The politics of the United Kingdom functions within a constitutional monarchy where executive power is delegated by legislation and social conventions to a unitary parliamentary democracy. From this a hereditary monarch,currently Charles III,serves as head of state while the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,currently Rishi Sunak since 2022,serves as the elected head of government.
John Marek is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wrexham from 1983 to 2001,and the Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for Wrexham from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party until 2003,he successfully stood for re-election to the Welsh Assembly as a John Marek Independent Party candidate. Marek founded and led Forward Wales from 2003 until 2010,when the party was disbanded and he joined the Conservatives.
Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey,Baron Livsey of Talgarth was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire from 1985 to 1992,and again from 1997 to 2001.
Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
Edward Brocklebank is a Scottish Conservative politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife from 2003 to 2011.
Sir David George Hanson is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments,serving in the Home Office,Ministry of Justice,Wales Office,Northern Ireland Office and Whips' Office. Hanson sat on Ed Miliband's opposition front bench as a Shadow Treasury Minister,and later the Shadow Immigration Minister.
Philip Roy Gallie was a British Conservative Party politician. He served in the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr from 1992 to 1997,and then as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2007. He also held prominent offices within the Scottish Conservative Party.
David Gordon Mundell,is a Scottish politician and solicitor who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire,Clydesdale and Tweeddale since 2005. Mundell was the first openly gay Conservative cabinet minister,formally coming out in 2016.
The Scottish Conservative &Unionist Party is part of the UK Conservative Party active in Scotland. It is a centre right party. The party holds 31 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 7 out of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons in Westminster. It has 209 local councillors of 1,227.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats is a liberal,federalist political party in Scotland,a part of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats. The party currently holds 4 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 4 of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons.
Murdo MacKenzie Fraser is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2001. Since May 2021,he has served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery,shadowing Deputy First Minister John Swinney.
William Cowan Rennie is a Scottish politician who served as the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2011 to 2021. He has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Fife since 2016,and previously as a list MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline and West Fife.
A by-election in the Moray constituency of the Scottish Parliament was held on 27 April 2006 following the death of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) Margaret Ewing on 21 March 2006,from breast cancer. The seat was successfully defended by the SNP's Richard Lochhead,increasing the majority over the Scottish Conservative Party by 1073 votes.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats are a branch of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats that operates in Wales. The party is led by Jane Dodds,who served as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire from August to December 2019,and MS for Mid and West Wales since May 2021. The party currently has 1 elected member in the Senedd and no Welsh seats in the UK House of Commons,but does have several members of the House of Lords. The party had 69 local councilors serving in principal authorities as of the 2022 local authority elections,up 10 from 2017.
The 2007 National Assembly for Wales election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland,as well as the Scottish Parliament election took place. This election was preceded by the previous Assembly election in 2003.
Charles Gilchrist Brodie,better known as Chic Brodie,was a Scottish politician. He served as a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2011 until 2016.
The 2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Scottish Conservatives,who at the time were the third-largest political party in the devolved Scottish Parliament. Ruth Davidson was declared the winner of the contest on 4 November 2011 and succeeded Annabel Goldie. The election was triggered when incumbent party leader Annabel Goldie resigned her position on 9 May 2011,following her party's self-described 'disappointing' result in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election,where the Conservatives were reduced from 17 seats to 15.
Christopher Paul Davies is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 8 June 2017;all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.
