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2002 Hart Council Election
The 2002 Hart Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Campaign The election saw 10 sitting councillors decide not to seek re-election including 3 former chairmen of the council. 6 Conservatives were unopposed in the election in the wards of Crondall, Eversley, Long Sutton and Odiham, while several Independents stood for the council. The independents included Archie Gillespie, a former Liberal Democrat standing as an independent after being deselected, former councillor Stephen Gorys and an "anti roadblock campaigner" Denis Gotel. During the campaign a Conservative candidate in Hartley Wintney, Andrew Davies, withdrew meaning only one Conservative would be standing in the ward against Independent Susan Band and 2 Liberal Democrats. Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Sutton, Hampshire
Long Sutton is a small village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. The village lies about south of the town of Odiham. Neighbouring villages include Well, South Warnborough and Upton Grey. The village includes picturesque brick and half-timbered cottages and a farmhouse dating from Tudor times. All Saints Church is the local church. Hydegate House was built in about 1561 by the Terry Family. In of farmland stands Lord Wandsworth College Lord Wandsworth College (LWC) is a co-educational independent school in Long Sutton, Hampshire, England, for day and boarding pupils between the ages of 11–18, which occupies a 1,200 acre campus and is known for its charitable foundation. It ..., a Neo-Georgian structure built in 1915, founded as a boarding school for boys who have lost a parent. The line of the "Harrow Way," one of the oldest roads in England, runs through the village. References External links Long Sutton & Well Parish Council Village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart District Council Elections
One third of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2014, 33 councillors have been elected from 11 wards. Political control Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Leadership The leaders of the council since 2008 have been: Council elections * 1973 Hartley Wintney District Council election * 1976 Hart District Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1979 Hart District Council election * 1980 Hart District Council election * 1982 Hart District Council election * 1983 Hart District Council election * 1984 Hart District Council election * 1986 Hart District Council election * 1987 Hart District Council election * 1988 Hart District Council election * 1990 Hart District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1991 Hart District Council elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Hart Council Election
The 2003 Hart Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: * Conservative 22 * Liberal Democrat 10 * Independent 3 Background 12 seats were to be contested in the 2003 election, but Eversley ward saw Conservative councillor Hugo Eastwood re-elected without opposition. The other 11 seats had the Conservatives defending 6 seats compared to 5 for the Liberal Democrats, with 10 of them having sitting councillors standing for re-election. The only candidates from other parties standing were 4 from the Labour Party and 3 from the Green Party. Election result The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after no seats changed parties. There were 2 close results with the Conservatives holding Fleet North by 19 votes over the Libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart Local Elections
One third of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2014, 33 councillors have been elected from 11 wards. Political control Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Leadership The leaders of the council since 2008 have been: Council elections * 1973 Hartley Wintney District Council election * 1976 Hart District Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1979 Hart District Council election *1980 Hart District Council election * 1982 Hart District Council election * 1983 Hart District Council election * 1984 Hart District Council election * 1986 Hart District Council election *1987 Hart District Council election *1988 Hart District Council election * 1990 Hart District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) *1991 Hart District Council election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Fullbrook
Lorraine Fullbrook, Baroness Fullbrook (born 28 July 1959) is a British Conservative former MP for South Ribble, first elected in 2010. Educated at Glasgow Caledonian University, Mrs Fullbrook was formerly the Conservative Leader of Hart Council in Hampshire. She joined the Cabinet of the council as the Cabinet Member for Communications. Six months later, she was promoted to Cabinet Member for Finance. Six months after taking over the finance portfolio, she was elected as Leader of the Council, after serving just one year as Councillor. She stepped down from Hart Council in 2004 after being selected as parliamentary candidate for the South Ribble constituency in north-west England. She first contested the seat at the 2005 general election, when she came second to the incumbent MP, David Borrow. She contested the seat again in the 2010 general election when she defeated David Borrow with an 8.1% swing from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party, and regained the seat fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voter Turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates.Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin"The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970. For example, simpler parliamentary democracies where voters get shorter ballots, fewer elections, and a multi-party system that makes accountability easier see much higher turnout than the systems of the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Significance Some parts of society are more likely to vote than others. As turnout approaches 90%, significant differences between vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleet, Hampshire
