Howard Geoffrey Alvan Stoate is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Dartford constituency in Kent from 1997 to 2010.
Old Bexley and Sidcup is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1983 creation. Its first Member of Parliament (MP) was former Prime Minister Edward Heath,who previously represented Bexley (1950–1974) and Sidcup (1974–1983). The seat has been held since a 2021 by-election by Louie French of the Conservative Party,following the death of incumbent James Brokenshire.
Vauxhall was a constituency in London. It was represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by members of the Labour Party for the whole of its creation from 1950 until its abolition for the 2024 general election.
Dartford is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jim Dickson of the Labour Party since 2024. It is the constituency that,in the entire UK,has longest been a bellwether:the party of the winning candidate has gone on to form the government at every UK general election since 1964. Candidates for the largest two parties nationally have polled first and second since 1923 in Dartford.
James Peter Brokenshire was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he served in Theresa May's cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2018 and then as Secretary of State for Housing,Communities and Local Government from 2018 to 2019. He also served as a minister at the Home Office under David Cameron and Boris Johnson. Brokenshire was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 2005 to 2010,and for Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2010 until his death in 2021.
Lambeth London Borough Council is elected every four years.
Bexley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Bexley district of what is now south-east London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Gareth Andrew Bacon is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington since 2019. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing from November 2023 to July 2024. He has been Shadow Minister for London and a Shadow Minister for Justice since July 2024.
Lambeth London Borough Council,which styles itself Lambeth Council,is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of the 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2006. The council meets at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton and has its main offices at the nearby Civic Centre.
Coldharbour ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth from 2002 to 2022. It is located in Brixton. The ward was replaced in 2022 by Brixton Acre Lane,Brixton Rush Common,Brixton Windrush,Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction,and Brixton North.
Gareth Alan Johnson is a British politician and former lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative party,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022 in the Truss ministry. Johnson previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.
Steven Mark Ward Reed is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham and Croydon North,formerly Croydon North since 2012.
The 2014 Lambeth Council election was held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Lambeth Borough Council in Greater London,England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Labour Party further increase its majority on the council,winning all but four of the 63 council seats.
The London Conservativesare the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.
Peter Timothy Fortune is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Biggin Hill since the 2024 general election. He previously served as the member of the London Assembly (AM) for Bexley and Bromley from 2021 to 2024.
The 2022 Bexley London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. 45 members of Bexley 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.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup on 2 December 2021,following the death of the sitting member of parliament,James Brokenshire,who had been the Conservative MP for the constituency since 2010. The by-election was the fifth of the 58th Parliament,which was elected in 2019.
The 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Lambeth 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.
Louie Thomas French is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Bexley and Sidcup since the 2021 by-election. He was a councillor on Bexley London Borough Council from 2014 until 2022.
Daniel Francis is a British Labour Party politician who has been MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford since 2024. He served on Bexley Council as the councillor for the Belvedere ward from 2000 to 2010,and 2014 to 2024.
