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Labour MPs
This is a list of United Kingdom Labour Party MPs. It includes all Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the British House of Commons representing the Labour Party from 1900 to 1923 and since 1992. Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd or the European Parliament are not listed. Those in italics are overall leaders of the Labour Party, those in bold are Prime Ministers. __NOTOC__ List of MPs A *Diane Abbott, Hackney North and Stoke Newington, 1987–present *William Abraham, Rhondda, 1910–18;Formerly a Lib-Lab MP. Rhondda West, 1918–20 * Debbie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth, 2011–present * Leo Abse, Pontypool, 1958–83; Torfaen, 1983–87 *Richard Acland, Gravesend, 1947–55Formerly a Liberal Party MP. * Allen Adams, Paisley, 1979–83; Paisley North, 1983–90 * David Adams, Newcastle-upon-Tyne West, 1922–23; Consett, 1935–43 * Irene Adams, Paisley North, 1990–2005 *Richard Adams, Balham and Tooting, 1945–50; Wandsworth Central, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Acland
Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet (26 November 1906 – 24 November 1990) was one of the founding members of the British Common Wealth Party in 1942, having previously been a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP). He joined the Labour Party in 1945 and was later a Labour MP. He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). First years Richard Thomas Dyke Acland was born on 26 November 1906 at Broadclyst, Devon, the eldest son of Sir Francis Dyke Acland (1874-1939), 14th Baronet, a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and his first wife Eleanor Acland, née Cropper (1878-1933), a Liberal politician, suffragist, and novelist.Stenton and Lees ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament'' vol. iv p. 1 He had two brothers and one sister, and his brother Geoffrey Acland, was also a Liberal politician. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, before qualifying as a barrister (admitted at the Inner Temple in 1930). He briefly se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wandsworth Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Wandsworth district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. Boundaries When the constituency was created, in 1918, it was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. It was in a part of the County of London, which was located in the northern part of the historic county of Surrey. In 1965 the area of the constituency became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth in Greater London. 1918–1950: During the 1885-1918 distribution of parliamentary seats, the area had been part of the Wandsworth constituency. In 1918 the Metropolitan Borough (a larger area than the Wandsworth constituency had been) was split into five divisions. In addition to Central these div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balham And Tooting (UK Parliament Constituency)
Balham and Tooting was a constituency in South London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election. Boundaries The constituency, officially the Balham and Tooting Division of the Parliamentary Borough of Wandsworth, was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. The 1918 Act had the principal aim of reducing the growing malapportionment due to electorate growth in geographical areas coupled with the subsidiary aim of realigning constituency boundaries so as to largely correspond with units of local government units (as created in 1889 and 1900). The new seat was one of five divisions of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth in the parliamentary County of London. The seat had previously formed part of the single-member Wandsworth constituency, created in 1885. The constituency was defined in terms of ward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Adams (British Politician)
Captain Harold Richard Adams (8 October 1912 – 25 June 1978) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ... for Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency), Balham and Tooting from 1945 to 1950, and Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency), Wandsworth Central from 1950 to 1955. Early life and military career Born on 8 October 1912, the son of A. Adams, he was educated at Emanuel School and studied at the University of London. He was a lecturer in Economics and Business Administration.Stenton and Lees ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament'' vol. iv p. 1 He married twice, firstly to Joyce Love in 1938, with whom he had two daughters; the marriage was dissolved in 1955, and he married s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Adams
Katherine Patricia Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea (born 27 December 1947) is a Scottish Labour peer who served as the Member of Parliament for Paisley North from 1990 to 2005. Early life Adams was educated at Stanley Green High School in Paisley, marrying Allen Adams in February 1968 with whom she had three children. In 1970 she was on Paisley Town Council and by 1972 was appointed Justice of the Peace. In 1974, as Katherine Adams, she became a councillor for Stanley Ward of Renfrew District Council, but failed to be reelected in 1977 following a general collapse in the Labour vote. In 1979, she stood for and won the Paisley Craigielea seat on Strathclyde Regional Council succeeding her husband, Allen Adams, who had stepped down from the council following his election as MP. She successfully stood for reelection in 1982, retiring in 1986. Parliamentary career Her husband, Allen Adams, had been MP for Paisley North until his death on 5 September 1990 at the ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consett (UK Parliament Constituency)
