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Trevor Jones (British Politician)
Sir Owen Trevor Jones (17December 19268September 2016) was a British Liberal Democrat politician and member of the Liverpool City Council. Family Jones was the son of Owen and Ada Jones of Dyserth, Denbighshire. His wife, Lady Doreen Jones,‘JONES, Sir (Owen) Trevor’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 9 Sept 2016/ref> is a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He has a son, Glyn, and daughter, Louise, and three grandchildren, Thomas, George and Ayesha. His daughter-in-law Mia Jones was a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Chester City Council and a candidate for Chester in the 2005 General Election. Politics Local politics Jones was brought into politics in 1966 when a proposed ring road threatened the demolition of his chandlery business' warehouse. He was elected to Liverpool City Council in 1968 and Liverpool Metropolitan District Council in 1973. He led the Libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Liverpool City Council Election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1973. Following boundary changes, which reduced the number of wards from 40 to 33, three councillors were elected for each ward. After the election, the composition of the council was: Election result Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor Abercromby, St. James' Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Breckfield, St. Domingo Broadgreen Central, Everton, Netherfield Childwall Church Clubmoor County Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby, Prince's Park Kensington Low Hill, Smithdown ... [...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] |
Liverpool Toxteth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Liverpool Toxteth was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Boundaries The constituency was named after the Toxteth district, in the south inner-city area of Liverpool. The city is in the south west of the historic county of Lancashire. It is now part of the Metropolitan county of Merseyside and the North West of England region. The constituency was created from the 1950 United Kingdom general election. It included parts of the former Liverpool East Toxteth and Liverpool West Toxteth constituencies. The constituency comprised the following wards of Liverpool. # 1950–1955: Dingle, Princes Park, Sefton Park East, and Sefton Park West. Dingle and Princes Park had formed part of the old West Toxteth division, whilst the two Sefton Park wards were transferred from the old East Toxteth. # 1955–1974: Arundel, Dingle, Princes Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Bachelor
The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight (the rank existed during the 13th-century reign of King Henry III), but Knights Bachelor rank below knights of chivalric orders. A man who is knighted is formally addressed as "Sir irst Name urname or "Sir irst Name and his wife as "Lady urname. Criteria Knighthood is usually conferred for public service; amongst its recipients are all male judges of His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England. It is possible to be a Knight Bachelor and a junior member of an order of chivalry without being a knight of that order; this situation has become rather common, especially among those recognized for achievements in entertainment. For instance, Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Councillors In Liverpool
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unlike most provincial elections, municipal elections are usually held on a fixed date of 4 years. Finland ''This is about honorary rank, not elected officials.'' In Finland councillor (''neuvos'') is the highest possible title of honour which can be granted by the President of Finland. There are several ranks of councillors and they have existed since the Russian Rule. Some examples of different councillors in Finland are as follows: *Councillor of State: the highest class of the titles of honour; granted to successful statesmen * Mining Councillor/Trade Councillor/Industry Councillor/Economy Councillor: granted to leading industry figures in different fields of the economy *Councillor of Parliament: granted to successful statesmen *Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK) Councillors
Liberal Democrats may refer to: * supporters of liberal democracy * Liberal Democrats (UK), a political party in the United Kingdom * Liberal Democratic Party (Australia), a political party in Australia, also known as Liberal Democrats * left-liberals or social liberals in the Democratic Party (United States) * Liberal Democrats (Italy), a political party in Italy * Liberal Democratic Party (France), a political party in France * Liberal Democrats (Germany), a political party in Germany * Liberal Democrats (Sudan), a political party in Sudan * Liberal Democratic Party (Belarus), a political party in Belarus, also known as Liberal Democrats * Liberal Democrats (Belgium), a political party in Belgium * Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), a political party in Japan, also known as Liberal Democrats * Liberal Democratic Party (Netherlands), a political party in the Netherlands * Liberal Democrats (Slovenia), a political party in Slovenia * Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, a poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hamilton (Liverpool)
John Hamilton (2 September 1922 – 14 December 2006) was a British politician. He was a member of the Labour Party and Leader of Liverpool City Council from 1983 to 1986. Municipal life Hamilton was a lifelong bachelor and worked as a schoolteacher. He was a member of the Religious Society of Friends, known as the Quakers, also serving as a magistrate. First elected to the council in 1958, Hamilton became Leader of the Labour Group in 1974 replacing Bill Sefton. He led the council from 1976 to 1978, although with no majority he was often overturned by the Liberal and Conservative groups acting together. In 1978 Hamilton was briefly deposed as Labour group leader by Eddie Roderick when Labour lost power, but returned after a few weeks. 1980s leadership He was a left-winger but was not a member of the Militant tendencyJo Thomas,Liverpool's Rebirth: Poverty is never far away, ''The New York Times'', 17 October 1985. who dominated the Liverpool Labour group at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd Of Kilgerran
Rhys Gerran Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran CBE, QC, JP (12 August 1907 – 30 January 1991) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician. Son of James G. Lloyd of Kilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Lloyd studied at Sloane School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, before taking a teaching post at Bembridge School on the Isle of Wight, where he involved himself in the trusteeship of various organisations relating to John Ruskin. He became a barrister at Gray's Inn in 1939, specialising in patent law, then became a Queen's Counsel in 1961.Tim Hilton, "Patent law and Liberalism in Ruskin's plaid", ''The Guardian'', 4 February 1991 During the Second World War he served as a government scientific researcher. Lloyd was made a Justice of the Peace for the county of Surrey (where by 1983 he lived at Esher) in 1953 and also appointed a Companion of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1953 Coronation Honours. Lloyd stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in Anglesey at the 1959 general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Terrell
Colonel Stephen Terrell OBE TD DL QC (15 June 1916 – 16 August 2004), was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. Background He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and University College, London. In 1951 he married Diana Marion Hartwell. They had two sons. He was awarded the OBE in 1952. Professional career He was Called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1946. In 1965 he took silk. He became a Bencher at Gray's Inn in 1970. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex and then in 1961 for Greater London. Political career He was Liberal candidate for the Eastbourne division of Sussex at the 1964 General Election. He was elected to the Liberal party national executive. He was Chairman of the Liberal's Home Office panel. He contested Eastbourne again in 1966, 1970 and February 1974 general elections, each time without success. He served as President of the Liberal Party This is a list of people who served as President of the British Liberal Party. The Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Liberal Party (UK)
This is a list of people who served as President of the British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party. The Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats in 1988. The post was established in 1877 as President of the National Liberal Federation. In 1936, this body was replaced by the Liberal Party Organisation, which survived until 1988. Presidents President of the National Liberal Federation President of the Liberal Party Organisation In 1988, Michael Meadowcroft was President-Elect of the Liberal Party for the 1988–89 year; but the Liberal Party merger with the Social Democratic Party (UK), Social Democratic Party went ahead before he could take up office.Mark Smulian, 'Michael Meadowcroft', ''Dictionary of Liberal Biography'' (London: Politico's, 1999), p. 256 References {{Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Presidents of the Liberal Party (UK), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
