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Richard Olszewski
Richard Janusz Olszewski (born August 1961) is a British Labour Party politician and is the Leader of Camden London Borough Council. Life Olszewski grew up in Cambusbarron. He joined the Labour Party to vote for Denis Healey to beat Tony Benn to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. He was a train guard and trade union official working for the National Union of Railwaymen. He was a councillor in Regent's Park in the 1990s but stepped down to focus on being a special adviser to John Reid. He returned to Camden Council in 2014 by narrowly winning the Fortune Green seat from the Liberals. He became the Cabinet member responsible for Finance in 2017. He succeeded Georgia Gould as Leader of the Council in 2024, after Gould was elected to Parliament. There were several contenders for the role. He narrowly failed to be selected to stand for Parliament himself for the seat of Dudley at the 2024 General Election. He was also long-listed for the seat of Welwyn Hatfield Welwyn H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden London Borough Council
Camden London Borough Council, also known as Camden Council, legally The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Camden, is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour Party (UK), Labour majority control since 2010. The council meets at Camden Town Hall and has its main offices at 5 Pancras Square. History The London Borough of Camden and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held 1964 Camden London Borough Council election, in 1964. For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the councils of the three Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan boroughs of Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of Holborn, Holborn and Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras, St Pancras. The new council formally came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Adviser
Special adviser may refer to: *Special adviser (Norway), a high-ranking civil servant *Special adviser (UK) A Special Adviser, also known as a SpAd, is a temporary civil servant who advises and assists UK government ministers or ministers in the Scottish and Welsh devolved governments. They differ from impartial civil servants in that they are politica ..., a political appointee who assists a government minister *Special Adviser, title of some Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations See also * Senior advisor {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Councillors In The London Borough Of Camden
A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regional government, or other local authority. The title of a councillor varies geographically, with a name generally being preceded by their title (or the shortened version Cllr when written) in formal or council-related situations in many places. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unlike most provincial elections, municipal elections are usually held on a fixed date of 4 years. Finland ''This is about honorary rank, not elected officials.'' In Finland councillor (''neuvos'') is the highest possible title of honour which can be granted by the President of Finland. There are several ranks of councillors and they have existed since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK) Councillors
Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many political parties. Africa Burkina Faso * Party of Labour of Burkina, active 1990–1996 * Voltaic Labour Party, active South Africa * Labour Party (South Africa) * Labour Party (South Africa, 1969) * Labour Party (South Africa, 2024) * Natal Labour Party * New Labour Party (South Africa) * Transvaal Independent Labour Party Elsewhere in Africa *MPLA, formerly known as the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party * Independent Labor Party, Burundi * Congolese Party of Labour, Republic of the Congo * Labor Party of Liberia * Labour Party (Mauritius), one of the two major parties in Mauritius * Labour Party (Morocco) * South West African Labour Party, Namibia, active circa 1970s * Labour Party (Nigeria) *Labour Party of Sine Saloum, Senegal, active circa 1960 * Tanzania Labour Party * Zimbabwe Labour Party Asia Armenia * All Armenian Labour Party * United Labour Party (Armenia) India * Labour Party (I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Births
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district with borough status in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Welwyn Garden City. The borough borders Hertsmere, St Albans, North Hertfordshire, East Hertfordshire, Broxbourne, and the London Borough of Enfield. The borough includes the two towns of Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, along with numerous smaller settlements from Woolmer Green in the north to Cuffley in the south. The borough has six railway stations on the Great Northern Railway; five being on the main line and one on the Hertford loop line. The Digswell Viaduct is a local landmark. The A1 road passes through the borough. Much of the borough lies within the Metropolitan Green Belt which surrounds London. Welwyn Garden City is notable as being one of only two Garden Cities in the country, and is uniquely both a Garden City and a designated New Town. The University of Hertfordshire has its main campus at Hatfield. History Welwyn Hatfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dudley is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency centred on the town of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Sonia Kumar, a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It returns 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 system. The constituency existed between 1832 and 1974 and was re-established by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, It is based on the abolished Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency), Dudley North, with the addition of one ward from the also abolished Dudley South constituency. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Dudley, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reid, Baron Reid Of Cardowan
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he has held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1999 to 2007, lastly as Home Secretary from 2006 to 2007. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2010, and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. Born in Bellshill to working-class, Roman Catholic parents, Reid first became involved in politics when he joined the Young Communist League in 1972. He later joined the Labour Party, working for them as a senior researcher before being elected to the House of Commons in 1987 as the MP for Motherwell North. He served as a junior minister in two departments from 1997, before he was promoted to the Cabinet in 1999; he served continuously in the Cabinet until Blair resigned in 2007. Reid served as Scottish Secretary from 1999 to 2001, Northern Ireland Secretary from 2001 to 2002, Chairman of the Labour Party and Minister w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Of Railwaymen
The National Union of Railwaymen was a trade union of railway workers in the United Kingdom. The largest railway workers' union in the country, it was influential in the national trade union movement. History The NUR was an industrial union founded in 1913 by the merger of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (founded 1872), the United Pointsmen and Signalmen's Society (founded 1880) and the General Railway Workers' Union (founded 1889). The NUR represented the majority of railway workers, but not white-collar workers, who were members of the Railway Clerks' Association (founded 1897, later the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association). NUR membership was open to drivers and firemen but most chose instead to be members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (founded 1880). In 1914 the NUR joined forces with the National Transport Workers' Federation and Mining Federation of Great Britain to form the Triple Alliance – perhaps an unfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Gould (politician)
Georgia Anne Rebuck Gould (born 18 May 1986) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Queen's Park and Maida Vale since the 2024 general election. Following the election, Gould was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office. Gould served as Leader of Camden Council from 2017 until 2024. A councillor since from 2010 to 2024, she chaired the London Councils association from 2020 until 2024. As the daughter of two life peers she is styled The Honourable for life. Early life Gould was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, in 1986. She is the daughter of Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood, an adviser to the Labour Party who was particularly associated with former prime minister Tony Blair and his New Labour project. Lord Gould died in 2011. Her mother is Gail Rebuck, Baroness Rebuck, chair of Penguin Random House UK and a Labour peer. Owing to her background, Gould has been labelled a "red princess" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Train Guard
A conductor (North American English) or guard (Commonwealth English) is a train crew member responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve actual operation of the train/locomotive. The role is common worldwide under various job titles, although on many railroads the role has been discontinued. The ''conductor'' title is most common in North America. In Commonwealth countries, the conductor (also sometimes known as ''train manager'') is someone who sells and/or inspects tickets. The responsibilities of the role typically include the following: * ensuring that the train follows applicable safety rules and practices * making sure that the train stays on schedule starting from the stations * opening and closing power operated doors * selling and checking tickets, and other customer service duties * ensuring that any cars and cargo are picked up and dropped off properly * completing en-route paperwork * directing the train's movement while operating in reverse * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
