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The constituency office of British MP Nigel Adams in Tadcaster, 2019. A constituency office, also called an electorate office, is an office operated by a local political officeholder, such as a Member of Parliament (MP), within the area they represent. It may be used to have meetings with constituents, or administration for the officeholder.
Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by English constituencies for the Fifty-Eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2024).
He had previously contested the 2021 by-election for the same constituency, in which he came second to Qaisar. [5] In Labour's candidate selection for both elections, Stevenson had defeated Pamela Nash , the Labour MP for the constituency between 2010 and 2015.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1981 any MP sentenced to over a year in jail automatically vacates their seat. For certain types of lesser acts of wrongdoing, the Recall of MPs Act 2015 mandates that a recall petition be opened; if signed by more than 10% of registered voters within the constituency, the seat is vacated. [6]
The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality (first-past-the-post) voting system, ordinarily every five years.
He was elected as an MP in the 2024 United Kingdom general election with a majority of 5,948, defeating the Conservative incumbent Sarah Atherton. [7] In an interview on 18 September 2024, Ranger commented that "being elected as Wrexham’s MP is the biggest honour of my life and I will strive to do my best for all the people of Wrexham".
Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Assumed office 4 July 2024 [1] Preceded by: Constituency Established: Majority: 9,554 (26.1%) Personal details; Political party: Labour:
This constituency has always (since its 1974 creation) been a safe Labour seat. The current MP Lucy Powell won the seat in a by-election in November 2012 on a turnout of just 18%, the lowest since the Second World War. [3] Twelve candidates stood, considerably more than the six who stood in the 1979 by-election.