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Kensington (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kensington is a former List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in Greater London which first existed between 1974 and 1997 and was recreated in 2010. It was replaced by the Kensington and Bayswater (UK Parliament constituency), Kensington and Bayswater constituency, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. At the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 general election, Emma Dent Coad gained the seat for Labour Party (UK), Labour from incumbent Conservative Victoria Borwick by the slenderest margin in England, 20 votes, the first time Kensington had been represented by a Labour Party (UK), Labour MP. Dent Coad was defeated by Felicity Buchan for the Conservatives at the 2019 United Kingdom general election by a narrow margin of 150 votes. Kensington was known as the wealthiest parliamentary constituency in the whole of the United Kingdom. Boundaries The constituency formed for the 2010 election comprised th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington And Chelsea (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kensington and Chelsea was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1997–2010. It was one of the safest Conservative seats in the United Kingdom, and since its creation in 1997 became a prestigious seat, with Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP Alan Clark, the former Secretary of State for Defence, Defence Secretary Michael Portillo and the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind all holding the seat for the Conservatives. The seat was abolished for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 election, when the 1974–1997 Kensington (UK Parliament constituency), Kensington constituency was recreated and Chelsea formed a new constituency together with the southern part of the former Hammersmith and Fulham constituency, called the Chelsea and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency), Chelsea and Fulham constituency. Boundaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 United Kingdom General Election
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 12 December 2019, with 47,074,800 registered voters entitled to vote 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 governing Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, won a landslide victory with a majority of 80 seats, a net gain of 48, on 43.6 per cent of the popular vote, the highest percentage for any party since the 1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979 general election, though with a narrower popular vote margin than that achieved by the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party over the Conservatives at the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election. This was the second national election to be held in 2019 in the United Kingdom, the first being the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 2019 European Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Former parties See also * Democratic Socialist Party (other) * List of Labour Parties * Party for Social Democracy * Partido Social Democrata (other) * List of socialist parties *Socialist International *List of social democratic parties This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of social democracy. Some of the parties are also members of the Socialist International, Party of European Socialists or the Progressive A ... {{Set index article Lists of political parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marginal Seat
A marginal seat or swing seat is a constituency held with a small majority in a legislative election, generally one conducted under a single-winner voting system. In Canada, they may be known as target ridings. The opposite is a safe seat. The term ultra-marginal seat refers to a constituency with a majority of single digits, usually within a percentage of 2%. Examples of traditionally marginal seats in the United Kingdom include Broxtowe, Watford, Bolton West and Thurrock. In Australia, marginal seats include Lindsay in New South Wales, Bass in Tasmania, Longman in Queensland and Corangamite in Victoria. Ultra-marginal seats in Australia include the federal seat of Gilmore in New South Wales and the state seats of Bundaberg in Queensland and Kogarah in New South Wales. Examples Australia The Australian Electoral Commission defines seat margins as follows: Federal Following the 2022 federal election, 51 of the 151 seats in the House of Representatives are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Rifkind
Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind (born 21 June 1946) is a British politician who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1986 to 1997, and most recently as chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament from 2010 to 2015. He is also known for his advocacy of a pro-European stance within his party's policies. Rifkind was the MP for Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency), Edinburgh Pentlands from February 1974 United Kingdom general election, 1974 to 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997. He served in various roles as a Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet minister, including Secretary of State for Scotland from 1986 to 1990, Secretary of State for Defence, Defence Secretary from 1992 to 1995, and Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom), Foreign Secretary from 1995 to 1997. In 1997, his party lost power and he lost his seat to the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. He attempted, unsuccessfully, to be re-elected in Pentlands in 2001 Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premiership Of Tony Blair
