Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody was a British Labour Party politician,who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970,and then for Crewe from February 1974 to her death in 2008. She was a moderate socialist and had a reputation as a fiercely independent parliamentarian,described as "intelligent,obstinate,opinionated and hard-working".
The politics of Scotland operate within the constitution of the United Kingdom,of which Scotland is a country. Scotland is a democracy,being represented in both the Scottish Parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom since the Scotland Act 1998. Most executive power is exercised by the Scottish Government,led by the First Minister of Scotland,the head of government in a multi-party system. The judiciary of Scotland,dealing with Scots law,is independent of the legislature and the Scottish Government. Scots law is primarily determined by the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government shares some executive powers with the Government of the United Kingdom's Scotland Office,a British government department led by the Secretary of State for Scotland.
David Philip Heathcoat-Amory is a British politician,accountant,and farmer. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wells from 1983 until he lost the seat in the 2010 general election. He became a member of the British Privy Council in 1996. Heathcoat-Amory was previously Chair of the European Research Group.
Timothy Eric Boswell,Baron Boswell of Aynho is a British politician who was the Conservative MP for Daventry from 1987 until he stood down at the 2010 general election,after which he was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer.
Malcolm Gray Bruce,Baron Bruce of Bennachie,is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
Mark Gerard Hoban is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he is a former Member of Parliament for Fareham (2001–2015) and former Minister of State for Work and Pensions (2012–2013).
Andrew Stuart MacKinlay is a British Liberal Democrat politician,who was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election.
Paul Archer Tyler,Baron Tyler,is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from February to October 1974 and from 1992 to 2005,and sat in the House of Lords as a life peer until October 2021.
Ivor Seward Richard,Baron Richard,was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.
Basildon was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Thurrock is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jackie Doyle-Price,a Conservative.
Donald Richard Coleman,CBE,JP,DL was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991.
The Thurrock by-election of 15 July 1976 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Hugh Delargy. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election
Sarah Louise McCarthy-Fry is a British Labour Co-operative politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North from the 2005 general election to 2010. She was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in the last phase of the Labour government of Gordon Brown.
The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to The London Gazette of 1 August 1997 and marked the May 1997 resignation of the Prime Minister,John Major.
Jacqueline Doyle-Price is a British Conservative Party politician and former civil servant. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock in the 2010 general election.
Seema Malhotra is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston since 2011. A member of Labour and Co-operative,she has served as Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers since 2021 and previously sat on the opposition front bench as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,Shadow Minister for Employment and a shadow Home Office minister.
Marie Elizabeth Rimmer,is a British Labour Party politician. She has previously been a local councillor for St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside,England,and has served as Labour leader of the council three times between 1978 and 2014. She has recently been the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens South and Whiston since 2015.
Felicity Christiana Buchan is a British politician and former banker who serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kensington in London. A member of the Conservative Party,serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness in the Department for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities since October 2022. Prior to this,Buchan served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022.
The 2022 Thurrock Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect a third of the members of Thurrock Council in England. Sixteen of the council's 49 seats were contested in sixteen of Thurrock's twenty electoral wards. There are two or three seats in each ward depending on its population. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
