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Belvedere (ward)
Belvedere is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Bexley London Borough Council. Bexley council elections since 2018 There was a revision of ward boundaries in Bexley in 2018. 2024 by-election The by-election took place on 17 October 2024, following the resignation of Daniel Francis. 2022 election The election took place on 5 May 2022. 2018 election The election took place on 3 May 2018. 2002–2018 Bexley council elections There was a revision in ward boundaries in Bexley in 2002. 2014 election The election took place on 22 May 2014. 2010 election The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bexley London Borough Council
Bexley London Borough Council, also known as Bexley Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Bexley in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Conservative Party (UK), Conservative majority control since 2006. It is based at Bexley Civic Offices in the Bexleyheath area of the borough. History There has been a Bexley local authority since 1880 when the parish of Bexley, which included both the village of Bexley and Bexley Heath, was made a Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858, local government district, governed by an elected local board. Such districts were converted into Urban district (England and Wales), urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894, which saw the board replaced by an urban district council. Bexley Urban District was incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1935, governed by a body formally called the "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Bexley", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Bexley
The London Borough of Bexley () is a London boroughs, London borough in south-east London, forming part of Outer London. It has a population of 248,287. The main settlements are Sidcup, Erith, Bexleyheath, Belvedere, London, Belvedere, Crayford, Welling and Old Bexley. The London Borough of Bexley is within the Thames Gateway, an area designated as a national priority for urban renewal, urban regeneration. The local authority is Bexley London Borough Council. History Prior to the 19th century the area now forming the London Borough, borough was sparsely populated: very few of the present settlements were mentioned in the Domesday Book, although the village of Old Bexley, Bexley has a charter dated 814, 814 AD.A brief history of Bexley Erith was a port on the Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater London
Greater London is an administrative area in England, coterminous with the London region, containing most of the continuous urban area of London. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county also called Greater London, and the City of London. The Greater London Authority is responsible for strategic local government across the region, and regular local government is the responsibility of the borough councils and the City of London Corporation. Greater London is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Hertfordshire to the north, Essex to the north-east, Kent to the south-east, Surrey to the south, and Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to the west. Greater London has a land area of and had an estimated population of in . The ceremonial county of Greater London is only slightly smaller, with an area of and a population of in . The area is almost entirely urbanised and contains the majority of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GSS Coding System
GSS codes are nine-character geocodes maintained by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics (ONS) to represent a wide range of geographical areas of the UK, for use in tabulating census and other statistical data. GSS refers to the Government Statistical Service of which ONS is part. GSS codes replaced a previous system called ONS codes from January 2011. ONS codes were hierarchical whereas in GSS codes there is no relation between the code for a lower-tier area and the corresponding parent area. Code formulation GSS codes have a fixed length code of nine characters. The first three characters indicate the level of geography, and the six digits following define the individual unit. For example, the Royal Borough of Greenwich is coded as E09000011, Middlesbrough is E06000002, Cambridge E07000008 and Fenland E07000010. , the meanings of some common three character prefixes are as follows: In 2019, the House of Commons Library proposed names instead of numeric code ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward (electoral Subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England). It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered. Origins The word "ward", for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London, where gatherings for each ward known as "wardmotes" have taken place since the 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland. In parts of northern England, a ''ward'' was an administrative subdivision of a county, very similar to a hundred in other parts of England. Present day In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States, wards are an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 London Local Elections
The 1964 London local elections were held on 7 May 1964 alongside nationwide elections. They were the inaugural elections for the thirty-two London boroughs, which were created on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. All seats were up for election, with polling stations open between 08:00 and 21:00. The result was a landslide for the Labour Party, who won twenty of the boroughs. The Conservatives won nine, and three were under no overall control. Only sixteen Liberal councillors were elected in London, along with forty-nine residents and ratepayers candidates, three independents and three Communists. The result followed the convincing Labour gain of the new Greater London Council in the first GLC elections which had been held on 9 April. Aldermanic elections Until 1978, each council had aldermen, in the ratio of one aldermen to six councillors. Following the elections, each council elected all of its aldermen, half of which served until 1968 and half until 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Francis (politician)
Daniel Francis is a British Labour Party politician who has been MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford since 2024. He served on Bexley Council as the councillor for the Belvedere ward from 2000 to 2010, and 2014 to 2024. Career Belvedere Councillor The Belvedere ward of the London Borough of Bexley held a councillor by-election in September 2000 due to a resignation, where Francis was elected with 55% of the vote. He won re-election in the subsequent 2002 and 2006 elections. During the 2010 council election, he instead ran for the Northumberland Heath ward where he lost. Returning to Belvedere ward, he successfully ran in the 2014, 2018, and 2022 elections. Francis was the Cabinet Member for Transport and successfully fought for the extension of the Elizabeth line to Abbey Wood, and saved Welling to Victoria train services. He led the Labour group in Bexley Council from 2017 to 2021, and is currently the Shadow cabinet member for Finance and Corporate Services. Parliamentary am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Bexley London Borough Council Election
The 2022 Bexley London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. 45 members of Bexley London Borough Council were 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 maintained its longstanding control of the council, winning 34 out of the 45 seats with the Labour Party forming the council opposition with the remaining 11 seats. 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 services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police, and fire. Bexley has generally been con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bexley London Borough Council Election
The 2018 Bexley Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. There were boundary changes which reduced the number of wards from 21 to 17 and the number of councillors from 63 to 45. Overall results The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 34 of the new seats. Labour won 11 and UKIP won no seats. †Notional changes calculated by the BBC. BBC News Ward Results Barnehurst Barnehurst became a 2 member ward in 2018, following the cutdown on councilors from 63 to 45. Brian Bishop became Mayor of Bexley after this election.Belvedere Leader of the Oppo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bexley London Borough Council Election
The 2014 Bexley Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Overall results The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 45 seats (-7). However, both Labour (+4) and UKIP (+3) gained seats from the Conservatives. Ward results Barnehurst Belvedere Blackfen & Lamorbey References Bexley 2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ... Long stubs with short prose {{England-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 United Kingdom General Election
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect 650 Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The first to be held after the minimum age for candidates was reduced from Electoral Administration Act 2006, 21 to 18, it resulted in the Brown ministry, Labour government losing its 2005 United Kingdom general election, 66-seat majority to the Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron, Conservative opposition; however, with the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives only having 306 elected MPs, this election resulted in the first hung parliament since February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974. This election marked the start of a Conservative government that would last for 14 years until its ousting in 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. For the leaders of all three major political parties, this was their first general election contest as party leader, something that had last been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Bexley London Borough Council Election
Elections for Bexley Borough Council in London, England were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 General Election and other local elections took place on the same day. In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year for three of the four years. Summary of results Ward results Barnehurst Belvedere Blackfen and Lamorbey Blendon and Penhill Brampton Christchurch Colyers Cray Meadows Crayford Danson Park East Wickham Erith Falconwood and Welling Lesnes Abbey Longlands North End Northumberland Heath St Mary's St Michael's Sidcup Thamesmea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