Tony Blair's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 2 May 1997 when he accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding John Major of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, and ended on 27 June 2007 upon his resignation. As prime minister, Blair also served simultaneously as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party. He and Gordon Brown both extensively used the New Labour branding while in office, which was presented as the brand of a newly reformed party that had altered Clause IV and endorsed market economics. He is the second-List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure, longest-serving prime minister in post-war British history after Margaret Thatcher, the longest-serving Labour Party (UK), Labour politician to have held the office, and the first and only person to date to lead the party to three consecutive general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 United Kingdom General Election
The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party led by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister John Major was defeated in a Landslide victory, landslide by the opposition Labour Party (UK), Labour Party led by Tony Blair, achieving a 179-seat majority and a total of 418 seats. This was the first victory for the Labour party in a general election in nearly 23 years, its previous one registering a majority of 3 seats in October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 under the leadership of Harold Wilson. It was also Labour's first comprehensive victory over the Conservatives since the 1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 election, which had produced a 100-seat majority. This election also marked Labour's highest vote share since the 1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 election and its second highest total number of votes in history (the largest being the 1951 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea And Fulham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Chelsea and Fulham is a constituency in Greater London represented since 2024 in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Ben Coleman of the Labour Party. Boundaries 2010–2024 Following the review of parliamentary representation in London, the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham were paired for constituency allocation purposes and allocated three seats between them. This broke the previous pairings of Kensington and Chelsea with the City of Westminster, and of Hammersmith and Fulham with the London Borough of Ealing, and therefore abolished the seats Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea with their "spillover" cross-boundary seats of Regents Park and Kensington North and Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush. The historical constituency of Kensington was recreated, and the Hammersmith seat was also revived. The new constituency of Chelsea and Fulham was made up of the following electoral wards: *From the London Borough of Hamme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a wikt:cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan and multiculturalism, multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and the Portobello Road Market. From around 1870, Notting Hill had an association with artists. 'Notting Hill and Bayswater', Old and New London: Volume 5 (1878), pp. 177-88. For much of the 20th century, the large houses were subdivided into multi-occupancy rentals. Continental Europe, Continental Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom, Europeans, British African-Caribbean people, Caribbeans (British African-Caribbean people, African Caribbeans, Indo-Caribbean people, Indian Caribbeans, and White Caribbeans), Black British people, Africans, British Indian, Indians, British Arabs, Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland Park
Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that lies within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and largely surrounds its namesake park, Holland Park. Colloquially referred to as 'Millionaire's Row', Holland Park is among the most expensive residential areas in London and the United Kingdom. Past and present residents include David Beckham, David and Victoria Beckham, Sir Elton John, David Cameron, Ed Sheeran, Sir Richard Branson, and Robbie Williams, among others. The small neighborhood is further home to the List of diplomatic missions in London, embassies of several countries, including Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Greece, Jordan, Russia and Lebanon. The area is principally composed of tree-lined streets with large Victorian mansions and contains shops, cultural tourist attractions such as the Design Museum, luxury spas, hotels, and restaurants along Holland Park Avenue and Kensington High Street. Location and boundaries Holland Park is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earls Court
Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the sub-districts of South Kensington to the east, Chelsea to the south and Kensington to the northeast. It lent its name to the now defunct pleasure grounds opened in 1887 followed by the pre–World War II Earls Court Exhibition Centre, as one of the country's largest indoor arenas and a popular concert venue, until its closure in 2014. In practice, the notion of Earl's Court, which is geographically confined to the SW5 postal district, tends to apply beyond its boundary to parts of the neighbouring Fulham area with its SW6 and W14 postcodes to the west, and to adjacent streets in postcodes SW7, SW10 and W8 in Kensington and Chelsea. Earl's Court is also an electoral ward of the local authority, Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Brompton
West Brompton is an area of west London, England, that straddles the boundary between the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The centuries-old boundary traced by Counter's Creek, probably marked the eastern edge of Fulham Palace, Fulham Manor since Saxon times and is now partly lost beneath the West London Line railway. History The land to the west of Counter's Creek lies in the medieval parish of All Saints Church, Fulham, Fulham which evolved out of the extensive Fulham Manor, the residence of the Bishop of London for 1,300 years, known today as Fulham Palace. To the east is the parish of St Mary Abbots which traces its foundation to the 12th-century as the Manor of Kensington. Until modern times, both sides of the creek were in the county of Middlesex. The name refers to the locality of Brompton, Kensington, Brompton to the east, linked to its western namesake through the areas of Earl's Court and South Kensington by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
