Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory,and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council defines the borough as the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury,Rowley Regis,Smethwick,Tipton,Wednesbury and West Bromwich. Rowley Regis includes the towns of Blackheath and Cradley Heath.
Mark Gino Francois is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rayleigh and Wickford since 2001. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Defence since 2024.
Christopher Michael Leslie is a British business executive and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party,he defected to form Change UK and later became an independent politician.
Christopher Heaton-Harris is a British former politician who served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from September 2022 to July 2024,and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from February to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry from 2010 to 2024.
James Fitzpatrick is a British politician and former firefighter who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 to 2019,for Poplar and Canning Town until 2010 and for Poplar and Limehouse until his retirement. He is a member of the Labour Party.
Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 2010 to 2019. He was a member of the Conservative Party until 2019.
Halesowen and Rowley Regis was a House of Commons constituency in the West Midlands represented in the UK Parliament from 1997 until 2024.
Anna Mary Soubry is a British barrister,journalist and former politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe from 2010 to 2019. Known for her support of pro-European policies,she was originally elected as a Conservative but left the party to join Change UK in 2019.
Nigel Hastilow is a journalist,author,businessman and politician. He is a former editor of the Birmingham Post and was Conservative Party candidate for Birmingham Edgbaston in the 2001 general election. In April 2007,Hastilow was selected a prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for the Conservative Party for the Halesowen and Rowley Regis constituency but was deselected after he received criticism about a newspaper column he wrote for the Express &Star which included the statement "Enoch Powell was right",sparking a national controversy about immigration and racism.
Matthew James Offord is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hendon in North London from 2010 to 2024. He was previously a member of the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa Governing Council.
Anne Marie Morris is a former British Conservative politician and lawyer,who represented Newton Abbot as a Member of Parliament (MP) between May 2010 and May 2024. During her 14 year term in office,she twice lost the party whip for a period of nine months between July and December 2017,and then again between January and May 2022.
Sir Mark Steven Spencer is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Food,Farming and Fisheries between 2022 and 2024. He previously served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from February to September 2022 and as Chief Whip from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sherwood from 2010 until 2024,when he lost his seat in the 2024 General election.
Localis is an independent think tank that promotes neo-localist ideas. It was founded in 2001 and is currently based in Westminster,United Kingdom. Its research programme is guided by the concept of neo-localism which it describes as giving places and people more control over the effects of globalisation.
Gregory David Clark is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2016 to 2019. He also was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities from July to September 2022. Later,he was the Chair of the Science,Innovation and Technology Select Committee. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells from 2005 until 2024.
Susan Mary Hayman,Baroness Hayman of Ullock is a British politician and life peer who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2015 to 2019. Hayman served as an Opposition Whip from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities from 2016 to 2017,then as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019 and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2020.
Major James Stephen Heappey is a British politician and former soldier who served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wells in Somerset from 2015 to 2024.
Michael Jon Wood is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire since July 2024. Prior to this he served as MP for Dudley South from May 2015 until the constituency's dissolution. He has been Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since November 2024,and was Shadow Minister for Business and Trade and an Opposition whip from July to November 2024.
Stephanie Louise Peacock is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley South,previously Barnsley East,since 2017. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport,Media,Civil Society and Youth since July 2024.
Lee Benjamin Rowley is a British politician and former management consultant who has served as Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition since November 2024. He previously served as Minister of State for Housing,Planning and Building Safety from November 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Derbyshire from 2017 to 2024. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety between October 2022 and November 2023.
Halesowen is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The constituency is named after the town of Halesowen.
