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Rosie Wrighting
Rosie May Wrighting (born 28 July 1997) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Kettering since 2024. At the age of 26, she was the youngest female MP elected at the 2024 general election. Early life Wrighting was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire to Cindy Wrighting. Her mother has been the chief executive officer of youth charity Youth Works. Wrighting grew up in Geddington and was educated at Bishop Stopford School and Montsaye Academy. She studied Fashion at the University of Westminster. Career Wrighting joined the Labour Party in 2020 at the age of 22 while studying at university and became chair of the Westminster North Constituency Labour Party. She unsuccessfully stood for election to the Little Venice ward in the 2022 Westminster City Council election. In November 2023, she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Kettering. Prior to her political career, Wrighting worked as a buyer for online fashion re ... [...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] |
2022 Westminster City Council Election
The 2022 Westminster City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Westminster City Council were elected. The elections took place alongside 2022 London local elections, local elections in the other London boroughs and 2022 United Kingdom local elections, elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. In the 2018 Westminster City Council election, previous election in 2018, the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party had maintained their longstanding control of the council, winning 41 out of the 60 seats with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party forming the council opposition with the remaining 19 seats. However, Labour won an 8-seat council majority for the first time since the London Government Act 1963, formation of the modern city in 1964. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, reducing the number of councillors to 54. Background History The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
