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Public Administration Committee
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (PACAC), formerly known as the Public Administration Select Committee, is a committee appointed by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Its primary role is to scrutinize reports from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, monitor the quality of administration in civil service departments, and examine issues relating to the civil service and constitutional affairs. The committee primarily focuses on matters in England and Wales but also considers broader constitutional and administrative issues affecting the United Kingdom. PACAC plays a vital role in ensuring transparency, accountability, and efficiency in public administration and governance. Its inquiries often address key concerns about the functioning of government institutions, public service delivery, and the implementation of constitutional principles. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, previously know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of The United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs), who are elected to represent United Kingdom constituencies, constituencies by the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England began to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the Acts of Union 1707, political union with Scotland, and from 1801 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Carling
Samuel Carling (born 2002) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire since 2024. He is the first British parliamentarian to be born in the 21st century. By convention, as the youngest member of Parliament, he is accorded the honorary style of Baby of the House. Carling represented the ward of West Chesterton on Cambridge City Council from 2022 until 2025. Early life and education Samuel Carling was born in 2002 and raised in Crook, County Durham. He described his background as being from "a totally apolitical family, in quite a deprived part of the north east of England". Originally from Bishop Auckland, Carling completed his GCSEs at Wolsingham School before attending sixth form at Barnard Castle School, an independent boarding school in County Durham, with an academic scholarship. He achieved five A* A-level grades and an Extended Project Qualification. The cancellation of some A-level exams during the COVID-19 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwood Forest (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sherwood Forest is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 by Michelle Welsh, of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The constituency's name is shared with Sherwood Forest, which is in the area. The constituency was formerly known as Sherwood. It was renamed as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, with minor boundary changes. It was first contested under the new name at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. Boundaries Historic (Sherwood) 1983–1997: The District of Newark wards of Bilsthorpe, Blidworth, Boughton, Clipstone, Dover Beck, Edwinstowe, Farnsfield, Fishpool, Lowdham, Ollerton North, Ollerton South, Rainworth, and Rufford, the District of Ashfield wards of Hucknall Central, Hucknall East, Hucknall North, and Hucknall West, and the Borough of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh is a Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Sherwood Forest since 2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane .... Before her election to Parliament, LabourList described her as "a councillor on Gedling Borough Council, representing Porchester ward, and on Nottinghamshire County Council, representing Arnold South." Welsh is also a school governor at Arnold View Primary School. References External links * Living people Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Year of birth missing (living people) Councillors in Nottinghamshire Members of Nottinghamshire County Council Labour Party (UK) councillors ... [...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] |
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] |
Isle Of Wight West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Isle of Wight West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been represented by Richard Quigley for the Labour Party. The Isle of Wight is granted two Members of Parliament under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011. The constituency has been created alongside Isle of Wight East from the divided former Isle of Wight constituency. Quigley became the first ever Labour MP to represent the Isle of Wight, defeating Bob Seely, who had been MP for the whole island from 2017 to 2024. Boundaries The constituency comprises western and central areas of the Isle of Wight, including the communities of Newport, East Cowes, Cowes and Freshwater. It is composed of the following electoral divisions of the Isle of Wight: * Brighston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Quigley
Richard Michael Quigley (born August 1971) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight West since 2024. Biography Quigley was born in August 1971, and grew up in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. He studied manufacturing systems engineering at Coventry University. He worked at Britvic Soft Drinks, before moving to the Isle of Wight to open a fish and chip shop. Since 2021, Quigley has been a Labour and Co-operative Party councillor for Cowes North Ward on the Isle of Wight Council. He is the only Labour Party councillor on the council. In the 2019 General Election, Quigley stood as the Labour candidate for the Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. T ... constituency, coming second with 18,078 votes. On 4 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh And Selkirk (UK Parliament Constituency)
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland within the Scottish Borders council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting. Since 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 the MP has been John Lamont of the Scottish Conservatives, Conservative Party. The constituency name comes from the three historic counties it covers: Berwickshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. A mostly rural constituency, it includes the towns of Coldstream, Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso, Melrose, Scotland, Melrose and Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk. Boundaries As created by the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies for the 2005 United Kingdom general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lamont
John Robert Lamont (born 15 April 1976) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and solicitor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk since 2017, and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from July to November 2024. Lamont previously served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, later Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire after boundary changes, from 2007 to 2017. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland between October 2022 to July 2024. Early life and career John Lamont was born on 15 April 1976 in Kilwinning to Robert and Elizabeth Lamont. He was educated at Kilwinning Academy and studied at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow where he gained a first class honours degree. He worked as a solicitor at Freshfields in London and then at Brodies in Edinburgh. Political career In 2002, Lamont stood as a candidate in the London Borough of Lamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Crawley is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Peter Lamb (politician), Peter Lamb of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency covers the whole of the town and borough of Crawley in West Sussex, and London Gatwick Airport is a significant employment centre. Residents' health and wealth are around average for the UK. Boundaries 1983–1997: The Borough of Crawley, and the District of Mid Sussex wards of Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, Crawley Down, Slaugham, and Turners Hill. 1997–present: The Borough of Crawley. The Boundary commissions (United Kingdom), Boundary Commission analysed population increase and recommended that changes to the constituency be made for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lamb (politician)
Peter Keir Lamb (born 1986) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Crawley since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Leader of Crawley Council from 2014 to 2022. Early life and education Peter Keir Lamb was born in 1986 in Crawley, West Sussex. His mother was a social worker and his father was a scientist. Lamb studied at Southampton University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History and Politics in 2007 and a Master of Science in Citizenship and Governance in 2008. Political career Lamb was born in Crawley and was a councillor for 14 years before becoming the area's MP. He is the third consecutive MP for the constituency to lose at the previous general election and then win it at the next. According to PR Week, Lamb was a "senior consultant for The Campaign Company, which specialises in insight and engagement and works for clients including local authorities, central government departments, the NHS, charities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
