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Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since 14 October 2022. He previously served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport from 2010 to 2012, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2012 to 2018 and Foreign Secretary from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey since 2005. The son of a senior officer in the Royal Navy, Hunt was born in Kennington and studied Philosophy, politics and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 2005 and was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Disabled People and later as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Hunt served in the Coalition Government as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Brine
Steve Brine (born 28 January 1974) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester (UK Parliament constituency), Winchester since 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, he worked as a BBC radio journalist and in public relations prior to his political career. Brine identifies as a One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservative. In November 2022, he was elected chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health and Primary Care at the Department of Health from June 2017 to March 2019, when Brine resigned to vote against the government's policy on Brexit. Brine had the Conservative September 2019 suspension of rebel Conservative MPs, whip removed on 3 September by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for supporting the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019, Benn Act, an attem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and as Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015, having previously been MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. Johnson attended Eton College, and studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. He was elected president of the Oxford Union in 1986. In 1989, he became the Brussels correspondent — and later political columnist — for ''The Daily Telegraph'', and from 1999 to 2005 was the editor of '' The Spectator''. Following his election to parliament in 2001 he was a shadow minister under Conservative leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron. In 2008, Johnson was elected mayor of London and resigned from the House of Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is always pronounced. Countries with common or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Cabinet Of David Cameron
The list that follows are the Shadow Cabinets led by David Cameron from 2005 to 2010, before he became Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not .... Shadow Cabinet (8 December 2005 – 2 July 2007) Shadow Cabinet (2 July 2007 – 13 June 2008) Shadow Cabinet (13 June 2008 – 19 January 2009) Shadow Cabinet (19 January 2009 – 11 May 2010) External links See also {{Cameron Shadow Cabinet Lists of British MPs Conservative Party (UK)-related lists British shadow cabinets David Cameron 2005 in British politics 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom 2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Official Opposition (United Kingdom) ... [...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] |
Virginia Bottomley
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, (née Garnett, born 12 March 1948) is a British Conservative Party politician, and headhunter. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She became a member of the House of Lords in 2005. Early life and career Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Garnett was born in Dunoon, Scotland, to Barbara Rutherford-Smith, Jarrow hunger marcher, a teacher and elected Conservative member of the Inner London Education Authority and W. John Garnett CBE, former director of what was then called The Industrial Society, grandson of Cambridge physicist and educational adviser William Garnett and of Sir Edward Poulton, Hope professor of zoology at Oxford. Her paternal aunt was Labour Greater London Council member Peggy Jay. She first met Peter Bottomley, her future husband, when she was 12 years old; they wed in 1967. Bottomley was educated at Putney High School, an independent school f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Surrey (UK Parliament Constituency)
South West Surrey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2005, the seat has been represented by Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, the current chancellor of the Exchequer and the former Culture Secretary, Health Secretary and Foreign Secretary. Boundaries 1983–2010: The District of Waverley wards of Alford and Dunsfold, Busbridge, Hambledon and Hascombe, Chiddingfold, Elstead, Peper Harow and Thursley, Farnham Bourne, Farnham Castle, Farnham Hale and Heath End, Farnham Rowledge and Wrecclesham, Farnham Upper Hale, Farnham Waverley, Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea, Frensham, Dockenfield and Tilford, Godalming North, Godalming North East and South West, Godalming North West, Godalming South East, Haslemere North and Grayswood, Haslemere South, Hindhead, Milford, Shottermill, and Witley. 2010–present: The Borough of Waverley wards of Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe, Chiddingfold and Dunsfold, Elstead and Thursley, Farnham Bourne, Farnh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Wollaston
Sarah Wollaston (born 17 February 1962) is a British former Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes from 2010 to 2019. First elected for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, she later served as a Change UK and Liberal Democrat MP. She was chair of the Health Select Committee from 2014 to 2019 and chair of the Liaison Committee (House of Commons of the United Kingdom), Liaison Committee from 2017 to 2019. Wollaston was born in Woking, Surrey, and studied medicine at King's College London GKT School of Medical Education, Guy's Hospital Medical School. She qualified in 1986 and worked as a junior hospital doctor and then as a general practitioner (GP). After more than 20 years in clinical practice, she ran for political office. She was selected as the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative parliamentary candidate for Totnes through an open primary; during the campaign, she emphasised that she was not a career politician and had a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health And Social Care Select Committee
The Health and Social Care Select Committee (abbreviated to HSC, HSCC and HSCSC) is a Departmental Select Committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. Its remit is to examine the policy, administration and expenditure of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and its associated agencies and public bodies. The Clerks of the Committee are Previn Desai and Joanna Dodd. Inquiries The Committee regularly initiates inquiries into government and the policies of DHSC's agencies and public bodies, such as NHS England. The Committees' power to hold an inquiry is a core function of a Departmental Select Committee. 2019 to present Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak opened 3 March 2020 (completed) Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of NICE opened 4 March 2020 (completed) Social care: funding and workforce opened 10 March 2020 (completed) Delivering Core NHS and Care Services during the Pandemic and Beyond opened 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Harper
Mark James Harper (born 26 February 1970) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency), Forest of Dean since 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005. Harper was born in Swindon and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, Oxford. He was a chartered accountant before his election to Parliament. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform, Minister of State for Immigration and Minister of State for Disabled People. Harper served as Chief Whip, Chief Whip of the House of Commons following the 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015 general election; before being sacked by incoming Prime Minister Theresa May in 2016. Harper was a candidate for Leader of the Conse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Goodman (politician)
Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman (born 17 November 1959) is an English journalist and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency), Wycombe from 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 to 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010, during which time he was a Shadow Minister shadowing the Department for Communities and Local Government. He is now the editor of the centre-right political blog ConservativeHome. Biography Paul Goodman was born the son of Jewish parents in London, and converted to Roman Catholicism in his mid-twenties. He was raised in East Sheen, and was educated at the Cranleigh School, Surrey before attending the University of York where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1981. He was Chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students between 1983 and 1984, and was a member of the National Union of Students Executive during the two previous years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department For Work And Pensions
, type = Department , seal = , logo = Department for Work and Pensions logo.svg , logo_width = 166px , formed = , preceding1 = , jurisdiction = Government of the United Kingdom , headquarters = Caxton House7th Floor6–12 Tothill StreetLondonSW1H 9NA , employees = 96,011 (as of July 2021) , budget = £176.3 billion (Resource AME),£6.3 billion (Resource DEL),£0.3 billion (Capital DEL),£2.3 billion (Non-Budget Expenditure)Estimated for year ending 31 March 2017 , minister1_name = Mel Stride , minister1_pfo = Secretary of State for Work and Pensions , chief1_name = Peter Schofield , chief1_position = Permanent Secretary , chief2_name = , chief2_position = , chief3_name = , chief3_position = , chief4_name = , chief4_position = , chief5_name = , chief5_position = , chief6_name = , chief6_position = , chief7_name = , chief7_position = , chief8_name = , chief8_position = , chief9_name = , chief9_position = , parent_department = , w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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