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Little Venice (ward)
Little Venice is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,633. The ward covers the area south of Maida Vale and north of Paddington, bound by the Westway, Edgware Road and Grand Union canal. The Regent's Canal runs through the ward to Little Venice basin, and it is served by Warwick Avenue station on the Bakerloo line, in addition to several bus routes running through the area. There are three primary schools, St Joseph's RC Primary School, St Saviour's CofE Primary School and Ark Paddington Green Primary Academy, and one GP surgery in the ward. The locality known as Little Venice was largely represented by the original Maida Vale ward, created in 1964, which elected five councillors. For the May 1978 election, the ward was split into two: Maida Vale and Little Venice, each electing three councillors. There were minor boundary changes in 2002 and 2022. The ward currently returns three councillors to Westminster City Council, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Avenue Tube Station
Warwick Avenue ( ) is a London Underground station in Little Venice in the City of Westminster in northwest London. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Paddington and Maida Vale stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. History Warwick Avenue opened on 31 January 1915 on the Bakerloo tube's extension from Paddington to Queen's Park. The ticket hall and its ticket machines were destroyed by fire overnight on 17 September 1985, causing the station to be closed for the day. Location and layout The station is located at the junction of Warwick Avenue, Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens. For a time prior to its opening, the proposed name for the station was ''Warrington Crescent''. There is no surface building and the station is accessed by two sets of steps to a sub-surface ticket hall. It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use escalators rather than lifts.The first escalator on the Underground was installed at Earl's Court in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woking (UK Parliament Constituency)
Woking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 by Jonathan Lord, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. Since it was first created for the 1950 UK general election, 1950 general election, it has only ever returned Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party candidates. Constituency profile The seat includes all of Woking Borough plus the two Guildford Borough villages of Pirbright and Normandy. There is an Armed Forces presence at Pirbright Camp and the Ash Ranges. Voters are wealthier than the UK average. History It was created in 1950 UK general election, 1950 from the county constituency, county constituencies of Chertsey (UK Parliament constituency), Chertsey and lightly populated parts of Farnham (UK Parliament constituency), Farnham. With exceptions in 1974 (February election), 1997, 2005 and 2010, when the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lord
Jonathan George Caladine Lord (born 17 September 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woking at the 2010 and has since been re-elected at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections. He succeeded Humfrey Malins, his Conservative predecessor who stood down at that election. Early life Born in 1962 of His Honour John Herent Lord, a circuit judge, and (June) Ann Lord (''née'' Caladine), he was educated at Shrewsbury, which included a year scholarship to Kent School in Connecticut. He graduated in 1985 with a BA in History from Merton College, Oxford, and was president of the Oxford University Conservative Association in Michaelmas Term 1983. Career While serving on Westminster City Council (1994–2002), he stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in Oldham West and Royton in 1997, becoming deputy leader of Westminster Council between 1998 and 2000. For the 2005 general election, he managed the election campaig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvyn Caplan
Melvyn Caplan is a British people, British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He has been a councillor for Little Venice (ward), Little Venice since 1990. He was the leader of Westminster City Council from 1995 to 2000. Until his resignation in 2021, he was the Deputy Leader of the council and Cabinet Member for Finance, Property and Regeneration. Marble Arch Mound In February 2021, it was announced that Westminster City Council were constructing a temporary landmark called Marble Arch Mound with Caplan being the project's lead, as part of a plan to revitalise Oxford Street after the closure of several large retailers during the Covid-19 pandemic. In August 2021, Caplan resigned as Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council after the cost of Marble Arch Mound had risen to £6 million. Westminster City Council leader Rachael Robathan announced the instigation of an internal review "to understand what went wrong and ensure it never happens again". References ... [...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] |
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] |
Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors. The council is currently composed of 31 Labour Party members and 23 Conservative Party members. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities: Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council, St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council and Westminster Borough Council. History There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Westminster area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the City of Westminster on 1 April 1965. Westminster City Council replaced Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council, St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council and the Westminster City Council which had responsibility for the earlier, smaller City of Westminster. All three had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Westminster City Council Election
The 2022 Westminster City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Westminster City Council have been elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. In the previous election in 2018, the Conservative Party had maintained their longstanding control of the council, winning 41 out of the 60 seats with the Labour Party forming the council opposition with the remaining 19 seats. However, Labour managed to win an 8-seat council majority for the first time since the formation of the modern city in 1964. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, reducing the number of councillors to 54. Background History The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Westminster City Council Election
The 1978 Westminster Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ... stayed in overall control of the council. Background Election result Ward results References 1978 London Borough council elections {{England-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
