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Sherwood, Nottingham
Sherwood ( ) is a large district and ward of the city of Nottingham, England, north of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 15,414. It is bordered by Woodthorpe to the northeast, Mapperley to the east, Carrington to the south, New Basford and Basford to the west, and Daybrook and Bestwood to the north. It should be carefully distinguished from Sherwood Forest, the Sherwood parliamentary constituency, and Newark and Sherwood district council, all of which lie several miles further north outside the city boundaries. History Several carved, dated stones in buildings indicate development in the area between 1870 and 1910, during the growth of the lace industry. There are also several listed buildings. Sherwood Bus Depot was built in 1900 by Nottingham Corporation Tramways, as part of an initiative to extend the Carrington line to Winchester Street. Trams ran on the route until 6 September 1936 when they were replaced by buses. Part of the premises is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Nottingham East is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency 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 Nadia Whittome of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Members of Parliament MPs 1885–1955 ''Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham prior to 1885'' MPs since February 1974 ''Nottingham Central (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham Central and Nottingham South (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham South prior to 1974'' Constituency profile On average earners' incomes are slightly lower than the national average and in 2010 unemployment stood at 7.4%, which was higher than the East Midlands average at the time of 3.6% however the picture is not uniform across all 2011 Census Output Areas, some of which have incomes at the national average or above and together with the affordability of property in the area, those on the national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Corporation Tramways
Nottingham Corporation Tramways was formed when Nottingham Corporation took over the Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited, which had operated a horse and steam tram service from 1877. Nottingham Corporation Tramways 1898 – Planning In the early part of the year a deputation from Nottingham Corporation visited the cable-operated tramway system at Edinburgh and the overhead electric systems at Bristol and Dover, with the result that on 28 March the Tramways Committee recommended to the city council that the proposed electric tramways should be operated on the overhead electric system. At an estimated cost of £425,000 (),, electric tramways were proposed as follows: #Market Place to Trent Bridge via Arkwright Street. #From tramway 1 via Greyfriar Gate or Canal Street, continuing via Castle Boulevard, Lenton Boulevard, Radford Boulevard and Gregory Boulevard to Mansfield Road. #From tramway 2 via Wilford Road and the Victoria Embankment to Trent Bridge. #Market Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwood Post Office - Geograph
Sherwood may refer to: Places Australia *Sherwood, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane * Sherwood, South Australia, a locality *Shire of Sherwood, a former local government area of Queensland * Electoral district of Sherwood, an electoral district from 1950 to 1992 Canada * Sherwood, Calgary, Alberta, a neighborhood * Sherwood, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighborhood *Sherwood Park, the seat of Strathcona County, Alberta *Sherwood, Ontario, a community in Huron Shores *Sherwood, Ontario, a community in Maple, Ontario * Sherwood, Nova Scotia, a community * Sherwood, Prince Edward Island, a neighborhood of Charlottetown * Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159, Saskatchewan Jamaica * Sherwood Content, a town United Kingdom *Sherwood Forest, north of the city of Nottingham, England; the place where the legendary Robin Hood is said to have lived *Sherwood, Nottingham, a residential area of Nottingham *Sherwood (UK Parliament constituency) United States Lakes * Lake Sherwood (California), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Whittome
Nadia Edith Whittome (, born 29 August 1996) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously the youngest MP upon her election at the age of 23. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Early life and career Nadia Whittome was born on 29 August 1996 in Nottingham. Her Punjabi Sikh father migrated to the UK from Banga, India, at the age of 21. He first worked in factories and as a miner before giving immigration advice and running a shop. Her mother is an Anglo-Indian Catholic solicitor and former member of the Labour Party, who left in protest at the amendment of Clause IV of the constitution in 1995. Whittome grew up in a single-parent household, with a brother. She attended private schools in Nottingham, between the ages of 7 and 11 and later attended West Bridgford School. She also attended Bilborough Sixth Form College, sitting two A Levels, going on to complete an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Leslie (politician)
Christopher Michael Leslie (born 28 June 1972) is a British business executive and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he defected to form Change UK and later became an independent politician. Born in Keighley, Leslie was educated at Bingley Grammar School and graduated from the University of Leeds with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Parliamentary Studies and a Master of Arts in Industrial and Labour Studies. After working as an office administrator and political researcher, he was elected to Parliament for Shipley aged 24 at the 1997 general election. Leslie was a minister in the Department for Constitutional Affairs from 2001 to 2005 but lost his seat at the 2005 general election. He was director of the New Local Government Network think-tank from 2005 until being elected for Nottingham East at the 2010 general election. Between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Heppell
John Heppell (born 3 November 1948) is a former Labour Party (UK), British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham East from 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election. He was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2005 to 2007. Early life Heppell was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside and was educated locally at the Rutherford Grammar School (now the Westgate Community School) in Fenham, then the South East Northumberland Technical College (became North Tyneside College and now called Tyne Metropolitan College) in Wallsend, and he completed his education at the Ashington Technical College (now called Northumberland College) on ''College Road'' in Ashington. He worked for the National Coal Board from 1964 as a Fitter (occupation), fitter until he left in 1970 to work as a fitter in Nottingham. He joined Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity. That legislative body, the state's constitution, or a body established for that purpose determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. The district representative or representatives may be elected by single-winner first-past-the-post system, a multi-winner proportional representative system, or another voting method. The district members may be selected by a direct election under wide adult enfranchisement, an indirect election, or direct election using another form o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Councillors
A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regional government, or other local authority. The title of a councillor varies geographically, with a name generally being preceded by their title (or the shortened version Cllr when written) in formal or council-related situations in many places. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unlike most provincial elections, municipal elections are usually held on a fixed date of 4 years. Finland ''This is about honorary rank, not elected officials.'' In Finland councillor (''neuvos'') is the highest possible title of honour which can be granted by the President of Finland. There are several ranks of councillors and they have existed since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the Two-party system, two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom; the other being the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Labour has been led by Keir Starmer since 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. To date, there have been 12 Labour governments and seven different Labour Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald, MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Attlee, Harold Wilson, Wilson, James Callaghan, Callaghan, Tony Blair, Blair, Gordon Brown, Brown and Starmer. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Nottingham, in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. Nottingham has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2024 the council has been a member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority. The council has been under Labour majority control since 1991. The council meets at Nottingham Council House and has its main offices at Loxley House. History Nottingham was an ancient borough. The earliest known borough charter was issued by Henry II sometime between 1155 and 1165; that charter did not purport to create the borough, but instead confirmed to it the rights that it had already held in the time of Henry I (reigned 1100–1135). The borough was governed by a corporation, also known as the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Spencer
June Rosalind Spencer (14 June 1919 – 8 November 2024) was an English actress best known for her long-running role as Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ''The Archers''. Spencer played the character from 1950 to 1953, and again from 1962 to 2022.''The Guardian'', "June Spencer obituary" 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024. Early life and education The only child of William Spencer, a commercial traveller, and Rosalind Thorne, Spencer was born in , and had her first acting role at the age of 3. She attended Mountford House preparatory school and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
