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1989 Wiltshire County Council Election
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 4 May 1989. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control. Results Results by divisions Aldbourne and Ramsbury Alderbury Amesbury Bedwyn Blunsdon Box Bradford on Avon North Bradford on Avon South Bremhill and Calne Without Brinkworth Calne Chippenham Park Chippenham Sheldon Chippenham Town Collingbourne Corsham Cricklade Devizes Devizes South and Cannings Downton Durrington Highworth Holt Idmiston Kington Laverstock Lavington Malmesbury Marlborough Melksham Melksham Without Mere Pewsey and Enford Pewsham Potterne Purton Salisbury Bemerton Salisbury Harnham Salisbury St Mark Salisbury St Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltshire County Council
Wiltshire County Council (established in 1889) was the county council of Wiltshire in the South West of England, an elected local Government body responsible for most local government services in the county. As a result of the 2009 restructuring of local government in some parts of England, the council was merged with four district councils into a new unitary authority for Wiltshire with effect from 1 April 2009. This was treated as a "continuing authority" and covers exactly the same area, although renamed "Wiltshire Council". At first almost all departments continued little changed, but after 2009 most services were substantially changed and relocated into fewer buildings around Wiltshire. History County Councils were first introduced in England and Wales with full powers from 22 September 1889 as a result of the Local Government Act 1888, taking over administrative functions until then carried out by the unelected Quarter Sessions.John Edwards, 'County' in ''Chambers's Ency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ainslie
John Bernard Ainslie OBE (2 August 1921 – 5 January 2007), known as Jack Ainslie, was a Wiltshire farmer and Liberal politician, Chairman of Wiltshire County Council from 1986 to 1990. Early life Born at Stanmore, Middlesex, on 2 August 1921, the son of Charles Bernard Ainslie MC (1879–1937) and his wife Eileen Holloway (d. 1962), Ainslie was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1947.''Oxford University Gazette'', 26 April 2007Obituaries at ''ox.ac.uk''Graham, Christopher, ' from ''The Independent'', Monday, 9 April 2007 (online edition) His arrival at Oxford was delayed by his service in the British Army during the Second World War, and he was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a second lieutenant on 9 July 1942. His paternal grandfather was William George Ainslie, member of parliament (Conservative) for North Lonsdale in Lancashire from 1885 to 1892. Career Ainslie was an arable, dairy and sheep farmer at Home Farm, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Syms
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myles Ponsonby
Myles Walter Ponsonby CBE (12 September 1924 – 1 February 1999), was a British soldier, intelligence officer, diplomat and politician. He was Ambassador to Mongolia from 1974 to 1977. Early life The son of Victor Coope Ponsonby MC and Gladys Edith Walter, Ponsonby was educated at St Aubyns, Rottingdean, and at Eton College.'Ponsonby, Myles Walter', in ''Who Was Who online edition (subscription site). Career Ponsonby served in the British Army from 1942 to 1949 and was wounded on active service during the Second World War. He became an instructor at the Army's School of Infantry, in Warminster, in 1945, and was an Intelligence Officer in Palestine before a posting to GHQ Middle East. He retired the service with the rank of captain in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.''Burke's Peerage 2003'', page 1081 In 1951, he entered the British government's Foreign Service, later transferring to the Diplomatic Service, and held posts in Egypt (1951), Cyprus (1952–53), Beirut (1953–56) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Salisbury
Mary Ethel Salisbury (1917 – 27 October 2008), previously Mary Ethel Wilkinson, was an English Labour politician in Wiltshire County Council, serving for three years as its first woman Chairman. Life Born in 1917 in a mining village in County Durham, one of six children, she began life as Mary Wilkinson and in 1928 won a scholarship to Bishop Auckland County School for Girls. She later trained as a nurse.OBITUARY: Mrs Mary Salisbury ''Wiltshire Times'', 6 November 2008 During the Second World War she was a nurse at Battle Hospital in |
Peter Chalke
Peter Frederick Chalke CBE (born 1944) is a business man and Conservative politician in England. Chalke was twice Leader of Wiltshire County Council, standing down the second time in 2003 to become national leader of the Conservatives in the Local Government Association, and was also a member of the Standards Board for England. Career Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in 1944, Chalke was educated at Chafyn Grove School and joined the family business, W. M. Chalke and Sons, of South Newton, timber merchants, of which he became head. He was first elected to Wiltshire County Council in 1982. In 1986 he became leader of the Conservative group and went on to lead the county council. When his party lost control, Chalke remained as leader of the Wiltshire Conservative group, and again became Leader of the county council in 1998, when taking back control the year after the election of the first Blair government. In the Local Government Association of England and Wales (LGA) he was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Baddeley (British Army Officer)
Robert John Baddeley DL (born 1934) is a British soldier and former Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II. In the British Army he was a regular officer, rising to the rank of Brigadier. For twelve years he was a Conservative politician and was Chairman of Wiltshire County Council for the year 1999–2000, after which he was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire. Military career From Sandhurst, Baddeley was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1954. From November 1983 to January 1986 he was Chief Instructor at the Defence Services Command and Staff College of Bangladesh. He was then appointed as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II and as Director of Army Training and Inspector of Physical & Adventurous Training. He retired as aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1989, when he was replaced by Brigadier Arthur Gooch. In 1989 he succeeded General Sir Robert Ford as Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, and relinquished the app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Rallings
Colin Rallings is a British academic, Professor of Politics in the School of Sociology, Politics & Law at the University of Plymouth. Rallings’ first degree was in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester. Subsequently, he was awarded a master's degree in Politics by the University of Strathclyde and, in 1979, a Ph.D. by the University of Essex for a thesis on electoral behaviour. He joined the then Plymouth Polytechnic in 1976, being appointed Professor of Politics in 1997. He has held visiting appointments at the University of Leiden, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Queensland, and the Australian National University, Canberra. He is a member of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) panel of assessors for Politics and International Relations, and of the Council's Research Resources Board. With his colleague Michael Thrasher, Rallings has written extensively on electoral systems, results and British politics. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Thrasher
Michael Thrasher is a British academic, Professor of Politics in the School of Sociology, Politics & Law at the University of Plymouth. He is also Sky News' election analyst. Thrasher was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in 1953. he received his BA in politics from the University of Liverpool in 1974. He remained in Liverpool to study for his doctoral thesis, "The political theory of English local government, 1834-1972". He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1981. He began lecturing at Plymouth in 1977, becoming Professor of Politics in 1997. He is co-director of the ''Local Government Chronicle'' Elections Centre. With his colleague Colin Rallings, Thrasher has written extensively on electoral systems, results and British politics. He is co-director of the ''Local Government Chronicle'' Elections Centre. Thrasher appeared on Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltshire County Council Elections
Wiltshire County Council elections were first held on 23 January 1889, with the election of the first Wiltshire County Council. Thereafter, elections were held every three years, with all members being elected on the same day. Later, the cycle was changed to one election in every four years, and the last such election was in 2005. There were also occasional by-elections, the last of which took place in February 2008. On 1 April 2009, the county council and the four Wiltshire district councils were merged into the new unitary Wiltshire Council. History The council was established in 1889 as the principal local authority for the historic county of Wiltshire, at the same time as a large number of other county councils covering most of England and Wales. To begin with, the elected county councillors were supplemented by county aldermen, who were co-opted by the elected members and could then vote at meetings of the council. The aldermen had a term of office of six years. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 English Local Elections
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States United States invasion of Panama, invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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