Susan Veronica Kramer,Baroness Kramer PC is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 2005 to 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats,she was their Treasury Spokesperson from 2015 to 2017 and 2017 to 2019.
Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022. Full council meetings are generally held at Westminster Council House,also known as Marylebone Town Hall,and the council has its main offices at Westminster City Hall on Victoria Street.
Wimbledon is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2024,the seat has been held by Paul Kohler of the Liberal Democrats.
Brentford and Isleworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It forms the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow. Since 2015,it has been represented by Ruth Cadbury of the Labour Party.
Kingston and Surbiton is a constituency in Greater London created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Ed Davey,the Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Davey previously held the seat from 1997 until losing reelection in 2015 to Conservative James Berry.
Twickenham is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Munira Wilson of the Liberal Democrats.
The region of Greater London,including the City of London,is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies,affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
South West is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. It is represented by Gareth Roberts of the Liberal Democrats.
The Welsh Conservatives,also known as the Welsh Conservative Party,is the branch of the United Kingdom Conservative Party that operates in Wales. At Westminster elections,it is the second-most popular political party in Wales by vote share,having obtained the second-largest share of the vote at every general election since 1931. In Senedd elections,the Conservatives are currently the second-most supported party but have at times been third. As of 2024,they hold none of the 32 Welsh seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom,and 16 of the 60 seats in the Senedd.
An election to the Assembly of London took place on 1 May 2008,along with the 2008 London mayoral election. The Conservatives gained 2 seats,Labour gained one seat,the Liberal Democrats lost two seats,and UKIP were wiped out. Notably,a candidate for the British National Party (BNP) was elected for the first time.
Andrew Boff is a British politician who has been Chair of the London Assembly since 2023,and previously from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as a London-wide Assembly Member (AM) since the 2008 election. Boff served as Leader of the Conservatives in the London Assembly from June 2012 to October 2015.
Camden London Borough Council,also known as Camden Council,is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. The council meets at Camden Town Hall and has its main offices at 5 Pancras Square.
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council,also known as Richmond upon Thames Council,LBRUT or Richmond Council,is the local authority for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in London. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control since 2018. Although the borough is named after Richmond,the council meets at York House in Twickenham,and has its main offices in the adjoining Civic Centre.
Stephen Knight is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom who has previously been a member of the London Assembly for the Liberal Democrats.
The 2021 London Assembly election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the members of the London Assembly,alongside the 2021 London mayoral election. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally to be held on 7 May 2020,but on 13 March 2020 it was announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the sixth election since the Assembly was established in 2000. Due to the previous term being extended to 5 years,those elected would only serve a three-year term until the next election in 2024. The election was held on the same day in 2021 as other elections in the UK;the UK local elections,Scottish Parliament election,and Welsh Senedd election.
On 1 December 2016,a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Richmond Park. It was triggered by the resignation of the Conservative Member of Parliament Zac Goldsmith on 25 October 2016 over the Government's proposal for a third runway at the nearby Heathrow Airport. It was won by Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats,after a campaign focused on opposition to Brexit.
The 2022 London local elections took place on 5 May 2022,as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Mayoral elections took place in Hackney,Lewisham,Newham and Tower Hamlets,with Croydon electing a mayor for the first time following a local referendum in October 2021.
In the politics of England,a Liberal Democrat–Green Party alliance is an ad-hoc arrangement between candidates and elected representatives from the Liberal Democrats and Green Party to form a joint group on elected bodies or to field joint lists or candidates in elections.
In the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election,on 5 May 2022,all 70 members of Croydon London Borough Council,and the Mayor of Croydon,were up for election. The elections took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. Jason Perry of the Conservative Party narrowly won the mayoral election.
The 2022 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
