Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London,running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street,with around half a million daily visitors,and as of 2012 had approximately 300 shops. It is designated as part of the A40,a major road between London and Fishguard,though it is not signed as such,and traffic is regularly restricted to buses and taxis.
The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London,England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace;it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed,central projection of the palace containing the well-known balcony. In 1851,on the initiative of architect and urban planner Decimus Burton,a one-time pupil of John Nash,the arch was relocated to its current site,near the northeast corner of Hyde Park,so that expansion of Buckingham Palace could proceed.
Shirley,Lady Porter,styled between 1991 and 2003 as Dame Shirley Porter,is a British politician who led Westminster City Council in London,representing the Conservative Party. She is the daughter and heiress of Sir Jack Cohen,the founder of Tesco supermarkets. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991 by John Major after delivering victory in Westminster for the Conservatives in the 1990 elections,but was stripped of this title in 2003.
David Richard Caplan was a Canadian politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Oriole and Don Valley East from 1997 to 2011 and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2009.
Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London,England. The city is divided into 20 wards,each electing three councillors. The council is currently composed of 31 Labour Party members and 23 Conservative Party members. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities:Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council,St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council and Westminster Borough Council.
Christopher Laurie "Kit" Malthouse is a British politician and businessman who served as Secretary of State for Education from 6 September to 25 October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from July to September 2022. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Hampshire since 2015.
The Scottish Conservative &Unionist Party >is part of the UK Conservative Party active in Scotland,it is a centre right party. The party holds 31 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 6 out of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons in Westminster It has 209 Local Councillors of 1,227.
West End is a ward of the London borough of the City of Westminster,in the United Kingdom. The ward has existed since elections to Westminster City Council that took place on 4 May 1978. It is named after the West End of London,which covers a wider area. While it has a resident population of about 7,000,its daytime population is around 250,000 due to the high number of businesses in the area.
Craig Mackinlay is a Conservative Party politician and businessman. Since May 2015,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet.
The homes for votes scandal was a gerrymandering controversy involving the Conservative-led Westminster City Council in London. In marginal wards,the Council was starting to move the homeless elsewhere,and sell off council homes to groups who were more likely to vote Conservative. On investigation,the policy was ruled to be illegal,and it was revealed that some of the homeless had been rehoused in condemned accommodation. Former leader of the Council Dame Shirley Porter was found guilty of wilful misconduct and ordered to repay £36.1m. In view of her personal circumstances,a payment of £12.3 million was eventually accepted.
James Palmer is a former politician who was the first Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough between 2017 and 2021. As a councillor,he was previously leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council between May 2013 and May 2017. He was also a county councillor for the Soham and Fordham Villages electoral division of Cambridgeshire County Council between 2009 and 2017. Palmer was elected as the Conservative candidate on 4 May,2017,however lost the subsequent 6 May 2021 election to Labour Party candidate Nik Johnson and announced his retirement from politics.
Lee Benjamin Rowley is a British politician and former management consultant serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Derbyshire since 2017. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry between 2021 and 2022.
Robert Jonathan Davis is a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician. He was deputy leader of the Westminster City Council,and chairman of its planning committee for 17 years. He served as Lord Mayor of Westminster 1996-1997 and also chaired the London Mayors' Association between 1998 and 2016.
Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole Council is a unitary local authority for the district of Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole in England that came into being on 1 April 2019. It was created from the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch.
Nicola Jane Aiken is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cities of London and Westminster since 2019. She was the leader of Westminster City Council from 2017 to 2020.
The Marble Arch Mound or Marble Arch Hill was a temporary,25-metre-high (82 ft) artificial hill located next to Marble Arch in London,England. It had a viewing platform on the summit and an events space inside. The hill opened to the public on 26 July 2021,with a charge,but shortly afterwards it was briefly closed after complaints from the first visitors. It re-opened in August without an entrance fee. It remained open to the public until 9 January 2022,and was subsequently dismantled.
The 2022 Westminster City Councilelection took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Westminster City Council have been elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members to Exeter City Council in Devon,England. This was the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. 17 of the 39 seats were up for election,one councillor in each of the 13 wards,and 4 by-elections. These wards were last contested in 2018.
Little Venice is an electoral ward of the City of Westminster. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,633. The ward covers the area south of Maida Vale and north of Paddington,bound by the Westway,Edgware Road and Grand Union canal. The Regent's Canal runs through the ward to Little Venice basin,and it is served by Warwick Avenue station on the Bakerloo line,in addition to several bus routes running through the area. There are three primary schools,St Joseph's RC Primary School,St Saviour's CofE Primary School and Ark Paddington Green Primary Academy,and one GP surgery in the ward.
