Withington is a suburb of Manchester,Greater Manchester,England. Historically part of Lancashire,it lies 4 miles (6.4 km) from Manchester city centre,about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) south of Fallowfield,0.5 miles (0.8 km) north-east of Didsbury and also 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Withington has a population of just over 14,000 people,reducing at the 2011 census to 13,422.
Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015;the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005,2018,and 2019 to 2022;the Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2004 and 2018 to 2019,and the Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2015 and 2019 to 2021.
Manchester Withington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jeff Smith of Labour.
Jeff Smith is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington since 2015,Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since 2024.
John Robert Louis Lee,Baron Lee of Trafford,DL is a British Liberal Democrat politician,who has sat as a life peer since 2006.
Frederick John Silvester is a retired British Conservative Party politician.
His Excellency Mahinda Buddhadasa Samarasinghe is a former MP and the current Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States and Mexico and High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago.
Abdul Rauff Hibbathul Hakeem is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament,representing the Kandy electorate since 2010. Hakeem is the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC),and a member of the United National Front for Good Governance.
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma is a Sri Lankan politician and founder and current leader of the Freedom People's Congress. Alahapperuma is also a former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a current Member of Parliament from the Matara District.
Wijeyadasa Rajapakse,MP,PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Justice from 2022 to 2024 and from 2015 to 2017. He was the prime minister's nominee for the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka.
Basil Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan-American politician. He is a former Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for the national list.
The 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka,with the membership determined by the results of the 2010 parliamentary election held on 8 and 20 April 2010. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2010 and was dissolved on 26 June 2015.
James Stephen Wharton,Baron Wharton of Yarm is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for his home constituency of Stockton South from the 2010 general election,until losing his seat in the 2017 general election. Wharton was appointed Minister for the Northern Powerhouse after his re-election in 2015 and moved to a ministerial position in the Department for International Development by Theresa May in 2016. In September 2020,he took his seat as a member of the House of Lords,taking the title Baron Wharton of Yarm.
Dame Karen Anne Bradley is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands since 2010 and the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee since 2024. She served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019.
The 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka,with the membership determined by the results of the 2004 parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2004 and was dissolved on 9 February 2010.
Sundaram Perumal Rajadurai is a Sri Lankan attorney-at-law,politician and former member of parliament.
Ramaiah Yogarajan is a Sri Lankan engineer,politician and former Member of Parliament.
The Christie,formerly known as Christie Hospital and The Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute,is a specialist National Health Service oncology hospital in Manchester,England. It is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe. It is managed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust,which as of 2024 had a turnover of £472 million and around 3,500 staff,and its work is also supported by The Christie Charity.
Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah is a Sri Lankan politician,MP and state minister. He was a minor presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential elections.
Abdul Rauff Abdul Hafeez is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.
