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Business, Innovation And Skills Committee
The Business and Trade Select Committee is a Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom, select committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Business and Trade, and any departmental bodies. The committee came into existence as the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on 1 October 2009, replacing the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, which was dissolved on 30 September 2009. The House of Commons agreed to the committee's establishment on 25 June 2009, following Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's replacement of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 5 June 2009. Following the merger of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Business, Innovation a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Select Committees Of The United Kingdom
In British politics, parliamentary select committees are cross-party groups of MPs or Lords which investigate specific issues or scrutinise the work of the Government of the United Kingdom. They can be appointed from the House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a joint committee of Parliament drawn from both. Committees may be constituted as "sessional" committees – i.e. be near-permanent – or as "ad-hoc" committees with a specific deadline by which to complete their work, after which they cease to exist. House of Commons select committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments and agencies, whereas Lords select committees look at general issues, such as the constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, most of the new chairs of the 26 select committees were elected in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumfries And Galloway (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dumfries and Galloway is a constituency in Scotland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by John Cooper of the Scottish Conservatives since the 2024 general election. It was first contested in the 2005 general election, replacing Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and part of Dumfries. Like all British constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Despite its name, it does not cover the whole of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. Boundaries The Dumfries and Galloway constituency was created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, and covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, which also covers part of the Scottish Borders council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area. 2005–2024: Under the Fifth Review, the boundaries were defined in accordance with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidenhead (UK Parliament Constituency)
Maidenhead is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in Berkshire represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Joshua Reynolds (politician), Joshua Reynolds, a Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat, since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. Following its creation at the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election, the seat was held for twenty-seven years by Conservative Member of Parliament Theresa May, who served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016 and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019. Prior to the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, it was considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Constituency profile Housing is, in the Wokingham district part, at the northern end of a belt where more than 40% of dwellings are detached houses, and less than 10.8% are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Reynolds (politician)
Joshua Peter Reynolds (born 13 January 1999) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 2024, winning the seat from the Conservative Party after former prime minister Theresa May stood down at the general election. Reynolds has been a member of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council since 2019. Early life and career Born and brought up in Maidenhead, Reynolds was educated at Furze Platt Senior School and gained a degree from Cardiff Metropolitan University in business and management studies. After leaving university, he worked as a manager for The Co-operative Group. Political career Reynolds was elected as a member of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council for the ward of Furze Platt at the 2019 council election. He was re-elected in 2023 and became the council's cabinet member for communities and leisure. He stepped down from the cabinet in 2024 upon his election to Parliament. Reynolds was the Liberal Democ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livingston (UK Parliament Constituency)
Livingston is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns one Member of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system. It has been represented since 2024 by Gregor Poynton of Scottish Labour Scottish Labour (), is the part of the UK Labour Party (UK), Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and Unionism in the United Kingdom, unionist, it holds 23 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Sco .... It was formed from parts of the historic Midlothian and West Lothian constituencies for the 1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called Livingston, was used by the Scottish Parliament until 2011. Boundaries 1983–1997: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn, Calders, Livingston North, and Livingston South; and the City of Edinburgh District ward of Kirkliston. 1997–2005: The West Lothian Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregor Poynton
Gregor Arthur Poynton is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston since 2024. Career Poynton is from Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ..., as are his parents. He previously tried to be selected as Labour’s candidate in that constituency in 2013 but was unsuccessful. He was also reported as having paid for new members to support his nomination at the time. Poynton has worked in communications since leaving education. From 2009 to 2014, Poynton worked for Blue State Digital, an online fundraising and campaign consultancy company. Poynton worked at the Labour head office on the subject of election strategy as a director of external engagement and for also worked Jim Murphy when he was Scottish La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witney (UK Parliament Constituency)
Witney is a county constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election, and was created for the 1983 general election. Historically a safe Conservative Party seat for the most part of its existence, it has been represented since 2024 by Charles Maynard of the Liberal Democrats. From 2001 to 2016, the constituency was represented by David Cameron, who was the prime minister from 2010 until his resignation in 2016, and the Leader of the Conservative Party (2005–2016). History In the late 19th century, the Bampton East petty sessional division, with Witney at its heart, formed one part of the Woodstock constituency. Until 1974, much of the seat remained as part of the Woodstock and latterly Banbury constituency. From 1974 to 1983, the area was included in the Mid Oxfordshire seat along with parts of Bullingdon and Ploughley. Since 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats, colloquially known as the Lib Dems, are a Liberalism, liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988. They are based at Liberal Democrat Headquarters (UK), Liberal Democrat Headquarters, in Westminster, and the leader is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom, party in the United Kingdom, with 72 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. They have members of the House of Lords, 5 in the Scottish Parliament, 1 in the Welsh Senedd, and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice yearly Liberal Democrat Conference, at which policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents, the Lib Dems Liberal Democrat Conference#All-member Conference voting system, grant all members attending Conference the right to vote on policy, under a one member, one vote#United Kingdom, one member, one vote system. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Maynard
Charles Adrian MacFie Maynard (born February 1971) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney since 2024. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he gained the seat from Robert Courts, a member of the Conservative Party. Maynard has been a member of West Oxfordshire District Council since 2022. Early life and education Maynard studied geography at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1990 to 1993. Career before Parliament Maynard co-founded BDA Partners, an international investment advice company, in 1996. He chaired the Witney Oxford Transport Group, which advocates for a railway linking Carterton, Witney, Eynsham and Oxford, from October 2020 to November 2023. In the 2022 council election, Maynard was elected as a member of West Oxfordshire District Council for the ward of Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt. He served as the District Council's Executive Member for Planning and Sustainable Development from November 2023 until standing down in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dudley is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency centred on the town of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Sonia Kumar, a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It returns one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. The constituency existed between 1832 and 1974 and was re-established by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, It is based on the abolished Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency), Dudley North, with the addition of one ward from the also abolished Dudley South constituency. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Dudley, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley since 2024. Kumar was an NHS physiotherapist before becoming an MP. Parliamentary career In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Kumar's opponent Marco Longhi, the Conservative MP for Dudley, was accused of " dog-whistle" tactics against Kumar. His campaign sent leaflets to British Pakistani and Kashmiri Muslims drawing attention to Kumar's Hindu surname (writing it in capital letters and underlined), arguing that she would not support Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ... while in Parliament. She was later elected MP for Dudley with 12,215 votes (34%). References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sonia Living people Labour Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bognor Regis And Littlehampton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton () is a constituency in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Alison Griffiths, a Conservative. Boundaries The constituency is elongated along the south coast of England. It includes the towns of Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. 1997–2010: The District of Arun wards of Aldwick East, Aldwick West, Bersted, Felpham East, Felpham West, Hotham, Littlehampton Beach, Littlehampton Central, Littlehampton Ham, Littlehampton River, Littlehampton Wick, Marine, Middleton on Sea, Orchard, Pagham, and Pevensey. 2010–2024: The District of Arun wards of Aldwick East, Aldwick West, Beach, Bersted, Brookfield, Felpham East, Felpham West, Ham, Hotham, Marine, Middleton-on-Sea, Orchard, Pagham and Rose Green, Pevensey, River, Wick with Toddington, and Yapton. 2024–present: The District of Arun wards of: Aldwick East; Aldwick West; Beach; Brookfield; Courtwick with Toddington; Felpham East (most); Felpham West; Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
