Halton is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire,North West England. The borough was created in 1974 and contains the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury,Hale,Halebank,Moore,Preston Brook,and Sandymoor. Since 1998,Halton Borough Council has been a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2014,it has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Stephen Twigg is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. He served as Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005,and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019.
Robert William Ainsworth is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015,and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the general election in 2010 he was the Shadow Defence Secretary,but was replaced by Jim Murphy following the election of Labour leader Ed Miliband.
Robert Nelson Wareing was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby from 1983 to 2010. Until 2007,he was a Labour MP but resigned the party whip following his deselection as the party's candidate for his constituency.
Sir Alan Campbell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tynemouth since 1997. He has served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury since July 2024.
Ian Colin Lucas is a British Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wrexham,Wales from 2001 to 2019. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Regulatory Reform in the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills from 2009 until Labour's defeat at the 2010 General Election.
Dame Siobhain Ann McDonagh is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitcham and Morden since 1997. She served as an Assistant Whip in the Labour Government,but was dismissed following comments regarding a leadership contest to replace prime minister Gordon Brown.
Christopher Shaun Ruane is a Welsh Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Clwyd from 1997 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019.
Gareth Richard Thomas is a British Labour politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow West since 1997. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services,Small Business and Exports since July 2024. Thomas served as Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for Trade,Investment and Consumer Affairs between 2008 and 2010. He was the Chair of the Co-operative Party from 2001 until 2019,and stands for election as a Labour and Co-operative candidate.
Michael Thomas Hall is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weaver Vale from 1997 to 2010.
Andrew Francis Slaughter is a British Labour Party politician who is currently serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hammersmith and Chiswick,and before that,Hammersmith and Ealing,Acton and Shepherd's Bush,since 2005. Prior to his election to Parliament,he had served as Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council.
Halton was a constituency in Cheshire,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 until 2024 by Derek Twigg of the Labour Party.
Sharon Hodgson is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Washington and Gateshead South since 2024,and previously for Washington and Sunderland West and Gateshead East and Washington West from 2005. A member of the Labour Party,she has chaired the Finance Committee since 2023.
Jessica Elizabeth Morden is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport East since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,she was General Secretary of Welsh Labour from 1999 until her election to Parliament.
Gordon James Oakes was a British Labour Party politician.
Ormiston Chadwick Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Widnes,Cheshire.
Paula Barker is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree since 2019. She served as the Shadow Minister for Devolution and the English Regions from September 2023 to November 2023.
Ian Robert Byrne is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby since 2019.
Widnes and Halewood is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The Member of Parliament elected in 2024 is Derek Twigg,who was formerly MP for Halton.
