|
Gill Furniss
Gillian Furniss (born 14 March 1957) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough since 2016. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Shadow Minister for Roads since 2022. Early life and education Furniss was born in Sheffield on 14 March 1957. She is the daughter of a Sheffield steel worker. She was educated at the Chaucer School, Sheffield, and graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a BA in Library and Information Studies as a mature student in 1998. After leaving school, she worked as a librarian and went on to work as an administrator at the Northern General Hospital. Political career Local government Furniss unsuccessfully stood as the Labour Party candidate in the Hillsborough Ward in 1998. She was subsequently elected in the Manor ward in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. With the introduction of new ward boundaries for the 2004 Sheffield City Council election, she was elected to represent Southey wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 and 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 198 ... [...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] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 50 foreign news bureaus with more than 250 correspondents around the world. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, the BBC also has regional centres across England and national news c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Sheffield City Council Election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. All 84 seats were up for election, 3 per ward, after several electoral boundaries were changed. Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party contested all 84 seats. The Conservatives fielded 55 candidates, UKIP 43, TUSC 23 and Yorkshire First 1. There was also 1 independent candidate. Voters in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary constituency also elected Gill Furniss MP, in a by-election triggered by the death of her husband Harry Harpham MP. Election results The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: Retiring councillors Labour * Ibrar Hussain, Burngreave * Geoff Smith, Crookes * Sheila Constance, Firth Park * Steve Jones, Gleadless Valley * Jenny Armstrong, Manor Castle * Nikki Bond, Nether Edge * John Campbell, Richmond * Lynn Rooney, Richmond * Gill Furniss, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Sheffield City Council Election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on May 22, 2014, alongside nationwide local elections and European elections. There were 29 seats up for election, one third of the council with a double vacancy in Walkley. With a Labour majority of 36 and defending 19 seats, it was almost mathematically impossible for Labour to lose control of the council, as they would have needed to lose all 19 of those 19 seats to lose control. Even then, Labour would still have been the largest party. Election result The Labour Party gained one seat from their position following the 2010 election, but this included a seat already gained from the Liberal Democrats via defection in Walkley. Furthermore, another seat already gained from the Liberal Democrats via defection in Beauchief & Greenhill was regained by the Liberal Democrats. This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: Defections Since 2010, when these seats w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Sheffield City Council Election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May 2010. There were 28 seats up for election in 2010, one of the three councillors from each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Frank Taylor had defected to an Independent leaving the Liberal Democrats with 44 councillors. Turnout was up dramatically with it being held alongside the general election, to 62.6%. The higher turnout helped mainly Labour against their electoral rivals, who managed to return the council to no overall control with three gains. This was bolstered by the newly elected Liberal Democrat in Walkley defecting to Labour immediately after being elected. Election result The Labour Party gained two seats from their position following the 2006 election, but also regained a seat lost to the Liberal Democrats through a double vacancy election in Mosborough. This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Sheffield City Council Election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation. The overall turnout this year was 34.5%, down considerably from the previous year's general election turnout at 43.9 per cent turnout in Sheffield. Councillors before and after the election Election result This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: Ward results Arbourthorne Beauchief & Greenhill Beighton Birley Broomhill Burngreave Central Crookes Darnall Dore & Totley East Ecclesfield Ecclesall Firth Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southey, South Yorkshire
Southey ward—which includes the Districts of Sheffield, districts of Fox Hill, New Parson Cross, Southey, Wadsley Bridge, and part of Old Parson Cross—is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of . The population of this ward in 2011 was 19,086 people in 8,295 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency. Districts of Southey ward Southey Southey () is a former village, now a district and housing estate in the northeast part of Sheffield. By 1971, J. Edward Vickers noted that "not one vestige of the old Southey remains". Particular landmarks in Southey include Southey Green and Cookson Park. The area had a population of 14,253 in 2011. Birley Carr Birley Carr () is a suburb of Sheffield. It lies by Birley Edge, an inland cliff. At the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Sheffield City Council Election
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 2003 Sheffield Council election, 2003, reducing the number of seats by 3. This election was the first all-postal vote election held, dramatically improving overall turnout by 14.4% on the previous election to 43.9%. The Labour Party (UK), Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council, albeit on a much slimmer majority. Previous to the boundary changes, sitting Hillsborough councillor Peter MacLoughlin defected from the Liberal Democrats to an Independent, choosing not to contest this election. Election result This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: Ward results Arbourthorne Julie Dore and John Robson were sitting councillors for Park, Timothy Rippon was a sitting councillor for Southey Green, Robert McCan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Sheffield City Council Election
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Election result This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: Ward results By-elections between 1998 and 1999 , - style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " , , Independent Green , Pete Hartley , align="right" , 20 , align="right" , 1.2 , align="right" , +1.2 , - References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheffield Council Election, 1998 1998 English local elections 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. 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 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. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern General Hospital
The Northern General Hospital is a large teaching hospital and Major Trauma Centre in Sheffield, England. Its departments include Accident and Emergency for adults, with children being treated at the Sheffield Children's Hospital on Western Bank. The hospital is managed by the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Fir Vale workhouse and infirmary for which the foundation stone was laid in 1878. When it opened in September 1881 the infirmary block had capacity for 366 patients. A ward for treating women with venereal diseases was established in the 1890s. The infirmary block was re-built and became the Sheffield Union Hospital when the workhouse was renamed the Fir Vale Institution in 1906. The Sheffield Union Hospital became the Fir Vale Hospital and the Fir Vale Institution became Fir Vale House a few years later. In 1930 the names changed again and the Fir Vale Hospital became the City General Hospital and Fir Vale Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
