Martin Bell,is a British UNICEF Ambassador,a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in the white suit".
The Maastricht Rebels were British Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government of Prime Minister John Major in a series of votes in the House of Commons on the issue of the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty in British law.
Alan James Beith,Baron Beith,is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst,Baron Haselhurst,,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017,having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to February 1974. Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010,and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014. The oldest Conservative MP to stand down at the 2017 general election,he was created a life peer on 22 June 2018,sitting in the House of Lords as Baron Haselhurst.
Graham Stuart Brady,Baron Brady of Altrincham,,is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the chairman of the 1922 Committee from 2010 to 2024,except for a brief period during the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
Jane Ann,Lady Winterton is a retired British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Congleton from 1983 to 2010. She is married to Sir Nicholas Winterton,also a former Conservative MP.
Sir Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cotswolds,formerly Cirencester and Tewkesbury,since 1992.
Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich and North Essex,previously Colchester North,since 1992. He also serves as chair of the Liaison Committee.
David Alan Keen was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston from 1992 until his death in 2011.
Sir William David Wiggin is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Herefordshire,previously Leominster,from 2001 to 2024.
Congleton is a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Russell of the Labour Party.
Macclesfield is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Tim Roca,a member of the Labour Party.
Philip Thomas Hollobone is a British Conservative Party politician and former investment banker. He was the Member of Parliament for Kettering from the 2005 general election to the 2024 general election.
Arthur Vere Harvey,Baron Harvey of Prestbury,was a senior Royal Air Force officer and a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 26 years.
Sir John Daniel Wheeler is a British Conservative politician who served as Security Minister in Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal that emerged in 2009,concerning expense claims made by members of the British Parliament in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords over the previous years. The disclosure of widespread misuse of allowances and expenses permitted to members of Parliament (MPs) aroused widespread anger among the UK public and resulted in a large number of resignations,sackings,de-selections and retirement announcements together with public apologies and the repayment of expenses. Several members,and former members,of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords were prosecuted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
Colonel Robert Alexander Stewart is a British politician and former soldier. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Beckenham from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he also is a former British Army officer and United Nations commander in Bosnia,commentator,author and public speaker.
Graham Thomas Evans,Baron Evans of Rainow is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weaver Vale in Cheshire from 2010 until 2017. A member of the Conservative Party,he was appointed to the House of Lords in 2022.
The election for the 158th Speaker of the House of Commons took place on 4 November 2019. Lindsay Hoyle was elected with 325 votes in the final ballot,out of a total of 540 votes cast.
