Alan Milburn is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 1992 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he served for five years in the Cabinet,first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1998 to 1999,and subsequently as Secretary of State for Health until 2003,when he resigned. He briefly rejoined the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in order to manage Labour's 2005 re-election campaign. He did not seek re-election in the 2010 election. Milburn was chair of the Social Mobility Commission from 2012 to 2017. Since 2015,he has been Chancellor of Lancaster University.
HartlepoolHART-lih-pool is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jonathan Brash of the Labour Party from 2024. The constituency covers the town of Hartlepool plus nearby settlements.
Iain David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 2004 to 2017,and served also as the Chairman of Business Innovation and Skills Committee. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for apprenticeships,and 14 to 19 reform in the Department for Children,Schools and Families until 11 May 2010.
Ribble Valley is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Maya Ellis,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.
Lancaster and Fleetwood was a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Keith Douglas Rowland Mans,,British Conservative Party politician.
Ian Lavery is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth and Ashington from 2024. He was previously the MP for Wansbeck from 2010 to 2024. Lavery served as the chair of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn from 2017 to 2020,and was the president of the National Union of Mineworkers from 2002 to 2010. He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus.
Stephen Paul Barclay is a British politician who served in various cabinet positions under prime ministers Theresa May,Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2018 and 2024,lastly as the Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Cambridgeshire since 2010 and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024.
The Northern Party was a regionalist political party in Northern England,founded by leader Michael Dawson and former Blackpool MP;Harold Elletson,in March 2015 to contest five marginal seats in Lancashire at the 2015 general election. The party was one of three regionalist parties contesting the general election in the north of England. Members included former activists from the Conservative,Labour,Liberal Democrat and Green parties.
The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was established in 1996 and was led by Arthur Scargill,a former Labour Party member and the former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers. The party's name highlights its commitment to socialism and acknowledges Clause IV of the Labour Party's former constitution,as fundamental to the party's identity. As of 2024,it is led by Jim McDaid.
The North East Party (NEP) is a regionalist political party in North East England founded in 2014 by a group of 16 people including the former Labour MP;Hilton Dawson,and 7 members of the FAIR party. The party campaigns for a better deal for North East England generally and was committed to a devolved assembly in the North East with powers similar to those in Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland,if approved by a referendum. It says bodies such as the North East Combined Authority do not have a mandate to take on new responsibilities and representatives must be directly-elected. Dawson stepped down as Chair of the party in June 2016 and was replaced by John Tait. Dawson remained active in the party taking on the role of Secretary and Nominating Officer.
Simon Antony Henig is a British politician,former leader of Durham County Council,and since 15 April 2014,chair of the North East Combined Authority (NECA).
Catherine Jane Smith is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood from 2015 until 2024 when the constituency was abolished,and was elected in the 2024 general election to the new constituency of Lancaster and Wyre. She was a member of the shadow cabinets led by Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State,previously Shadow Minister,for Young People and Democracy.
Michael Robert Hill is a former British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 2017 until his resignation in 2021.
Northumbria,in modern contexts,usually refers to the region of England between the Tees and Tweed,including the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham,but it may also be taken to be synonymous with North East England. The area corresponds to the rump lands of the historical Kingdom of Northumbria,which later developed into the late medieval county of Northumberland or Comitatus Northumbriae,whose original southern boundary was the River Tees. A provincial flag of Northumbria has been registered.
The Northern Independence Party (NIP) is a minor secessionist and democratic socialist party that seeks to make the region of Northern England an independent nation,under the name of Northumbria,after the medieval kingdom of the same name. The party,which was founded in October 2020 by the lecturer and former Labour activist Philip Proudfoot,currently has no elected representatives. It is led by David Heaven.
A by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Hartlepool in the former county of Cleveland,England,was held on 6 May 2021. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Mike Hill,who resigned over allegations of sexual harassment. It was held on 6 May 2021 alongside elections to the Borough Council,Tees Valley Mayor,and Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner.
