Alistair Maclean Darling,Baron Darling of Roulanish,was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under prime minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2015,representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West.
John Robert Cryer,Baron Cryer,is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party,he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 1997 to 2005 and the MP for Leyton and Wanstead from 2010 to 2024. Cryer was Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2015 to 2024,and has been a lord-in-waiting in the House of Lords since 2024.
Lanark and Hamilton East was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,which was first used at the 2005 general election. It covered parts of the former Clydesdale,Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies,and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath,in Fife,Scotland,in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Rutherglen and Hamilton West was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,which was created for the 2005 general election. It covered almost all of the former constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen and most of the former constituency of Hamilton South,and it elected one member of parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
David Michael Gauke is a British political commentator,solicitor and former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019. He served in the Cabinet under Theresa May,most notably as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2018 to 2019. First elected as a Conservative,Gauke had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and until the dissolution sat as an independent politician.
The representation of women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom has been an issue in the politics of the United Kingdom at numerous points in the 20th and 21st centuries. Originally debate centred on whether women should be allowed to vote and stand for election as Members of Parliament. The Parliament Act 1918 gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as a Member of Parliament. The United Kingdom has had three female Prime Ministers:Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990),Theresa May (2016–2019),and Liz Truss (2022). The publication of the book Women in the House by Elizabeth Vallance in 1979 highlighted the under-representation of women in Parliament. In more modern times concerns about the under-representation of women led the Labour Party to introduce and,decades later,abandon all-women short lists,something which was later held to breach discrimination laws.
Rachel Jane Reeves is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West and Pudsey,formerly Leeds West,since 2010. She previously held various shadow ministerial and shadow cabinet portfolios between 2010 and 2015 and from 2020 to 2024.
Ross Thomson is a former Scottish Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 2017 to 2019. Thomson was the first Conservative MP elected for Aberdeen South since the 1992 general election,25 years earlier. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region from May 2016 until June 2017. He was elected to Aberdeen City Council in the 2012 local elections.
Shabana Mahmood is a British politician and barrister who has been serving as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010. Between 2010 and 2024 she held various shadow junior ministerial and shadow cabinet positions under leaders Ed Miliband,Harriet Harman,and Keir Starmer.
Catherine McKinnell is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North since 2010. She has served as Minister of State for School Standards since July 2024.
Anneliese Jane Dodds is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and public policy analyst serving as Minister of State for Development and Minister of State for Women and Equalities since July 2024. She previously served as Chair of the Labour Party from 2021 to 2024. She was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from April 2020 to May 2021,the first woman to hold the position,and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities from 2021 to 2024. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford East since 2017 and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2014 to 2017.
The 1979 Dissolution Honours List was issued in June 1979 following the general election of that year.
Eleanor Claire Reeves,Baroness Cryer,is a British barrister and politician who has served as Chair of the Labour Party and Minister without Portfolio since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has served as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and East Dulwich,formerly Lewisham West and Penge,since 2017. She previously served as Shadow Solicitor General from April 2020 to December 2021 and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation from 2021 to 2023.
Rachel Helen Maclean is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament for Redditch in Worcestershire from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she currently serves as its Deputy Chairman for Women. She has previously served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning and has held ministerial roles in the Department for Transport and Home Office.
Daniel Joseph Carden is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton since 2017.
Paul John Sweeney FIES is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party,he currently serves as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region in the 6th Scottish Parliament,elected in May 2021. He previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2017 to 2019.
Bethan Winter is a Welsh politician and former member of Welsh Labour,who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cynon Valley from 2019 to 2024.
Abena Oppong-Asare is a British Labour Party politician who has served as a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office since July 2024. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead in the 2019 general election. She and Bell Ribeiro-Addy,both elected in the 2019 general election,are the first female British Ghanaian MPs.
Leeds West and Pudsey is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is currently represented by Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party,who currently serves as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Keir Starmer.
