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Red Wall (British Politics)
The red wall is a term used in British politics to describe the UK Parliament constituencies in the Midlands and Northern England that have historically supported the Labour Party. The term was coined by pollster James Kanagasooriam. At the 2019 general election, many of these parliamentary seats were won by the Conservative Party, with the media describing the red wall as having "turned blue". At the 2021 Hartlepool by-election, the Conservatives won for the first time in decades in another red wall seat. The 2021 Batley and Spen by-election was also for a red wall seat; Labour held the seat, albeit with a reduced majority. In the 2022 Wakefield by-election, Labour regained their first red wall seat; this was also their first gain in any by-election since 2012. At the 2024 general election, Labour regained almost all of these seats, with the media describing the red wall as having been "rebuilt". Background Historically, the working class-dominated constituencies in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK General Election 2017-19 Result Changes
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ford (academic)
Robert Ford is a British academic and a professor of political science at the University of Manchester. He frequently writes for ''The Guardian''. His interests include diversity, immigration, and right-wing political parties. Ford wrote ''Revolt on the Right'' (2014) alongside Matthew Goodwin, which focuses on the rise of the right-wing UK Independence Party following its success in the 2014 European Parliament election. The book relates the party's history and examines its voter base. He later edited ''Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: 50 Things You Need to Know About British Elections'' (2015) with Philip Cowley. This was followed by ''More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: Another 50 Things You Need to Know About Elections'' (2016), also edited by Ford and Cowley. Ford authored ''Brexitland: Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics'' (2020), alongside Maria Sobolewska, which examines British identity, diversity, and immigration in the aftermath of Brexit. He authore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News And Star
The ''News and Star'' (formerly the ''Evening News and Star'' and ''Cumberland Evening News'') is a local tabloid newspaper in Cumbria. As of 18 October 2018, it belongs to Newsquest who produce several regional newspapers throughout the UK. The newspaper is published every day from Monday to Saturday and is available throughout North and West Cumbria and parts of Southern Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac .... In 2005 it had a daily circulation of approximately 25,084 copies (Jul–Dec 2005), however that had dropped to 6,611 by 2018, and just over 2,300 by March 2023. Former journalists * Roger Lytollis, author of the 2022 Lakeland Book of the Year winner ''Panic as Man Burns Crumpets'', who was a feature writer References External links *Newsquest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Copeland By-election
A by-election took place in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, British parliamentary constituency of Copeland (UK Parliament constituency), Copeland on 23 February 2017 (the same day as the 2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election), following the resignation of Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) Jamie Reed. Conservative Party (UK), Conservative candidate Trudy Harrison gained the seat from Labour Party (UK), Labour, the first gain for a governing party in a by-election since 1982. Result This was the first time since 1935 that Labour had failed to win the constituency or its predecessor, Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency), Whitehaven. It was also the first gain for a governing party at a UK by-election since the 1982 Mitcham and Morden by-election, where the incumbent Labour MP had sought re-election after defecting to the Social Democratic Party (UK), Social Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copeland (UK Parliament Constituency)
Copeland was a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Cumbria created in 1983 and represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. The constituency was represented in Parliament by Trudy Harrison, of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, from a 2017 Copeland by-election, by-election in February 2017 until its abolition for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. The seat had been held by Labour Party (UK), Labour candidates at elections between 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 and 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015 inclusive. Copeland was one of five Cumbria seats won (held or gained) by a Conservative candidate in 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 out of List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria, a total of six covering the county. The bulk of the seat was in the Lake District, together with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TeessideLive
TeessideLive is a regional news website serving the Teesside area of England. The website feeds ''The Gazette'' daily newspaper and the ''Sunday Sun'', England’s best-selling regional Sunday newspaper. Formerly known as ''Teesside Gazette'', the website, mobile app and social media accounts changed to ''TeessideLive'' on 5 June 2018. ''The Gazette'' is the most popular daily newspaper in Teesside, and has been an integral part of life in the area since 1869, when it was founded as the ''North-Eastern Daily Gazette'' by the Scot, and eventual Liberal Member of Parliament for Aston Manor, Hugh Gilzean Reid. It was also at this time, that a first premises were established on Zetland Road, Middlesbrough. Historical copies of the ''Daily Gazette'', dating back to 1870, are available to search and view in digitised form at The British Newspaper Archive. Later The Gazette Media Company Ltd who also publish the free '' Herald & Post'' newspaper. The ''Teesside Gazette'' occupie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlesbrough South And East Cleveland
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Myer of the Labour Party. Boundaries 1997–2010 * The Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council wards of: Belmont; Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood and Skinningrove; Loftus; Saltburn; and Skelton. * The Middlesbrough Borough Council wards of: Easterside; Hemlington; Marton; Newham; Nunthorpe; Park End; and Stainton and Thornton. 2010–2024 * The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland wards of: Brotton; Guisborough; Hutton; Lockwood; Loftus; Saltburn; Skelton; and Westworth. * The Borough of Middlesbrough wards of: Coulby Newham; Hemlington; Ladgate; Marton; Marton West; Nunthorpe; Park End; and Stainton and Thornton. Current Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke-on-Trent South
Stoke-on-Trent South is a constituency created in 1950, and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Allison Gardner, a Labour party representative. Boundaries Historic 1950–1955: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 19 to 26. 1955–1983: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24. 1983–2010: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton Green, Great Fenton, Longton South, Meir Park, Trentham Park, and Weston. 2010–2024: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton, Longton North, Longton South, Meir Park and Sandon, Trentham and Hanford, and Weston and Meir North. Current Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was defined as composing the following as they existed on 1 December 2020: *The Borough of Stafford wards of: Barlaston; Fulford; Swynnerton & Oulton. *The Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Mansfield is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency created in 1885 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 Steve Yemm of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, who gained the seat at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, from the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Between 2017 and 2024 the seat was represented by a Conservative for the first and only time since its creation in 1885. The seat, centred on Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, in recent times has been considered a relatively marginal seat. The Mansfield council area voted with more than 70% to Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum#West Midlands, Leave the European Union in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 referendum. In 2019, the Conservatives received 63.9% of the vote in the formerly safe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsall North
Walsall North was a constituency in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, created in 1955. The local electorate returned a Labour MP in the constituency's first seventeen general elections; in the following election Eddie Hughes became its second Conservative MP, following an earlier by-election win by his party in 1976. The constituency consisted of green-buffered urban areas across one half of the formerly metalworking- and manufacturing-centred town of Walsall, and the main other settlement within its boundaries, Bloxwich. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes, it was reformed as Walsall and Bloxwich, first contested at the 2024 general election. Constituency profile The constituency was in the heart of an area traditionally focused on manufacturing which retained many mechanical and engineering jobs in its economy. Workless cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
North East Derbyshire is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency created in 1885 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 Louise Jones (British politician), Louise Jones of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The seat had been, relative to others, a marginal seat from 2005 to 2017 as its winner's majority had not exceeded 5.7% of the vote since the 23.2% majority won in that year. The seat changed hands in 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 as the first Conservative Party (UK), Conservative victory since 1935 but reverted to Labour in 2024. History ;Summary of results The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Until 1910, the area was regularly represented by a Liberal (UK), Liberal MP. From the 1935 to the 2015 elections inclusive N.E. Derbyshire returned Labour (UK), Labour candidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
