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List Of Liberal Democrat Party MPs In London
The Liberal Democrats currently have six MPs representing a United Kingdom constituency in London. Members of Parliament See also * List of parliamentary constituencies in London * List of Conservative Party MPs in London * List of Labour Party MPs in London External links London Liberal Democrats {{UnitedKingdomMPs London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ... Liberal ... [...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] |
Parliamentary Constituency
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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kohler (politician)
Paul Christopher Kohler (born ) is a British politician, nightclub owner, and academic serving as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Wimbledon since 2024. Prior to his election, he was a scholar of property law who served as head of SOAS University of London's School of Law. Early life and education Kohler was the first person in his extended family to go to university. However, he dropped out from his maths degree, because of touring commitments in the Gotham City Swing Band, a new wave outfit whose greatest claim to fame was playing the last night of the infamous punk venue, The Roxy. He subsequently returned to university and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in law. During his time at Cambridge he was May Ball President, where fellow Jesus undergraduate Prince Edward served on his committee. He was also elected JCR President. Career In the 1990s and 2000s, Kohler taught at University College London (UCL) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wimbledon is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024, the seat has been held by Paul Kohler (politician), Paul Kohler of the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats. History The area was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and had lay in Mid Surrey that elected two MPs. The constituency covered great bounds, skirting around Croydon to its south to reach Caterham, Warlingham, Chelsham and Farleigh in the North Downs and bearing formal alternate titles of the "Wimbledon Division (of Surrey)" and the "North East Division of Surrey" which in all but the most formal legal writing was written as "North East Surrey". An Act reduced the seat in 1918 to create the Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency), Mitcham seat in the south-east; another in 1950 created Merton and Morden (UK Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Dean
Bobby Warren Dean (born 1989 or 1990) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington since 2024. Early life Dean is from Essex, where he was raised in a council house. His father was a scaffolder and his mother worked as a cleaner. Dean attended Colchester Sixth Form College. He read International Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, graduating in 2011. He later completed a Master of Science (MSc) in Public Policy at University College London (UCL) in 2022. Career Dean runs his own small business advising charities tackling global poverty. He has been a councillor on Sutton London Borough Council for The Wrythe ward since 2022. Personal life Dean moved to Deptford, South London in 2008. He now lives in Carshalton Carshalton ( ) is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated around southwest of Charing Cross and around eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carshalton And Wallington (UK Parliament Constituency)
Carshalton and Wallington is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Bobby Dean, a Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat. The seat was created at the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, replacing the former seat of Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency), Carshalton. Boundaries and boundary changes 1983–2010 ''The constituency was formed entirely from the renaming of the constituency of Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency), Carshalton'' 2010–2024 ''Minor ward boundary changes and renaming'' 2024–present ''Wards renamed'' Political history The seat was created in 1983, replacing the former constituency of Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency), Carshalton, which had voted Conservative at every election since its creation in 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945. The new Carshalton and Wallington initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Taylor (politician)
Luke Alexander Taylor is a British politician. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton and Cheam since 2024. He has been a Liberal Democrat councillor on Sutton London Borough Council for Sutton West and East Cheam since 2022. Taylor currently sits on the Liberal Democrat frontbench team as the Spokesperson for London. Early life Taylor grew up in rural Lincolnshire. His parents were both teachers, and his father, Neil Taylor, was a Liberal Democrat councillor in West Lindsey in Lincolnshire. He was a parliamentary candidate in the 1992 United Kingdom general election for Gainsborough and Horncastle. He was educated at De Aston School in Market Rasen and later graduated with a Master of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutton And Cheam (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sutton and Cheam is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Taylor, a Liberal Democrat. Political history The area's voters produced a 32.6% swing to the Liberal Party in the 1972 by-election. In the nine prior elections it only returned Conservative MPs and the Liberal candidate polled third behind Labour six times and none stood three times. The seat is a marginal seat which has since 1970 frequently flipped between electing Conservative and Liberal/Liberal Democrat candidates. During the Conservative Government 1979–1990, the seat was won by a sufficient majority to be branded a Conservative safe seat. It was regained by the Liberal Democrats in the 1997 general election and subsequently held in the 2001, 2005 and 2010 general elections. In the 2015 general election the seat was regained by the Conservatives. In June 2016, an estimated 51.28% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Park (UK Parliament Constituency)
Richmond Park is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2019, its Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) has been Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats. Previously held by Zac Goldsmith of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party from 2010, Goldsmith stood down in 2016 in protest over expansion of Heathrow Airport. Olney won the seat at 2016 Richmond Park by-election, the resulting by-election, defeating Goldsmith who was then standing as an independent. Goldsmith regained the Conservative nomination and the seat in the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 general election, before losing to Olney a second time at the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. Olney was re-elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twickenham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Twickenham is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 by Munira Wilson of the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats. History Since 1945, the boundaries of the seat have been similar to those of the abolished Municipal Borough of Twickenham. From 1931 until 1983, Twickenham was a safe seat of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party and from 1983 until 1997 a marginal seat for that party. Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Vince Cable gained the seat during the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 landslide Conservative defeat and held it until 2015. The seat was one of very few in Britain that gave the Liberal Democrats a majority of votes in the 2005 and 2010 elections, being their sixth best performance nationally in 2010. Cable was Secretary of State for Busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston And Surbiton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kingston and Surbiton () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Greater London created in 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 by Ed Davey, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Davey previously held the seat from 1997 until losing reelection in 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015 to Conservative Party (UK), Conservative James Berry (barrister), James Berry. Kingston and Surbiton has been considered a marginal seat, as well as a swing seat since 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010, as the seat has changed hands twice since that year, while its winner's majority did not exceed 6.6% of the vote since the 13.2% majority won in 2010. In 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019, Davey won a 17.2% majority and a majority of the votes cast; the seat is now regarded as a safe seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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] |
