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May 1990 Bootle By-election
Two Bootle by-elections were held during 1990, for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons constituency of Bootle (UK Parliament constituency), Bootle in Merseyside. Bootle was one of the Labour Party's safest seats, having held the seat since 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945. May by-election The first by-election was caused by the death of Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP Allan Roberts (politician), Allan Roberts, on 21 March 1990. Roberts had held the seat since the 1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979 general election, and his majority had remained over 15,000 votes; even at the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, which was a landslide victory for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. At the 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 general election, Roberts' majority had increased to almost 25,000 votes. For the by-election, Labour selected Michael Carr (Labour politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of The United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as Members of Parliament (UK), members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent United Kingdom constituencies, constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England started to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the Acts of Union 1707, political union with Scotland, and from 1800 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
