Alistair Carmichael is the Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, and was first elected at the 2001 general election. In the 2024 general election, Carmichael received 11,392 votes in Orkney and ...

Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Local government in England provides a range of public services and is structured primarily through either a one-tier or two-tier system. The one-tier system ...

Andy Burnham stormed to victory in the Makerfield by-election held on 18 June 2026, sealing a parliamentary return after months of speculation over his political future. Burnham secured 24,927 votes ...

On 21 April 1970, the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) was formally established. The party grew out of the New Ulster Movement, formed 5 February 1969 – a group that espoused moderate ...

Jo Swinson served as leader of the Liberal Democrats from July to December 2019. The first woman to serve as leader of the Liberal Democrats, Swinson was the MP for East Dunbartonshire from 2005 to ...

On 28 March 1979, one of the most dramatic nights in British political history, the Labour government under James Callaghan was defeated by a single vote in a motion of no confidence. The vote – 311 ...

Sir Mel Stride is the Conservative MP for Central Devon, having first been elected to parliament at the 2010 general election. In the 2024 general election, Stride received 16,831 votes, representing ...

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Sir Edward Leigh is the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, and was first elected to Parliament for the predecessor seat of Gainsborough and Horncastle at the 1983 general election. Following the 2024 ...

Brendan O’Hara is the Scottish National Party (SNP) MP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, and was first elected to parliament at the 2015 general election for the predecessor constituency of Argyll ...

Restore Britain is a right-wing political party in the United Kingdom, led by Rupert Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth. Originally launched as a pressure group and political movement on 30 June 2025, ...

On 4 January 1642, King Charles I took the unprecedented step of entering the chamber of the House of Commons with an armed guard to arrest five of his leading parliamentary critics. With Charles ...