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Home Affairs Select Committee
The Home Affairs Select Committee is a departmental select committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Remit The Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons Select committee (United Kingdom), select committees related to government departments: its terms of reference are to examine "the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies". The committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invites written evidence from interested parties and holds public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it does have the power to meet away from Westminster. At the end of each inquiry, the committee will normally agree on a report based on the evidence received. Such reports are published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contain recommendations to the government and other ... [...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 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs), who are elected to represent United Kingdom constituencies, constituencies by the First-past-the-post voting, 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 began 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 1801 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 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kohler (politician)
Paul Christopher Kohler (born ) is a British politician, nightclub owner, and academic serving as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Wimbledon since 2024. Prior to his election, he was a scholar of property law who served as head of SOAS University of London's School of Law. Early life and education Kohler was the first person in his extended family to go to university. However, he dropped out from his maths degree, because of touring commitments in the Gotham City Swing Band, a new wave outfit whose greatest claim to fame was playing the last night of the infamous punk venue, The Roxy. He subsequently returned to university and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in law. During his time at Cambridge he was May Ball President, where fellow Jesus undergraduate Prince Edward served on his committee. He was also elected JCR President. Career In the 1990s and 2000s, Kohler taught at University College London (UCL) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joani Reid
Joani Reid is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride and Strathaven since July 2024. Early life Reid is a granddaughter of the Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid. She studied politics and philosophy at the University of Glasgow, then went to London for a Masters degree. She worked as a policy manager at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Political career Local government Reid was a councillor for the Lewisham Central ward in Lewisham for eight years from 2014 and served as Cabinet Member for Safer Communities. She was selected as the Labour candidate for East Kilbride and Strathaven in February 2023 and elected to the House of Commons at the 2024 general election. House of Commons Reid has served as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee The Home Affairs Select Committee is a departmental select committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altrincham And Sale West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Altrincham and Sale West ( ) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Connor Rand of the Labour Party. History The 1995 Boundary Commission review led to the constituency's creation for the 1997 election, largely from the old seat of Altrincham and Sale; from that time until the dissolution of parliament in advance of the 2024 United Kingdom general election it was held by Graham Brady, long elected by his colleagues the chairman of the Conservative Party's backbench 1922 Committee (2010 to present; he stood down in May 2019, returning that September). In March 2023 Brady announced he would not seek re-election. From 2001 to 2010, it was the only Conservative seat in Greater Manchester; its predecessor seats were always Conservative. In 1997, local grammar school–educated Brady was elected on a small majority of 1,500. His majority peaked at over 13,000 in 2015, being reduced in 2017 to just under 7,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Rand
Connor Dean Rand is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West since 2024. Career Rand attended the private, fee-paying Wisbech Grammar School in Cambridgeshire. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of East Anglia in 2014, where he subsequently worked as the student union's undergraduate education officer. Rand worked as an organiser for Labour Students, and later as a regional organiser for the Labour Party. He was a senior researcher at the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) prior to his election to Parliament. Shortly before the 2024 general election, Labour's National Executive Committee selected Rand to contest Altrincham and Sale West. The previous candidate had resigned due to personal circumstances. He became the first Labour MP to represent the constituency upon his election, gaining the seat from the Conservatives. Rand has served as a member of the Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh East And Musselburgh (UK Parliament Constituency)
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Palace of Westminster, Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In its present form, the constituency was established as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and under the Scottish Westminster constituencies#Recommended changes, final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, replacing Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency), Edinburgh East. It has been held by Labour politician Chris Murray (politician), Chris Murray since the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. The constituency had previously existed from 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 to 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005. In 1999 Scottish Parliament election, 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Murray (politician)
Christopher Murray (born ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh since 2024. He gained the seat from Tommy Sheppard, a member of the Scottish National Party. Early life and education Murray is the son of Scottish Labour politician Margaret Curran, Baroness Curran. He grew up in Glasgow and attended Shawlands Academy. He then studied French and German at the University of Oxford, later studying at the London School of Economics and attending Harvard University as a John F. Kennedy Fellow. Early career Murray began his career as a political assistant to the Labour politician Harriet Harman, holding the role for two years. Harman later supported Murray's 2024 campaign for Parliament and canvassed alongside him in Edinburgh. In 2014, he began working as an attaché at the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Paris. He stayed in the role for four years. He then served as an adviser on economic diplomacy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagenham And Rainham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dagenham and Rainham is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliamentary constituency in Parliamentary constituencies in London, Greater London that was created in 2010. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Margaret Mullane and was previously represented from 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 by Jon Cruddas, both members of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency may retain significant pockets of poverty indicated by a high ranking in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000, Index of Multiple Deprivation compiled in the year 2000 however average incomes were in four large wards close to the national average. The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham saw the most rapid decrease in people of White British ethnicity in the 10 years to the 2011 census, of 31.4 percentage points. However the same dataset shows that 58.3% of people are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Mullane
Margaret Mullane is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dagenham and Rainham since 2024. She succeeded Jon Cruddas who decided not to run for re-election in 2022, whom she worked for as office manager. She has also served as a councillor for the Village ward in the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council since 2010 and previously served as Cabinet Member for Enforcement and Community Safety. Early life Margaret Mullane was raised in council houses in Dagenham, attending St Peter's School, and has described herself as working class. She studied Humanities and Politics at Birkbeck, University of London. Political career Mullane unsuccessfully stood as a Labour Party candidate in the Mawneys ward of Havering at the 2002 local election and in the Eastbrook ward of Barking and Dagenham at the 2006 election. She was first elected to the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council at the 2010 election. She successfully ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keighley And Ilkley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Keighley and Ilkley is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in West Yorkshire created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2019 by Robbie Moore (politician), Robbie Moore of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Although the constituency had contained the town of Ilkley since 1983, it was formally known as Keighley until the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, there were no changes to the constituency boundaries, but the Boundary commissions (United Kingdom), Boundary Commission for England recommended that it be renamed Keighley and Ilkley. History Since 1959, the seat has been a bellwether (its winner affiliated to the winning party nationally), with three exceptions: in 1979 and 2017, the seat leant to the left-wing (politics), left, buck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Moore (politician)
Robert Peter Moore (born 28 November 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley and Ilkley, formerly Keighley, in West Yorkshire since the 2019 general election. He has been Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. Early life In 2007, the family set up a plastics-recycling business. He studied architecture at Newcastle University and rural surveying at the University College of Estate Management. A qualified rural chartered surveyor, he set up his own consultancy practice, Brockthorpe Consultancy. Political career Before being elected as MP for Keighley in 2019, Moore was a councillor on Alnwick Town Council and represented Alnwick on Northumberland County Council. He unsuccessfully contested the July 2019 by-election for Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, but at the general election in December, he gained the marginal seat of Keighley from the Labour incumbent, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Cornwall (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Cornwall is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Ben Maguire, a Liberal Democrat (UK), Liberal Democrat since the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. Like all British constituencies, the seat elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. The seat was created in 1918. Since 1950, the constituency has been held by MPs from either the Conservative Party or the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats (including the party's predecessor, the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party). History This constituency was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918. With exceptions in 1997, 2001 and 2019, the seat's margin of victory has been less than 20% of the vote. It has been consistently fought over between and won by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
