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Procedure Committee
The Procedure Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace .... The remit of the committee is to consider the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of public business. The committee is governed by Standing Order number 147, which sets out its remit, powers, and the number of members. Membership Membership of the committee is as follows: Changes since 2024 58th parliament In the 58th parliament, the membership of the committee was the following: 57th parliament In the 57th parliament, the members of the committee was the following: Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Select Committee (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 of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 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 British constitution, constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2 ... [...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] |
Smethwick (UK Parliament Constituency)
Smethwick is a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in the Sandwell, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. 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 voting system. The constituency was created for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election, abolished for the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 general election, and re-established for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, when it was formed from the abolished Warley (UK Parliament constituency), Warley constituency, with the addition of most of the Blackheath, West Midlands, Blackheath ward. It is currently represented by Gurinder Josan of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Boundaries 19181974 The County Borough of Smethwick. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurinder Josan
Gurinder Singh Josan CBE (born August 1972) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Smethwick for Labour since the 2024 general election. Early life and career Josan served on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, and sits on Labour's National Executive Committee and the West Midlands' Strategic Policing and Crime Board. He was elected as councillor for the St Paul's ward of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in the 2002 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election and he served until 2010. He is a trustee of the HOPE Not Hate charitable trust, a former trustee of the Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick, a former member of the national executive of the Sikh Council UK, and is a governor for three schools. He is a landlord and owns eight rental properties. He was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in April 2020. On 30 May 2024, Josan was selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate to contest the Smethwick c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basildon And Billericay (UK Parliament Constituency)
Basildon and Billericay () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. Since the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it has been represented by Richard Holden (British politician), Richard Holden, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. History The seat was created for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election following a review of the Parliamentary representation of Essex by the Boundary Commission for England. It combined parts of the separate, now abolished, Basildon (UK Parliament constituency), Basildon and Billericay (UK Parliament constituency), Billericay constituencies. It has been held throughout its existence by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party and, until the 2024 general election, with large majorities. Boundaries 2010–2024 The Bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Holden (British Politician)
Richard John Holden (born 11 March 1985) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon and Billericay and Shadow Paymaster General since 2024. A member of the Conservative party, he was previously the Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 2019 to 2024. Holden served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from November 2023 to July 2024, and as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport from 2022 to 2023. Early life and political career Richard Holden was born on 11 March 1985 in Blackburn to Mark and Joan Holden. He grew up in Grindleton, a village in the Ribble Valley, and attended Grindleton Primary School, Ermysted's Grammar School in Skipton and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Blackburn. He then went to St Mary's College in Blackburn, before studying at the London School of Economics, graduating with a BSc in Government and History in 2007. Holden was employed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh North And Leith (UK Parliament Constituency)
Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), first used in the 1997 general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election and has been represented since 2024 by Tracy Gilbert of Scottish Labour. In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same name and boundaries. See '' Edinburgh North and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)''. The boundaries of the Westminster constituency were altered, however, in 2005, and the Scottish Parliament constituency retained the older boundaries until 2011. Since then, the seat has mainly been split between the Edinburgh Northern and Leith and Edinburgh Central constituencies at Holyrood, with a small area also located in Edinburgh Western. At the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the constituency returned an above average No vote; 60% voted for Scotland to stay in the United Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Gilbert
Tracy Gilbert is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North & Leith since 2024. She currently resides in Leith. Early life and career Gilbert grew up in a mining town in Midlothian during the 1980s, and has spoken about how this has shaped her politics. Before entering Parliament, Gilbert was a Housing Officer and the Scottish General Secretary of the USDAW trade union. Parliamentary career At the 2024 general election, Gilbert was elected for the Edinburgh North & Leith constituency, becoming the first Labour MP to win the seat since 2010. Her result was part of a 'red wave' in Scotland, as the Scottish Labour Party won 37 seats, up from one seat in 2019. Following a ballot on the 5th of September 2024, Gilbert introduced a private member's bill in the 2024/25 parliament. The Private Members Bill put forward was Absent Voting (Scotland and Wales). Currently, in Scotland and Wales, you cannot apply for a postal ballot online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Brightside And Hillsborough (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2016 by Gill Furniss, a member of the Labour Party. History Following its review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire the Boundary Commission for England recommended substantial changes to the constituency boundaries in Sheffield, to add part of the Sheffield Hillsborough to the whole of the Sheffield Brightside constituency (other than a handful of houses in the corner of Walkley). The rest of the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency formed the southern half of the new Penistone and Stocksbridge seat. Since its creation, the seat has elected members of the Labour Party; the last instance of either of the two predecessor seats being held by an MP from a party other than Labour was, for both, the period prior to the 1935 general election. Majorities since World War II have been substantial suggesting a safe seat on historic voting preferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gill Furniss
Gillian Furniss (born 14 March 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough since 2016. She was a Member of Sheffield City Council from 1999 to 2016. Early life and career Gillian Furniss was born in Sheffield on 14 March 1957, the daughter of a steel worker, and was educated at the Chaucer School, Sheffield. After leaving school, she worked as a librarian, and went on to work as an administrator at the Northern General Hospital. In 1998 – as a mature student – she graduated BA in Library and Information Studies, from Leeds Metropolitan University. Political career Furniss unsuccessfully stood as the Labour candidate in the Hillsborough Ward in 1998. She was subsequently elected in the Manor ward in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. With the introduction of new ward boundaries for the 2004 Sheffield City Council election, she was elected to represent Southey ward. She was re-elected in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Durham (UK Parliament Constituency)
City of Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Mary Kelly Foy of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency contains a large minority of students, researchers and academics at the early 19th century founded University of Durham, that has a claim towards being the third oldest in England and has elected Labour MPs since 1935, although there have been strong SDP–Liberal Alliance and Liberal Democrat challenges to Labour since the 1980s. The constituency includes a number of surrounding villages and suburbs as well as Durham itself, the largest of these are Brandon, Bowburn, Esh Winning, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn, Ushaw Moor and Willington. The seat extends as far west as Satley and as far east as Shadforth. The seat has traditionally been dominated by Labour, with support particularly strong in those villages historically connected to County Durham's mining industry. Durham is famous as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy (; born 27 February 1968) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham since the 2019 general election. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus. Early life and education Foy was born in Jarrow, County Durham, and grew up on a council estate. She is the second of five children and her grandparents were Irish immigrants. Her father is a former shipyard worker who lost his job in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Foy has a degree in social sciences, which she gained as a mature student. Career Foy is a member of both UNISON and Unite the Union. She was a Community Development Worker in Durham from 2006 to 2013, and she also worked as a parliamentary assistant to former Jarrow MP Stephen Hepburn. She was elected as a local Councillor to represent the Lamesley ward (named after the area of the same name on Gateshead Council Metropolitan Borough Council in 2006. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
