Michael Jabez Foster is a British lawyer and Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye from 1997 to 2010,and served in government as a Minister for Equalities from 2009 to 2010.
The law officers are the senior legal advisors to His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom and devolved governments of Northern Ireland,Scotland and Wales. They are variously referred to as the Attorney General,Solicitor General,Lord Advocate,or Advocate General depending on seniority and geography –though other terms are also in use,such as the Counsel General for Wales. Law officers in these roles are distinguished by being political appointees,while also being bound by the duties of independence,justice and confidentiality among the other typical professional commitments of lawyers. These roles do not have any direct oversight of prosecutions nor do they directly lead or influence criminal investigations. This is a distinguishing factor between law officers and the state attorneys general of the United States or US Attorney General.
Islington South and Finsbury is a constituency created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Emily Thornberry of the Labour Party. Thornberry served as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2016 until 2020 and as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021 to 2024.
Eric George Molyneux Fletcher,Baron Fletcher,was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Emily Anne Thornberry,Lady Nugee is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. She served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021 until the 2024 UK general election,and previously from 2011 to 2014. Thornberry has also served in a number of other senior positions on Labour's front bench,namely as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2020,Shadow First Secretary of State from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2021.
City of Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Mary Kelly Foy of the Labour Party.
North Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Akehurst of the Labour Party.
Northampton North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lucy Rigby,a member of Labour. The constituency is a considered a bellwether,as it has reflected the national result at every general election since it was created in February 1974.
Helen Grant is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald from 2010 until 2024 when the constituency was abolished,and subsequently Maidstone and Malling since July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she succeeded Ann Widdecombe,who was first elected in 1987. She has served as Shadow Solicitor General since November 2024.
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz is a British Labour politician and former solicitor who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall and Bloxwich,previously Walsall South,since 2010. She served as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2016 to 2021 in the Shadow Cabinets of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer.
Sir Michael Tyrone Ellis is a British politician and barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales between September and October 2022,having previously served in the position from March to September 2021 during the maternity leave of Suella Braverman. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as Paymaster General from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister for the Cabinet Office from February to September 2022. Ellis served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North from 2010 to 2024.
Alexander Rigby was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1650. He was a colonel in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is a global law firm with headquarters in London,England and Sydney,Australia. HSF has been widely acknowledged as one of the world's most elite and selective law firms,and,as of 2024,was the 33rd largest by revenue. It was formed on 1 October 2012 by a merger between the United Kingdom-based Herbert Smith founded in 1882,then a member of the Silver Circle of leading UK law firms,and Freehills founded in 1852,one of the Big Six Australian law firms.
Lucy Elizabeth Allan is a British politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Telford from the 2015 general election,until standing down at the 2024 general election. Before being elected as an MP for the Conservative Party,she was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council from 2006 to 2012.
Lucy Claire Frazer is a British politician and barrister who served as Secretary of State for Culture,Media and Sport from February 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cambridgeshire from 2015 to 2024.
Charalambos "Bambos" Charalambous is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southgate and Wood Green,previously Enfield Southgate,since 2017. While in opposition he held a series of shadow ministry posts. He was suspended from the Labour Party during an investigation into a complaint against him between June 2023 and April 2024,but the complaint was not upheld.
Belinda Claire De Camborne Lucy is a British politician who has been Reform UK's Education and Families spokesperson since 2023. She was previously a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2019 to 2020. In the European Parliament,she was a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality,and part of the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
Peter Alexander Gibson is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from the 2019 general election until losing his parliamentary seat in the 2024 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Todd J. McCarthy is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement since September 22,2023. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party,McCarthy was elected in the 2022 provincial election to represent Durham in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Lucy Ann Scott-Moncrieff is a British lawyer and a former House of Lords commissioner for standards. She specialises in mental health and human rights law.
