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Background 2019 election in the West Midlands. In the 2019 general election, the Conservatives won 44 seats in the region and Labour won 15. The 2024 battleground in the West Midlands are seats based in Birmingham, Coventry and Sandwell.
Keir Mather, Selby and Ainsty, 2023-present. Chris Matheson, City of Chester, 2015–present. Charles James Mathew, Whitechapel and St George's, 1922–23. James Maxton, Glasgow Bridgeton, 1922–31 [11] John Maxton, Glasgow Cathcart, 1979–2001. Michael Meacher, Oldham West, 1970–97; Oldham West and Royton, 1997–2015.
Longest ever serving female MP (non-continuous service). Chair of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy Former Foreign Secretary (2006–07), Deputy Labour Leader (1992–94), Labour Leader and Leader of the Opposition (1994). Previously served Oct 1974–79, and the only sitting MP elected in the October 1974 general election. 010
History Main articles: History of the Labour Party (UK) and History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom Origins and the Independent Labour Party (1860–1900) The original Liberty logo, in use until 1983. The Labour Party originated in the late 19th century, meeting the demand for a new political party to represent the interests and needs of the urban working class, a demographic ...
Angela Rayner. Angela Rayner ( née Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020, and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since 2023. Rayner has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne ...
Zarah Sultana (born 31 October 1993) [1] is a British politician who is a member of the Labour Party. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry South since the 2019 general election. She is on the left-wing of the Labour Party and is chair of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus. [2]
Founding of the party Background Main article: History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom The Labour Party's origins lie in the growth of the urban proletariat in the late 19th century and the extension of the franchise to working-class males, when it became apparent that there was a need for a political party to represent the interests and needs of those groups. Some members of ...
Sarah Ann Jones (born 20 December 1972) [1] is a British Labour Party politician. [2] She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon Central [3] since the 2017 general election. [4] [5] She currently serves as Shadow Minister for Industry and Decarbonisation as part of Labour's Shadow Department for Business and Trade team. [6]