Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond PC FRSL (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician and life peer who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001 and Deputy Leader from 2005 to 2010. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire
This is a summary of the electoral history of William Hague, who was leader of the Conservative Party from 19 June 1997 to 13 September 2001 and has been an MP since 1989. Parliamentary Elections [ edit ]
Hague first reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on 1 June 1998. Rt Hon. William Hague MP — Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party; Rt Hon. Peter Lilley MP — Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party; Rt Hon. Francis Maude MP — Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer; Rt Hon. Michael Howard QC MP — Shadow ...
— William Hague (@WilliamJHague) November 27, 2024. Overall, 24,908 alumni and staff members cast their votes in the second round of the election for the final five candidates.
LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Conservative Party leader William Hague has been elected chancellor of Oxford University, one of the most prestigious positions in British academia, the university said Wednesday. Hague was elected in an online vote by staff and alumni of the 800-year-old university.
William Hague has beaten Peter Mandelson to become chancellor of the University of Oxford. It was announced on Wednesday that the former Conservative Party leader, 63, has been elected.
In the wide-ranging interview, Hague maintains his stance on Donald Trump being a threat to democracy as US President and the Right have strayed from the ideals of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
Howard went on to lose the 2005 General Election, improving on William Hague's performance in 2001 but still falling some way short of the 209 MPs Labour picked up in their disastrous 1983 campaign. Howard announced he was to resign the leadership, but first he would attempt to reform the electoral system to reduce the role for the rank-and ...