Consett was a county constituency, centred on the town of Consett in County Durham. It 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, elected by the first past the post voting system from 1918 to 1983. History Creation Consett was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. It succeeded the abolished North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency), North West Division of Durham, comprising the whole of that seat, excluding Tanfield, County Durham, Tanfield, which was included in the new constituency of Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency), Blaydon, and Lanchester, County Durham, Lanchester, which was transferred to Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency), Barnard Castle. Boundaries 1918–1950 * The Urban Districts of Annfield Plain, Benfieldside, Conse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newcastle upon Tyne West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1918 to 1983 which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. History Parliament created this constituency in the Representation of the People Act 1918 as one of four divisions of the parliamentary borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which had previously been represented by one two-member seat. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when the closest successor constituency was Newcastle-upon-Tyne North. Boundaries 1918–1950 * The County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Armstrong, Arthur's Hill, Benwell, Elswick, and Fenham. ''Included the former Urban District of Benwell and Fenham which had been absorbed into the County Borough in 1904 and had previously been part of the abolished Tyneside constituency.'' 1950–1955 * the County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Benwell, Fenham, Kenton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adams (Labour Politician)
David Adams (27 June 1871 – 16 August 1943) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne West from 1922 to 1923, and Consett from 1935 until his death in 1943. Career He was educated at the School of Art and Science at Newcastle's Armstrong College."Obituary: Mr David Adams M.P.", ''The Times'', 17 August 1943, p. 6 He took up a career as an engineer with the local shipping company of D. Adams and Company and the Anglo-Scottish Trading Company. He was elected to Newcastle City Council in 1902, and held the office of Sheriff from 1922 to 1923 and Lord Mayor from 1930 to 1931. At the 1918 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the new Newcastle upon Tyne West constituency, losing to the Liberal Party cabinet minister Edward Shortt. Shortt stood down at the 1922 general election, and Adams won the seat with a majority of only 156 over the National Liberal candidate Cecil Ramage. At the 1923 general el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paisley North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Paisley North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created when the former Paisley constituency was divided for the 1983 general election. It was abolished for the 2005 general election, when Paisley was represented by the new constituencies of Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North. Boundaries 1983–1997: The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Paisley Abercorn, Paisley Craigielea, and Renfrew. 1997–2005: The Renfrewshire Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Re ... electoral divisions of Linwood and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paisley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Paisley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1983, when it was divided into Paisley North and Paisley South. These two constituencies were in turn amalgamated into Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Paisley and Renfrewshire North in 2005. Boundaries The constituency covered the burgh of Paisley. The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were- :"From the Summit of Byres Hill, on the North-east of the Town, in a straight Line to the Point near Knock Hill at which the Renfrew Road is joined by a Road from Glasgow; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Knock Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Northern Gable of the Moss Toll House on the Greenock Road; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Chimney of Linwood Cotton Mill to the Point at which such straight Line cuts the Candren Burn; thence up the Candren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Adams
Allender Steele Adams (16 February 1946 – 5 September 1990), known as Allen Adams, was a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley from 1979 to 1983 and Paisley North from 1983 to 1990. Adams was born in Glasgow, and married Irene Adams on 24 February 1968. He was elected as a Member of Strathclyde Regional Council for Paisley Craigielea in 1974, a position he held until standing down due to his election as the MP for Paisley. He served as Labour's Scottish whip whilst an MP. In a notable speech on 31 March 1988, he described Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons as having ''"behaved towards Scotland with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor"'', a remark immediately withdrawn, as is the custom in the Commons. Death Adams died on 5 September 1990 at the age of 44 from a brain hemorrhage. In the by-election that followed his death, his widow Irene Adams Katherine Patricia Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