Fleet is a town and civil parish in the Hart District Hart is a local government district in Hampshire, England, named after the River Hart. Its council is based in Fleet. It was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the urban district of Fleet, and the Hartle ... of Hampshire, England, centred 38.2 miles (61.5 km) boxing the compass, WSW of London and 13 miles (21 km) east of Basingstoke. It is the major town of the Hart District, and has large technology business areas, fast rail links to London, and is well connected to the M3 motorway (Great Britain), M3. The Fleet built-up area has a total population of 42,835, and includes the contiguous parishes of Church Crookham, Crookham Village, Dogmersfield, and Elvetham Heath. The town has a prominent golf club, an annual Fleet Half Marathon, half marathon, an athletics club, and four football clubs. The Fleet services, nearby service station on the motorway is named after the town. Hart, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawley, Hampshire
Hawley is a small village in the Hart district of northeastern Hampshire, England. The village is contiguous with the small town of Blackwater. It is on the western edge of the Blackwater Valley conurbation, about northwest of central Farnborough, Hampshire, about west of Camberley, Surrey and about west-southwest of London. Hawley is directly north of Cove, a large, suburb of Farnborough, with a relatively long history. History The first written record of Hawley is from 1248, in the Compotus De Crundal, spelt as Halely, Halle and Hallee and later in 1280 as Hallegh. And spelt as Hallie and Halley in ''Documents relating to the Foundation of the Chapter of Winchester AD 1541–1547'', published by Hampshire Record Society in 1888. The name is likely in true Old or Medieval English ''Healhleah or Healhaleah'' meaning nook clearing or nook meadow. Historical spellings also include Hawleye, Halle and Hallie. The tithings of Yateley and Hawley were, as before, listed as parce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yateley
Yateley () is a town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council area. It includes the settlements of Frogmore and Darby Green to the east. It had a population of 21,011 at the 2001 census. The four wards that comprise Yateley and their 2001 populations are Yateley East (5,168), Yateley North (5,078), Yateley West (5,149), and Frogmore & Darby Green (5,616). The 2009 projection was 20,214, according to the Hart District Council website. Yateley Town Council is one of the few local councils to have been recognised under the national 'Quality Council' award scheme. In 2011 Hart district was named the UK's most desirable place to live, and Yateley was mentioned on a BBC News article as one of the towns within the district. History The name ''Yateley'' derives from the Middle English 'Yate' meaning 'Gate' (into Windsor Forest) and 'Lea' which was a 'forest clearing'. Although in historic records, variations of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartley Wintney
Hartley Wintney is a large village and civil parish in the Hart (district), Hart district of Hampshire, England. It lies about northwest of Fleet, Hampshire, Fleet and east of Basingstoke. The parish includes the smaller contiguous village of Phoenix Green as well as the Hamlet (place), hamlets of Dipley, Elvetham, Hartfordbridge, and West Green, Hampshire, West Green. The 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 4,999. Character The parish includes large wooded areas such as Yateley Heath Wood and part of Hazeley Heath. The River Hart flows through the parish northeast of the town. The River Whitewater forms the western parish boundary. The southern boundary now follows the M3 motorway (Great Britain), M3 motorway. The town has a typical wide Hampshire main street, lined with local businesses, shops, an osteopath, public houses and a Baptists Together, Baptist church. The town has also a Methodist Church of Great Britain, Methodist church. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats (commonly referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. Since the 1992 general election, with the exception of the 2015 general election, they have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast. They have 14 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 83 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Senedd. The party has over 2,500 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference, at which party policy is formulated, with all party members eligible to vote, under a one member, one vote system. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2015; with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007, and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021. In 1981, an electoral alliance was established b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
