Newport City Council is the governing body for Newport,one of the principal areas of Wales. It consists of 51 councillors,who represent the city's 20 wards.
Michael James German,Baron German is a British politician,serving currently as a member of the House of Lords and formerly as a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the South Wales East region. He was leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2008. In 1996,he was awarded an OBE for his public and political service.
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson,Baroness Randerson is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is a former junior minister in the Wales Office serving in the Cameron–Clegg coalition. Prior to her peerage she was an Assembly Member for Cardiff Central from 1999 to 2011 when she served in the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000–2003 Welsh Assembly Government.
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is the governing body for Blaenau Gwent,one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner,Baroness Gardner of Parkes,was an Australian-born British dentist and Conservative member of the House of Lords,in which she served for over 40 years. She was the first Australian woman to have been elevated to the peerage,and was the senior life peer in the House of Lords at the time of her death.
Meral Hussein Ece,Baroness Hussein-Ece,is a British Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to be a member of either house of Parliament after she was appointed a Liberal Democrat working peer on 28 May 2010. She was the Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman for Equalities from 2015 until 2016,under leader Tim Farron.
Veronica Kathleen German,Baroness German is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician who was a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the South Wales East region between 2010 and 2011.
Judith Vivienne Blake,Baroness Blake of Leeds is a British Labour politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords since 2021. She serves on the opposition front bench as a Shadow Spokesperson for Housing,Communities and Local Government and an Opposition Whip.
The 2018 Welsh Labour deputy leadership election took place from 16 February to 21 April 2018. It followed a review in the Welsh Labour Party which for the first time formalised the role of Deputy Leader. As the then leader Carwyn Jones was male,only women were eligible to stand for the role of deputy.
The Newport Independents Party is a small political party formed in 2017 to campaign in the city of Newport,Wales. The party won three council seats on Newport City Council in May 2022.
Events from the year 2019 in Wales.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Newport West in south Wales on 4 April 2019,following the death of Labour Party MP Paul Flynn. Labour nominated the trade unionist Ruth Jones,who held the seat for the party with 40% of the vote and a reduced majority. The Conservative candidate Matthew Evans came second with 31% of the vote,followed by Neil Hamilton,the UKIP candidate,on 8%. This was the third parliamentary by-election held during the 57th UK Parliament,which was elected at the 2017 general election.
Peter Alan Fox OBE is a British Conservative politician who is the Shadow Minister for Finance in the Senedd. Fox was Leader of Monmouthshire County Council from 2008 until May 2021,when he was elected as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Monmouth constituency.
The 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the July 2019 resignation of the Prime Minister,Theresa May. The life peerages and other honours were issued as two separate lists by the Cabinet Office on 10 September 2019,while the honours were gazetted as one list on 28 October 2019.
The Climate and Nature Bill,formerly promoted as the Climate and Ecology Bill,is a private member's bill before the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed at tackling the climate crisis and environmental disaster.
The 2022 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect 56 members to Wrexham County Borough Council,the principal council of Wrexham County Borough,Wales. On the same day,elections were held to the other 21 local authorities,and community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous Wrexham County Borough all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years,with the next scheduled for 2027.
Sharon Jane Taylor,Baroness Taylor of Stevenage,,is a British politician and life peer. She has been a member of Stevenage Borough Council in Hertfordshire since 1997,and was the leader of the council from 2006 to 2022.
The 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election took place between February and March 2024 to select Mark Drakeford's successor as leader of Welsh Labour,who in turn would become First Minister of Wales. Drakeford announced his resignation and retirement on 13 December 2023,five years after his election. Voting began in February 2024 with the new leader announced on 16 March 2024. Vaughan Gething won the election with 51.7% of the vote. The next scheduled Senedd election is due on or before 7 May 2026.
Jane Mudd is a Welsh politician for the Labour and Co-operative Party,serving as Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner since 2024,and Newport City Councillor for Malpas since 2012. She is also the outgoing Leader of Newport City Council,having announced she will resign at the Council's AGM on 21 May 2024.
