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At the 1987 general election, Galloway was elected as the MP for Glasgow Hillhead gaining the seat for Labour from the SDP defeating Roy Jenkins with a majority of 3,251 votes. [39] Although known for his left-wing political views, Galloway was never a member of the Campaign Group. [10]
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) who held seats at the end of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom and did not stand for re-election in the 2024 general election. A total of 132 Members of Parliament did not stand for re-election, including a record number of Conservative MPs.
In the past, only male adult property owners could stand for Parliament. In 1918, women acquired the right to stand for Parliament, and to vote. To be eligible to stand as an MP, a person must be at least 18 years old and be a citizen of the UK, a Commonwealth nation, or Ireland. A person is not required to be registered to vote, nor are there ...
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Henderson has a long-standing interest in politics. He was a Conservative Party political agent and was the constituency agent for North Thanet MP, Roger Gale.. Henderson has served as deputy leader of Swale Borough Council twice and was also a member of Kent County Council, [4] during which time he sat both on the education committee and the Kent Police Authority.
The fifth, Jim Devine, hinted either at forcing a by-election or standing for re-election as an independent, [5] but ended up standing down. [ 6 ] The East Lothian Labour Party voted on 19 March 2010 to deselect their MP, Anne Moffat , who appealed the decision the NEC, which rejected her appeal. [ 7 ]
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups , sometimes called caucuses , with members of the same political party .
MP Seat First elected Party Date announced Heidi Allen: South Cambridgeshire: 2015 (as Conservative) Liberal Democrats: 29 October 2019 [4] Ian Austin: Dudley North: 2005 (as Labour) Independent: 7 November 2019 [5] Adrian Bailey: West Bromwich West: 2000 by-election: Labour: 30 October 2019 [6] Kevin Barron: Rother Valley: 1983: Labour: 3 July ...