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1998 Southwark London Borough Council Election
Elections to Southwark Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 32.9%. Election result Ward results Abbey Linda Manchester was a sitting councillor for Riverside ward Alleyn Howard Latham was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward Barset Bellenden Bricklayers Browning Brunswick Robert Wingfield was a sitting councillor for Newington ward Burgess Richard Livingstone was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward Cathedral Michael Gibson was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward Chaucer Henry Canagasabey was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward Anne Worsley was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward College Consort Dockyard Faraday Friary Frank Pemberton was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Southwark
The London Borough of Southwark ( ) in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas amalgamated under the London Government Act 1963. All districts of the area are within the London postal district. It is governed by Southwark London Borough Council. The part of the South Bank within the borough is home to London Bridge terminus station and the attractions of The Shard, Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe and Borough Market that are the largest of the venues in Southwark to draw domestic and international tourism. Dulwich is home to the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Imperial War Museum is in Elephant and Castle. History Southwark is the oldest part of south London. An urban area to the south of the bridge was first developed in the Roman period, but subsequently abandoned. The name Southwark dates from the establishm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Jones (Green Politician)
Jennifer Helen Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, (born 23 December 1949) is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London from 2003 to 2004. A member of the Green Party of England and Wales, she was until September 2019 the sole Green Party member in the House of Lords. Jones represented the Green Party in the London Assembly from its creation in 2000 until standing down in 2016. She was the Green candidate for Mayor of London in the 2012 election, coming third with 4.48% of first preferences. She served as Deputy Mayor of London from May 2003 to June 2004. She was also the sole Green councillor on Southwark Council from 2006 to 2010. ''Southwark Greens'' Stop paying council cleaners poverty wages. On the London Assembly, Jones's prime areas of interest were transport, housing and planning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alom Shaha
Alom Shaha (born 1973) is a British Bangladeshis, British-Bangladeshi science teacher, writer, and filmmaker. His books include ''The Young Atheist's Handbook: Lessons for Living a Good Life Without God'', ''Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder: adventures in science round the kitchen table'', and ''Mr Shaha's Marvellous Machines: adventures in making round the kitchen table''. He has also written for ''The Guardian'', The Big Issue, ''BBC Science Focus'', ''New Humanist'' and ''New Scientist'' and spoken at events such as the Richmond, London, Richmond Literature Festival and Cheltenham Science Festival. Education and early life Shaha was born in Bangladesh and grew up in a Muslim family in the Elephant and Castle area of London where he developed an interest in atheism. He was educated at University College London where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in physics, followed by Imperial College London (Master of Science degree in science communication), Goldsmiths, University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Newby, Baron Newby
Richard Mark Newby, Baron Newby (born 14 February 1953), known popularly as Dick Newby, is a British politician, who has been the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords since September 2016. He served as the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords, and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 2012 and 2015, and the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2012 to 2016. Early life, education and career The son of Frank and Kathleen Newby, he was educated at the Rothwell Grammar School in the village of Lofthouse in West Yorkshire, followed by St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics in 1974 and was later awarded a Master of Arts degree. On leaving university, Newby joined HM Customs and Excise where he became principal in charge of budget coordination in 1980. After the SDP he became director of corporate affairs at Rosehaugh plc, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hayward, Baron Hayward
Robert Antony Hayward, Baron Hayward, (born 11 March 1949) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician and media commentator. Early life Hayward was educated at Abingdon School and Maidenhead Grammar School, where he was Head Boy. He won a scholarship to study Economics (Honours) at the University of Rhodesia. He served as National Vice-Chairman of the Young Conservatives (UK), Young Conservatives from 1976 to 1977 and was a councillor on Coventry City Council from 1976 to 1978. Parliamentary career Hayward first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency), Carmarthen, in October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974, being beaten by the leader of Plaid Cymru, Gwynfor Evans. He was the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency), Kingswood from 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 to 1992. In January 1992 he Filibuster#United Kingdom, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Pidgeon
Caroline Valerie Pidgeon (born 29 September 1972) is a British politician serving as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly since 2018, and a Londonwide Member of the London Assembly (AM) since 2008. Early life and education Pidgeon was born in Eastleigh, Hampshire, on 29 September 1972, to Eric and Valerie Pidgeon. She grew up in the county, and was the first member of her family to go to university, graduating from Aberystwyth University with a degree in Economics in 1994. After university, Pidgeon moved to London. Career From 1994 to 1996, Pidgeon was a political researcher for Rose Colley, a councillor on Southwark London Borough Council. Pidgeon was also a political researcher at Brent Council from 1996 to 1999. She was employed at Croydon Health Authority as a communications manager from 1999 to 2002, and undertook the same role at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust from 2002 to 2006. At the 1998 local election, Pidgeon was elected as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Elections In The London Borough Of Southwark
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants. A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor or councilperson, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman. In politics Notable examples of types of coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 London Borough Council Elections
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up to 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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