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Richard Fuller (Conservative Politician)
Richard Quentin Fuller (born 30 May 1962) is a British politician who has been Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since November 2024, having previously served as the interim Chairman of the Conservative Party from July to November 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North Bedfordshire, formerly North East Bedfordshire, since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he represented Bedford from 2010 to 2017. Fuller previously served as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury from July to October 2022. In the 2024 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for political and public service. He had previously achieved prominence as leader of the Young Conservatives from 1985 to 1987. Early life Fuller was educated at Hazeldene School and Bedford Modern School (then a direct grant school), followed by University College, Oxford (1981–84), where he studied Politics, Philosophy & Economics, and Harvard Busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. If a Vacancy (economics), vacancy arises at another time, due to death or Resignation from the British House of Commons, resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which publishes business books, leadership articles, Case method, case studies, and ''Harvard Business Review'', a monthly academic business magazine. It is also home to the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center, the school's primary library. Harvard Business School is one of six List of Ivy League business schools, Ivy League business schools. History The school was established in 1908. Initially established by the humanities faculty, it received independent status in 1910, and became a separate administrative unit in 1913. The first dean was historian Edwin Francis Gay (1867–1946). Yogev (2001) explains the original concept: :This school of business and public administration was originally conceived as a school for diplomacy and government servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Birthday Honours
The 2024 King's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of Charles III, King Charles III to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the King's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Charles III, King appoints members to the orders upon the advice of his ministers. However, the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, the Order of Merit and the Royal Victorian Order are bestowed solely by the Sovereign. United Kingdom Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as Monarchy of the United Kingdom, King of the United Kingdom with honours within his own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours. The Order of the Companions of Honour Member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) * The Rt Hon Dr Gordon Brown – For Public and Charitab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 United Kingdom General Election
The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017, two years after the 2015 United Kingdom general election, previous general election in 2015; it was the first since 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections. The governing Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party led by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Theresa May remained the largest single party in the House of Commons but lost its small overall majority, resulting in the formation of a Conservative minority government with a confidence and supply Conservative–DUP agreement, agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland. The Conservative Party, which had governed as a senior Cameron–Clegg coalition, coalition partner from 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 and as a single-party majority government from 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015, was led by May as Prime Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 United Kingdom General Election
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect 650 Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The first to be held after the minimum age for candidates was reduced from Electoral Administration Act 2006, 21 to 18, it resulted in the Brown ministry, Labour government losing its 2005 United Kingdom general election, 66-seat majority to the Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron, Conservative opposition; however, with the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives only having 306 elected MPs, this election resulted in the first hung parliament since February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974. This election marked the start of a Conservative government that would last for 14 years until its ousting in 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. For the leaders of all three major political parties, this was their first general election contest as party leader, something that had last been ... [...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] |
North East Bedfordshire
North East Bedfordshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2024. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes, it reverted to the name of North Bedfordshire, first contested at the 2024 general election. South eastern areas, including the communities of Arlesey, Langford and Stotfold, were included in the re-established, cross-county boundary, constituency of Hitchin. Constituency profile This is a mainly rural, professional area, with medium level incomes, low unemployment and a low proportion of social housing. The East Coast Main Line runs through the east part of the seat, with several stations connecting to Central London. Boundaries and boundary changes 1997–2010: The District of Mid Bedfordshire wards of Arlesey, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Blunham, Langford, Northill, Old Warden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemi Badenoch
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch (' Adegoke; born 2 January 1980) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party since November 2024. Badenoch previously worked in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2024. She was elected Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Essex (UK Parliament constituency), North West Essex, previously Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency), Saffron Walden, in 2017. In 2012, Badenoch unsuccessfully contested a seat in the London Assembly, but became a member of the London Assembly after Victoria Borwick was elected as an MP in 2015. A supporter of Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 referendum, Badenoch was elected to the House of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Trott (politician)
Laura Trott (born 7 December 1984) is a British politician currently serving as Shadow Education Secretary since November 2024. She previously served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from July to November 2024. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency), Sevenoaks since 2019. Born in Oxted, Trott attended Oxted School and later studied history and economics at the University of Oxford. She worked as a Special adviser (UK), special adviser between 2009 and 2016, before becoming a partner at Portland Communications. Trott joined the Conservative Party in her teens, and was a councillor for the party on Camden London Borough Council between 2010 and 2014. She was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons at the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election for Sevenoaks, becoming the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Chief Secretary To The Treasury
The shadow chief secretary to the treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the shadow chancellor of the exchequer. The shadow chief secretary to the treasury acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent Governmental position, the chief secretary to the treasury, who is deputy to the chancellor of the exchequer The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of HM Treasury, His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, t .... Currently the position of shadow chief secretary to the treasury is held by Richard Fuller. List of shadow chief secretaries to the treasury References {{UK Parliament Opposition Cabinet Offices Official Opposition (United Kingdom) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Huddleston
Nigel Paul Huddleston (born 13 October 1970) is a British politician who has served as co-chairman of the Conservative Party since November 2024, serving alongside The Lord Johnson of Lainston. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Droitwich and Evesham, previously Mid Worcestershire, since 2015 and was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from November 2023 to July 2024. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister of State for International Trade from February to November 2023. Early life and career Nigel Huddleston was born on 13 October 1970 in Lincoln. He was educated at the Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, a state secondary school in North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, followed by Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied politics and economics. He received an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, California. Huddleston started his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Johnson, Baron Johnson Of Lainston
Dominic Robert Andrew Johnson, Baron Johnson of Lainston, (born 6 April 1974), is a British financier, hedge fund manager and politician, the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Somerset Capital Management, who serves as Chairman of the Conservative Party, co-chairman of the Conservative Party since November 2024, alongside Nigel Huddleston . Lord Johnson served under Rishi Sunak as a Minister of state (United Kingdom), Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade and in the Department for International Trade during the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime ministership of Liz Truss. Johnson has given more than £250,000 to the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, serving as its vice-chairman from 2016 to 2019. Early life Johnson was born in London in 1974, son of Patrick Johnson and Juliet Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant, Lt Andrew John Craig-Harvey, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, of Lainston House, Sparsholt, Hampshire, Spars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
