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Rutherglen And Hamilton West By-election
A 2023 by-election took place in the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West on 5 October 2023, following the recall of incumbent MP Margaret Ferrier. Ferrier, elected for the Scottish National Party, was suspended from the House of Commons in June 2023 for 30 days for breaching COVID-19 regulations in 2020. In accordance with the Recall of MPs Act 2015, this suspension triggered a recall petition in the constituency. This petition was successful, resulting in her removal from the seat and thus triggering a by-election. The by-election was won by Michael Shanks of Labour with 58.6% of the vote, while Katy Loudon of the SNP finished in second place with 27.6% of the vote. Twelve other candidates stood in the by-election, although none of them exceeded the 5% of the vote required to retain their deposits. Turnout was recorded at 37.19%. Constituency Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a suburban constituency in Greater Glasgow, stretching east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percentage Points
A percentage point or percent point is the unit (measurement), unit for the difference (mathematics), arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, or abbreviated as ''pp'', ''p.p.'', or ''%pt.'' to avoid confusion with percentage increase or decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Differences between percentages and percentage points Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 50 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 40 percent of the population smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased by 10 ''percentage points'' (or by 10 percent of the population) or by ''20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safe Seat
A safe seat is an electoral district which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combination of both. With such seats, there is very little chance of a seat changing hands because of the political leanings of the electorate in the constituency concerned or the popularity of the incumbent member. This contrasts with a marginal seat in which a defeat for the seat holder is considered possible. In systems where candidates must first win the party's primary election or preselection, the phrase "tantamount to election" is often used to describe winning the dominant party's nomination for a safe seat. Definition There is a spectrum between safe and marginal seats. Supposedly safe seats can still change hands in a landslide election, such as Enfield Southgate being lost by the Conservatives (and then-potential future party leader Michael Portillo) to Labour at the 1997 UK general election, whilst oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Greatrex
Thomas James Greatrex (born 30 September 1974) is a British Labour Co-op politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West between 2010 and 2015 and the Shadow Energy Minister from 2011 to 2015. In 2016 Greatrex became the CEO of the Nuclear Industry Association. Early life Greatrex was born in Ashford, Kent. Brought up in Tunbridge Wells, he attended The Judd School between 1986 and 1993, before studying Economics, Government and Law at the London School of Economics, graduating in 1996. He lives in Cambuslang and is married, with twin daughters. Career Greatrex worked as a researcher to Opposition Chief Whip Donald Dewar, prior to the 1997 General Election, remaining in the role after Nick Brown took over as Chief Whip, later moving with him to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1998. He left this role in 1999 to work as a GMB Union official for five years. He moved to Scotland in 2004 to take on a role as a chief office ... [...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] |
Tommy McAvoy
Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy, Baron McAvoy, (14 December 1943 – 8 March 2024) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords from 2010 until his death in 2024. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Rutherglen from 1987 to 2005, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2005 to 2010. McAvoy held several positions in the Government Whips' Office under the Blair and Brown governments, serving as Comptroller of the Household from 1997 to 2008 and Treasurer of the Household from 2008 to 2010. He entered the Lords after choosing not to seek re-election to the Commons, where he served as an opposition spokesperson for Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as a senior whip. McAvoy held the position of Lords opposition chief whip from 2018 to 2021 after serving as Deputy Chief Whip from 2015 to 2018. Early life and career McAvoy was born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, on 14 December 1943. He worked in a pawnbrokers, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the Two-party system, two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom; the other being the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Labour has been led by Keir Starmer since 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. To date, there have been 12 Labour governments and seven different Labour Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald, MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Attlee, Harold Wilson, Wilson, James Callaghan, Callaghan, Tony Blair, Blair, Gordon Brown, Brown and Starmer. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hamilton South was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Formed in 1997 from the Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ... constituency, it was abolished in 2005 and parts of the constituency went to make the constituencies of Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Boundaries The Hamilton District electoral divisions of Blantyre and Burnbank, Hamilton South, and Hamilton West. Members of Parliament Election results Elections of the 2000s Elections of the 1990s Mungall used the description "Hamilton Accies Home, Watson Away", referring to demands by some fans that Hamilton Academical should play their home matches locally and that Watson, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutherglen (UK Parliament Constituency)
Rutherglen is a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The seat first existed between 1918 and 2005 (known latterly as Glasgow Rutherglen) and was re-established under the Scottish Westminster constituencies#Recommended changes, final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. In the intervening period, the seat was largely replaced by Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency), Rutherglen and Hamilton West. The seat has been held since 2024 by Michael Shanks (politician), Michael Shanks of Scottish Labour. Shanks had been the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since a 2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, by-election victory in 2023. Boundaries 1918–1949: "The burgh of Rutherglen and the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Westminster Constituencies From 2005
As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, Scotland was covered by 59 United Kingdom constituencies, constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament: 19 Borough constituency, burgh constituencies and 40 county constituencies. These constituencies were used from the 2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, 2005 to the 2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, 2019 general elections, and were replaced by new constituencies at the 2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, 2024 election. Constituencies and council areas The Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland related the boundaries of new constituencies to those of Council areas of Scotland, Scottish local government council areas and to local government wards. Apart from a few minor adjustments, the council area boundaries dated from 1996 and the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 United Kingdom General Election
The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 5 May 2005, to elect List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election, 646 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The governing Labour Party (UK), Labour Party led by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with Blair becoming the second Labour leader after Harold Wilson to form three majority governments. However, its Majority government, majority fell to 66 seats; the majority it won 2001 United Kingdom general election, four years earlier had been of 167 seats. The UK media interpreted the results as an indicator of a breakdown in trust in the government, and especially in Blair. This was the first time the Labour Party had won a third consecutive election, but would be the last election victory for Labour until 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. The Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats, led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton (; ) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits south-east of Glasgow, south-west of Edinburgh and north of Carlisle. It is situated on the south bank of the River Clyde at its confluence with the Avon Water. Hamilton is the county town of the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Lanarkshire and is the location of Lanark County Buildings, the headquarters of the modern Local government in Scotland, local authority of South Lanarkshire. The town itself has a population of around 55,000, which makes it the 9th largest List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Localities, locality in Scotland, and anchors a defined List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Settlements, settlement of 84,000 (including neighbouring Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Blantyre, Bothwell and Uddingston) which is the country's 8th largest. History The town of Hamilton was originally k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
