Stevenage is a constituency in Hertfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Kevin Bonavia,a member of the Labour Party.
Southend East and Rochford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Bayo Alaba,a member of the Labour Party.
Southend West and Leigh is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. In the 2024 general election the seat was won by David Burton-Sampson for Labour. It was previously held by Anna Firth who won the 2022 by-election,following the murder of the incumbent MP,David Amess.
Lewisham East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the by-election on 14 June 2018 by Janet Daby of the Labour Party.
Sir James Philip Duddridge,is a British politician and former banker. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochford and Southend East from 2005 to 2024. Duddridge previously held several ministerial positions under prime ministers David Cameron,Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
Conor Patrick McGinn is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens North from 2015 to 2024.
Rayleigh and Wickford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Mark Francois,a Conservative.
Claudia Naomi Webbe is a British former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East from 2019 to 2024. Elected to Parliament as a Labour MP in 2019,she sat as an Independent from 2021 until she lost her seat at the 2024 General Election.
Catherine Malloy Hollern is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 2015 to 2024. She was Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council from 2004 to 2007 and 2010 to 2015.
Victoria Jane Foxcroft is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham North,previously Lewisham Deptford,since 2015. She is a former trade union official and was a Member of Lewisham Council from 2010 to 2014.
Imran Hussain is a British independent,previously Labour politician,and barrister who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East since 2015.
Ruth Margaret Cadbury is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth since 2015. She was Shadow Minister for Prisons,Parole and Probation from 2023 until 2024. A former planning consultant,Cadbury previously served on the opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Housing from 2016 to 2017,Shadow Minister for Planning in 2021 and Shadow Minister for International Trade from 2021 to 2023.
Elections to Essex County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections. All 75 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions,which each returned either one or two councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
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.
Damien James Egan is a British Labour politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North East,previously Kingswood,since 2024. He was previously the Mayor of Lewisham in Greater London from 2018 to 2024.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Lewisham East on 14 June 2018,following the resignation of Labour MP Heidi Alexander. It was the second by-election held during the 57th UK Parliament,which was elected in June 2017.
Janet Jessica Daby is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East since 2018. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families since July 2024.
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.
A by-election was held on 3 February 2022 in the parliamentary constituency of Southend West following the murder of the Conservative MP Sir David Amess on 15 October 2021. Amess had been the MP for the constituency since 1997,and previously represented the nearby seat of Basildon from 1983 to 1997. Similarly to the 2016 Batley and Spen by-election—held after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered—the major opposition parties declined to stand out of respect for Amess. The Conservative candidate Anna Firth won the by-election with 86% of the vote,with a turnout of 24%. No other candidate reached the 5% threshold to save their election deposit.
The 2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Lewisham London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
