The Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) is a minor Christian right political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in its present form in 1999,having grown out of a cross-party advocacy group called the Movement for Christian Democracy. The first leader of the party was Ram Gidoomal;Alan Craig took over from him in 2004 and resigned in 2012. He was replaced by Sidney Cordle,the party's current leader.
Timothy James Farron is a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2017. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2005 and is the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs. Before entering politics,he worked in higher education.
LGBT+ Labour,the Labour Campaign for Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual and Transgender Rights,is a socialist society related to the Labour Party in the United Kingdom. Originally called the Gay Labour Group,the purpose of this organisation is to campaign within the Labour Party and wider Labour movement to promote the rights of lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people,and to encourage members of the LGBT community to support the Labour Party.
Winston Truman McKenzie is a British political activist and perennial candidate for public office. He is currently a founder and leader of the Unity in Action Party. He has been a member of every major UK political party,and has stood as an independent or minor party candidate on numerous occasions without success.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Northern Ireland have traditionally been slower to advance than the rest of the United Kingdom,with the region having lagged behind England,Scotland,and Wales. Northern Ireland was the last part of the United Kingdom where same-sex sexual activity was decriminalised,the last to implement a blood donation “monogamous no waiting period”policy system for men who have sex with men and,after intervention by the Parliament of the United Kingdom,the last to allow same-sex marriage. Compared to the neighbouring Republic of Ireland,all major LGBT rights milestones had been reached earlier in Northern Ireland,with the exception of same-sex marriage. Homosexuality was decriminalised in Northern Ireland a decade earlier and civil partnerships were introduced six years earlier.
Craig Mackinlay is a Conservative Party politician and businessman. Since May 2015,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet.
Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 25.49%. Labour won all but one seat. The sole opposition councillor was Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance.
The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect the Mayor of London,on the same day as the London Assembly election. It was the fifth election to the position of mayor,which was created in 2000 following a referendum in Greater London. The election used a supplementary vote system.
Jane Maria Collins is a British politician and horse show-jumper who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2014 to 2019. She was elected in May 2014 as a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP),but defected to the Brexit Party in 2019 in the last months of her membership of the European Parliament.
William Milroy Etheridge is an English politician who was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands region. He was elected in 2014 as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate,but left the party in October 2018 and joined the Libertarian Party. He joined the Brexit Party in 2019 but rejoined UKIP in September 2020.
David Adam Coburn is a Scottish politician and businessman who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 2014 to 2019. A former member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP),Coburn was the leader of UKIP Scotland from July 2014 until December 2018.
Julia Gasper is an English independent academic specialising in early modern literature,and a right-wing political activist affiliated with the English Democrats. She formerly belonged to the UK Independence Party (UKIP). A vociferous critic of LGBT rights,she has generated controversy with comments widely deemed homophobic and transphobic.
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats is a British lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender and other sexual minorities equality group of the Liberal Democrats political party. The organisation is one of several Specified Associated Organisations,giving it special status within the party,and has been referred to as one of the "most important" of such groups. The group campaigns both within the party and UK-wide on LGBT+ issues,as well as mentoring and providing advice to the party's candidates.
Anne Marie Dorothy Waters is a far-right politician and activist in the United Kingdom. She founded and led the anti-Islam party For Britain until its dissolution in 2022. She is also the director of Sharia Watch UK,an organisation launched in April 2014. In January 2016,Waters launched Pegida UK in conjunction with activist Tommy Robinson and far-right politician Paul Weston.
The 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election was called following the resignation of Paul Nuttall as leader of the UK Independence Party on 9 June 2017,following the poor performance of the party in the 2017 general election. Former party chairman Steve Crowther was chosen three days later to serve as interim leader.
The For Britain Movement was a minor far-right political party in the United Kingdom,founded by the anti-Islam and "counter-jihad" activist Anne Marie Waters after she was defeated in the 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election.
The 2018 Newham London Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newham London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Carla Suzanne Denyer is a British politician who has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Adrian Ramsay since 1 October 2021. She has been a city councillor in Bristol since 2015. She is also noted for her lead role in bringing about Bristol City Council's declaration of a climate emergency in 2018,which was the first in Europe.
