Diane Julie Abbott is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016 to 2020. She is both the first black woman elected to parliament and the longest-serving black MP. Though she is a member of the Labour Party,she sits in the House of Commons as an independent,having had the whip suspended in April 2023.
The Maldivian Democratic Party is the first political party formed in the Republic of Maldives with a total membership of 53,139 individuals as of 11 July 2021. As of 2023 the party is the current governing party in the Maldives,after having secured safe majorities in both the presidency and parliament in 2018 and 2019. 2019 was the first time one party was able to secure a majority in parliament without forming a coalition.
Hedy Madeleine Fry,is a Trinidadian-Canadian politician and physician who is currently the longest-serving female Member of Parliament,winning ten consecutive elections in the constituency of Vancouver Centre including the 1993 election,when she defeated incumbent Prime Minister Kim Campbell.
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is a political party in Botswana. The BCP was founded in 1998 in a split from the Botswana National Front,with most of the BNF's sitting Members of Parliament joining the new party after a leadership dispute with Kenneth Koma. MPs who helped found the party included Michael Dingake,Gilson Saleshando,Paul Rantao,Maitshwarelo Dabutha,Isaac Mabiletsa and Vain Mamela. The BCP's first national conference was held in April 1999,before the general election in October 1999.
Brecon and Radnorshire is a county constituency in Wales of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1918,it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The constituency is represented by Fay Jones of the Conservative Party,who defeated incumbent Jane Dodds of the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election.
Abdu Katuntu is a Ugandan politician,lawyer currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Bugweri County,Bugweri District.
The National Assembly is the sole legislative body of Botswana's unicameral Parliament,of which consists of the President and the National Assembly. The House passes laws,provides ministers to form Cabinet,and supervises the work of government. It is also responsible for adopting the country's budgets. It is advised by the Ntlo ya Dikgosi,a council of tribal chiefs which is not a house of Parliament.
Candice Marie Bergen is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Portage—Lisgar in Manitoba from 2008 to 2023. Previously,she served as the interim leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of the Opposition from February 2,2022 to September 10,2022.
Nancy Tembo is a Malawian politician and serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Malawi Government since 2022. She is also a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Lilongwe City South West constituency in the National Assembly of the Republic of Malawi.
Gina Marie Raimondo is an American politician,lawyer,and venture capitalist who has served as the 40th United States Secretary of Commerce since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021,and is the first woman to serve in the role.
Grace O'Sullivan is an Irish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the South constituency since July 2019. She is a member of the Green Party,part of the European Green Party. She previously served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2016 to 2019.
Gladys Keitumetse Theresa Kokorwe is a Botswana politician who was the Speaker of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2019. She is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).
Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wealden in East Sussex since 2015. She currently serves as Minister of State for Industry in the Department for Business and Trade and the Cabinet Office. In January 2018,she became the first female Muslim minister to speak from the House of Commons despatch box.
Margaret Ann Throup is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erewash in Derbyshire since the 2015 general election. Prior to entering politics,Throup worked as a biomedical scientist and business consultant.
Tomasz Kmiec is a Polish-Canadian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament for Calgary Shepard in the House of Commons of Canada under the Conservative Party of Canada,first elected in 2015. He currently serves as Shadow Minister for Immigration,Citizenship and Refugees.
Julia Louise Lopez is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Minister of State for Media,Tourism and Creative Industries since February 2023,currently designated Minister on Leave since 9 May 2023 during her maternity leave. She has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster in Greater London since the 2017 general election.
General elections were held in Botswana on 23 October 2019 to elect MPs and local government councillors. Despite a high profile split in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in May 2019 when former President Ian Khama left the party and switched his support to the new Botswana Patriotic Front,the BDP's vote share increased to almost 53% as the party won 38 of the 57 elected seats in the National Assembly,a gain of one compared to the 2014 elections. The elections were the twelfth straight victory for the BDP.
General elections will be held in Botswana in 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as local councils across the country. Ever since the first election in 1965,the Botswana Democratic Party has held a majority of seats in the National Assembly and thus governed alone for 56 years without interruption making Botswana a dominant-party system.
