Related Research Articles
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, and also known colloquially as the Tories or simply the Conservatives, is a political party in the United Kingdom. Ideologically, the Conservatives sit on the centre-right of the British political spectrum. The Conservatives have been in government since 2010 and as of 2019, hold an overall majority in the House of Commons with 364 Members of Parliament. The party also has 245 unelected members of the House of Lords, 8 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 11 members of the Welsh Parliament and 7,430 local authority councillors.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a centre-right federal political party in Canada.
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fifth-largest party in the National Council, with 28 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 13 seats. It has one seat, that of Viola Amherd, on the Swiss Federal Council.
The leader of the Official Opposition, formally known as the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, is the politician who leads the Official Opposition in Canada, typically the leader of the party possessing the most seats in the House of Commons of Canada that is not the governing party or part of the governing coalition. The current Opposition leader is Erin O'Toole, who took office following his election as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada on August 24, 2020.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 election and maintaining a majority in the 2019 election.
The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms government in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Premier Stephen McNeil. It has held power in the province since the 2013 election, and the current government led by Stephen McNeil was the first in Nova Scotia to win 2 consecutive majorities since the government of John Buchanan, after the victory in the 2017 Nova Scotia election.
Errick French Willis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the province's Conservative Party between 1936 and 1954, and was responsible for beginning and ending the party's alliance with the Liberal-Progressive Party. He also served as Manitoba's 15th Lieutenant Governor between 1960 and 1965.
The Conservative Party is a liberal-conservative political party in Norway. It is the major party of the Norwegian centre-right, and the leading party in the governing Solberg cabinet. The current party leader is the Prime Minister Erna Solberg. The party is a member of the International Democrat Union and an associate member of the European People's Party.
Winston Churchill formed the third Churchill ministry in the United Kingdom after the 1951 general election. He was reappointed as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George VI and oversaw the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952 and her coronation.
Like many other U.S. states, the politics of Oregon largely concerns regional issues. Oregon leans Democratic as a state, with both U.S. Senators from the Democratic party, as well as four out of Oregon's five U.S. Representatives. The state has voted Democratic, by relatively small margins, since 1988 in presidential elections. Both houses of Oregon's legislative assembly have been under Democratic control since the 2012 elections.
Compton was a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
The National Conservative Party existed in South Africa between 1954 and 1957. It was led by Bailey Bekker, after he and others split from the United Party.
Phil McColeman is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Brant in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He currently represents the riding of Brantford—Brant.
The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 14 May 1954, with one third of the council up for election.
The 1954 Liverpool West Derby by-election was held on 18 November 1954 after the incumbent Conservative MP, David Maxwell Fyfe was elevated to a hereditary peerage. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate John Woollam.
The 1954 Sutton and Cheam by-election was held on 4 November 1954 due to the resignation of the Conservative MP Sydney Marshall. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Richard Sharples.
The Aldershot by-election was held on 28 October 1954 when the Incumbent Conservative MP, Oliver Lyttelton was elevated to a new hereditary peerage, as Viscount Chandos. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate Eric Errington.
The Haltemprice by-election was held on 11 February 1954. It was held due to the elevation to a hereditary peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Richard Kidston Law. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate, Patrick Wall.
The 1954 Arundel and Shoreham by-election was held on 9 March 1954. It was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Cuthbert. It was retained by the Conservative candidate, Henry Kerby.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1955. After the election, the composition of the council was:
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ "1954 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
   | This by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |