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1983 Ipswich Borough Council Election
The 1983 Ipswich Borough Council election using the system of electing by thirds was completed as this was the third election to the Ipswich Borough Council under the arrangement, whereby a third of the councillors were to stand for election, each time. These new arrangements had been determined by the Local Government Boundary Commission as laid out in their ''Report 280''. It took place as part of the 1983 United Kingdom local elections Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1983. The results were a success for Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who soon afterwards called a general election in .... There were 16 wards each returning one councillor. The Labour Party retained control of the council. References {{Suffolk elections Ipswich Borough Council elections Ipswich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Borough Council Elections
Since 1979 one third of Ipswich Borough Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Political control Leadership The leaders of the council since 2001 have been: Council elections * 1973 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1976 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1979 Ipswich Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1980 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1982 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1983 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1984 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1986 Ipswich Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1987 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1988 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1990 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1991 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1992 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1994 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1995 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1996 Ipswich Borough Council election * 1998 Ipswich Borough Council election * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Borough Council
Ipswich Borough Council, founded in 1974 after the abolition of the County Borough of Ipswich, governs the non-metropolitan district of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is the second tier of a two-tier system, fulfilling functions such as refuse collection, housing and planning, with Suffolk County Council providing county council services such as transport, education and social services. Politics Between 1979 and September 2004, Ipswich Borough Council was under Labour control. The town was then governed by a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition until May 2011 when it reverted to Labour. The borough is covered by two parliamentary constituencies: Ipswich, which covers about 75% and is represented by Conservative MP Tom Hunt, and Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, which covers the remaining 25% and is represented by Conservative MP Dan Poulter. Bid for unitary status In April 2006 the council initiated public discussions about the idea of turning the borough into a unitary authority ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Boundary Commission For England (1972)
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) was the statutory body established under the Local Government Act 1972 to settle the boundaries, names and electoral arrangements of the non-metropolitan districts which came into existence in 1974, and for their periodic review. The stated purpose of the LGBCE was to ensure "that the whole system does not get frozen into the form which has been adopted as appropriate in the 1970s". In the event it made no major changes and was replaced in 1992 by the Local Government Commission for England. Predecessors The Local Government Commission for England sat from 1958 to 1967, but few of its recommendations were accepted. The Labour government led by Harold Wilson established the Redcliffe-Maud commission in 1966 and broadly accepted its 1969 report, which proposed unitary authorities with provincial councils above them and metropolitan councils below. However, the Conservative party won the 1970 general election on a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 United Kingdom Local Elections
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1983. The results were a success for Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who soon afterwards called a general election in which the Conservatives won a landslide victory. The projected share of the vote was Conservative 39%, Labour Party (UK), Labour Party 36%, SDP–Liberal Alliance, Liberal-SDP Alliance 20%. The three major parties all made net gains at the expense of smaller parties and independents, despite a slight reduction in the number of councillors. The Conservatives gained 110 seats, giving them 10,557 councillors. Labour gained just 8 seats, finishing with 8,782 seats. The Liberal-SDP Alliance gained 321 seats, finishing with 2,171 seats. It was a decent showing for Labour, with a much larger share of the vote than any opinion poll had shown since the party's split in 1981, but a major disappointment for the Alliance. However, the subsequent gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
