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Uxbridge By-election, 1997
The 1997 Uxbridge by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in July 1997 to elect a new Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for the United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency), Uxbridge in Greater London, England. The seat was held by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, their first such victory since 1989. Background The vacancy was caused by the death of the Conservative MP Michael Shersby, who died unexpectedly on 8 May 1997, just seven days after his being returned to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons at the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election. Although that election saw the end of 18 years of Conservative rule as Labour won by a landslide, Shersby won a narrow victory over Labour Party (UK), Labour Party candidate David Williams. The by-election was called for Thursday, 31 July 1997 and was the first by-election of the 1997-2001 parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament Constituency)
Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party. Constituency profile The constituency presents itself as a safe seat for the Conservative Party, which held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11 years by the allied Unionist Party from 1918), and in the 2010 general election, Richmond produced the largest numerical and percentage majority for a Conservative, 62.8% of the vote. The Conservative MP and one-time Party leader William Hague held the seat from a by-election in 1989 until he retired from the Commons in 2015. He had held the posts of Leader of the Opposition (1997–2001), Foreign Secretary (2010–2014) and Leader of the House of Commons (2014–2015). His successor Rishi Sunak served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from February 2020 to July 2022 and as Prime Minister from Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
