John Reid,Baron Reid of Cardowan is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party,he has held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1999 to 2007,lastly as Home Secretary from 2006 to 2007. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2010,and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2010.
Julie Morgan is a Welsh Labour Party politician,who has been a Member of the Senedd for Cardiff North seat in the Senedd since the 2011 election. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010.
John David Cairns was a Scottish politician who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2005 to 2008. A member of Scottish Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverclyde,formerly Greenock and Inverclyde,from 2001 until his death in 2011.
Sir David Anthony Crausby is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton North East from 1997 to 2019.
James Dolan Cunningham is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry South from 1992 to 2019.
Maria Eagle is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Garston,previously Garston and Halewood,since 1997. She has served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry in the Ministry of Defence since July 2024. She served in the Shadow cabinets of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn.
Frank Doran was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1987 to 1992,when he lost his seat. He was re-elected in 1997 to Aberdeen Central,and most recently represented Aberdeen North. He was the husband of former Labour MP Dame Joan Ruddock.
David Hywel Francis was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party,he chaired the Welsh Affairs Committee from 2005 to 2010 and the Joint Committee on Human Rights from 2010 to 2015.
David Alan Keen was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston from 1992 until his death in 2011.
Patrick Hall is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1997 to 2010. He was re-selected by the Labour Party as their candidate in Bedford for the 2015 general election,but failed to be re-elected to Parliament.
Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier,known as Meg Hillier,is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch since 2005. Hillier was a junior government minister from 2007 until 2010 and was succeeded by Caroline Flint as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the Labour Party October 2011 reshuffle. She has been the chair of the Treasury Select Committee since 2024,having previously chaired the Public Accounts Committee from 2015 to 2024.
Emily Anne Thornberry,Lady Nugee is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. She served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021 until the 2024 UK general election,and previously from 2011 to 2014. Thornberry has also served in a number of other senior positions on Labour's front bench,namely as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2020,Shadow First Secretary of State from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2021.
Julia Anne Goldsworthy is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005 until 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats,she was narrowly defeated by 66 votes by the Conservatives in the new Camborne and Redruth constituency following boundary changes. In the House of Commons,she served as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Communities and Local Government. Afterwards,she worked as a special adviser.
Sir Michael Alan Penning is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemel Hempstead from 2005 to 2024.
Celia Anne Barlow is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hove from 2005 to 2010. She also worked as home news editor at the BBC.
Kathryn Sloan Clark,Baroness Clark of Kilwinning,is a British politician and life peer who has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.
The Abortion Act 1967 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised abortion in Great Britain on certain grounds by registered practitioners,and regulated the tax-paid provision of such medical practices through the National Health Service (NHS).
In the Parliament of the United Kingdom,Members of Parliament (MPs) can be suspended from sitting in the House of Commons by the Speaker for "disorderly conduct". The Speaker can order an MP removed from the house until the end of the day. The speaker more often "names" an MP.
The 2009 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 22 June 2009 following the resignation of Michael Martin as Speaker during the parliamentary expenses scandal. Martin was the first Speaker since Sir John Trevor in 1695 to be forced out of office. It was the first Speaker election since 11 May 2005,and the first contested election of a Speaker since 23 October 2000.
Melanie Onn is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she previously served as MP for Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019.
