Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire,England. It is adjacent to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. In 2021 the population was 75,082.
Nicholas Hugh Brown is a British Independent politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East since 1983,making him the fifth longest serving MP in the House of Commons. He is the longest serving Chief Whip of the Labour Party,holding the position in three separate periods under six Labour leaders –Tony Blair,Gordon Brown,Harriet Harman,Ed Miliband,Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer. He also held several ministerial positions whilst his party was in government from 1997 until 2010. On 26 May 2021,Brown was elected as chair of the Finance Committee. Brown sits in the House of Commons as an independent,having had the whip removed in September 2022,triggered by an investigation into undisclosed matters affecting his Labour membership.
John Simon Bercow is a British former politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019,and Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative Party prior to becoming Speaker,he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elected Speaker without having been a Deputy Speaker. After resigning as Speaker in 2019 and opting not to seek re-election as MP for Buckingham in the 2019 general election,Bercow left Parliament. In 2021,he joined the Labour Party but was suspended in 2022.
Ronald Campbell is a former British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth Valley from 1987 until 2019.
Mark Richard Tami is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alyn and Deeside since 2001. He has served as Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since 2023.
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency in northern Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Aaron Bell of the Conservative Party. It was the last to be co-represented by a member of the Conservative Party when it was dual-member,before the 1885 general election which followed the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 coupled with the Reform Act 1884. In 1919 the local MP,Josiah Wedgwood,shifted his allegiance from the Liberal Party —the Lloyd George Coalition Liberals allying with the Conservatives —to the Labour Party and the seat elected the Labour candidate who has stood at each election for the next hundred years,a total of 29 elections in succession. Labour came close to losing the seat in 1969,1986,2015 and 2017,and eventually lost the seat in 2019.
Peter William Bone is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party,he sits as an independent in the House of Commons having had the whip suspended on 17 October 2023. He campaigned for Brexit in the EU referendum and was part of the political advisory board of Leave Means Leave. From July to September 2022,he served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.
Jeremy John Elton Lefroy is a British Conservative Party politician. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for the Stafford constituency in the 2010 general election and was re-elected in 2015 and 2017 before standing down ahead of the 2019 general election.
Andrew Theakstone Percy is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brigg and Goole since 2010. He is an active member of many groups in Parliament,including All Party Parliamentary Groups on Financial Education for Young People,Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire as well as being a member of the anti-European Union Better Off Out Group.
Catherine McKinnell is a British politician serving as Shadow Minister for Schools since 2023. A member of the Labour Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North since 2010.
Paul Christopher Maynard is a British politician who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Cleveleys. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in 2019 and for Transport from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2019 to 2020.
Chinyelu Susan Onwurah is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central since 2010.
Justin Paul Tomlinson is a British politician and former marketing executive who served as Minister of State for Disabled People,Work and Health from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Swindon since 2010.
Sarah Deborah Champion is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham since 2012.
Paul Stuart Scully is a British politician serving as Minister for London since February 2020 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy since October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton and Cheam since 2015.
Gareth Craig Snell is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,he was Leader of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council from 2012 to 2014. In July 2022,Snell was reselected as the Labour Parliamentary Prospective Candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central.
Aaron Stuart Bell is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the 2019 general election.
