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1952–1953: Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar 1953–1957: Sir Christopher Steel 1957–1960: Sir Frank Roberts 1960–1962: Sir Paul Mason 1962–1966: Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh 1966–1970: Sir Bernard Burrows
There are over 900 bodies which have a UK royal charter. [1] and a list of these is published by the Privy Council Office. [2] Organisations are listed with the year(s) the charter was granted. This may not be the same as the year the organisation was founded. Organisations may also have charters renewed or regranted, so multiple dates may be ...
This is a list of members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom who were elected as independents or as a member of a minor political party.. Excluded are the speaker, who traditionally stands for re-election without party affiliation, and MPs who were elected representing a major party but then defected or had the whip removed during a parliamentary term.
Accession negotiations between the UK and the 11 current CPTPP members negotiations were concluded on 31 March 2023. [3] [4] [5] The UK formally signed the accession protocol on 16 July 2023. [6] The UK and at least 6 of the 11 existing member nations will need to ratify the accession protocol before it takes effect. [7]
Number Start date Election Members Prime ministers [α] Party control [β] Percentage of popular vote George III: 1 1801 none: co-opted: William Pitt: Tory: Henry Addington: 2 1802 General election: MPs: William Pitt: 3 1806 General election: MPs: The Lord Grenville: Whig: 4 1807 General election: MPs: The Duke of Portland: Tory: Spencer ...
According to the UK Parliament website sourced from a report by Olympic Britain, [3] during the 1950s there were 2.8 million members of the Conservative Party and 1 million Labour Party members. In the years after 1945 until the early 1990s, supporters of the Socialist and Cooperative parties and trade unions linked with the Labour Party ...
The group was founded in 1926, in response to the increasing number of non-trade union sponsored MPs in the Labour Party. [1] In 1929, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) became unhappy with the line of the Labour government on unemployment, and so it reformed the group in an attempt to put pressure on it. [ 2 ]
The low number of private members' bills passed has resulted in calls for reform of the PMB system. The Hansard Society has produced reform proposals in a pamphlet called 'Enhancing the Role of Backbench MPs'. The pamphlet calls for greater resourcing of PMBs and changes to the times when private members' bills are debated. [4]