, having last done so in 2021 British cabinet reshuffle, September 2021. This was a direct result of the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis in which more than a third of ministers and parliamentary private secretaries resigned from their positions. Initial changes were made following the resignations of Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, within hours of each other on 5 July. Nadhim Zahawi was appointed to replace Sunak and Steve Barclay (politician), Stephen Barclay to replace Javid. Later changes were announced after it was announced that Johnson would resign as Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party, triggering a July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, leadership election. Michelle Donelan resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for supporting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support United Kingdom cabinet committee, Cabinet committees and coordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments. it had over 10,200 staff, mostly civil servants, some of whom work in Whitehall. Staff working in the British Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office are part of the Cabinet Office. Responsibilities The Cabinet Office's core functions are: * Supporting collective government, helping to ensure the effective development, coordination, and implementation of policy; * Supporting the National Security Council and the Joint Intelligence Organisation, coordinating the government's response to crises, and managing the UK's cyber securi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Private Secretary To The Cabinet Office
The Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office is a Parliamentary Private Secretary that supports the Cabinet Office. List of officeholders * Roberta Blackman-Woods (2006 to 2007) * David Burrowes (2010 to 2012) * Alan Campbell (2001 to 2003) * Jeffrey Ennis (2007 to 2010) * Nigel Evans (1994 to 1995) * Derek Foster (1997 - in role for two days) * Edward Garnier (1997) * Peter Gibson (2022 to May 2024) * Mary Hamilton (1929 to 1931) * Kevin Hollinrake * Jane Hunt (2020 to 2022) * Barbara Keeley (8 February 2006 to June 2006) * Ian Levy (2022) * Pat McFadden * Gillian Merron (June 2007 to January 2008) * Damien Moore * Margaret Moran * James Morris * David Mowat (2014 to 2015) * Ian Pearson (1997 to 1998) * Will Quince * Lawrie Quinn * Angela Smith * Mark Tami Sir Mark Richard Tami (born 3 October 1962) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alyn and Deeside since 2001. He has served as Deputy Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of The United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster in London. Parliament possesses legislative supremacy and thereby holds ultimate power over all other political bodies in the United Kingdom and the Overseas Territories. While Parliament is bicameral, it has three parts: the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. The three parts acting together to legislate may be described as the King-in-Parliament. The Crown normally acts on the advice of the prime minister, and the powers of the House of Lords are limited to only delaying legislation. The House of Commons is the elected lower chamber of Parliament, with elections to 650 single-member constituencies held at least every five years under the first-past-the-post system. By constitutional conventi ... [...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] |
2017 United Kingdom General Election
The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017, two years after the 2015 United Kingdom general election, previous general election in 2015; it was the first since 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections. The governing Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party led by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Theresa May remained the largest single party in the House of Commons but lost its small overall majority, resulting in the formation of a Conservative minority government with a confidence and supply Conservative–DUP agreement, agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland. The Conservative Party, which had governed as a senior Cameron–Clegg coalition, coalition partner from 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 and as a single-party majority government from 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015, was led by May as Prime Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 United Kingdom General Election
The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 to elect 650 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron, won an unexpected majority victory of ten seats; they had been leading a Cameron–Clegg coalition, coalition government with the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats. It was the last general election to be held before the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016. Opinion polls and political commentators had widely predicted that the election would result in a second consecutive hung parliament whose composition would be similar to the one elected at the 2010 United Kingdom general election, previous general election in 2010. Potential coalitions and agreements betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Nottingham South is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Parliament of the United Kingdom, represented since United Kingdom general election 2010, 2010 by Lilian Greenwood of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Members of Parliament Since 2010, the seat has been represented by Lilian Greenwood, who succeeded Labour's Alan Simpson on his retirement. Simpson had held the seat since 1992, when he unseated the Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo. MPs 1885–1974 ''Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham prior to 1885'' MPs since 1983 ''Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham East and Nottingham West (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham West prior to 1983'' Constituency profile The seat is the most economically diverse of the three Nottingham constituencies covering higher income and lower income output areas (sub-divisions of wards). In 2010 it was the most margin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
