Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party 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 and is an advisor to the Privy Council. She was the first black woman elected to parliament and is the longest-serving black MP.
Dame Karen Patricia Buck is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster North,previously Regent's Park and Kensington North,from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she served as a Member of Westminster City Council from 1990 to 1997.
Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier,known as Meg Hillier,is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch since 2005. Hillier was a junior government minister (2007–10) and was succeeded by Caroline Flint as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the Labour Party October 2011 reshuffle. She chaired the Public Accounts Committee from 2015 until 2024.
Edward Samuel Miliband is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliband was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition between 2010 and 2015. Alongside his brother,Foreign Secretary David Miliband,he served in the Cabinet from 2007 to 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Mary Helen Creagh is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry East since 2024,having previously served as MP for Wakefield from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature since July 2024.
Laura Jane Sandys is a former chair of the European Movement UK,and a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet between 2010 and 2015.
Harriet Bronwen Yeo is a British trade unionist,a former Treasurer and President of Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA),and a UK Independence Party (UKIP) politician who stood unsuccessfully for parliament in Folkestone and Hythe at the 2015 general election.
Matthew Alan Oakeshott,Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay,is a British investment manager and member of the House of Lords,formerly sitting in Parliament as a Liberal Democrat.
Pamela Ann Catherine Nash is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Motherwell,Wishaw and Carluke since 2024. She is currently the Chief Executive of Scotland in Union,a campaign group launched in March 2015 to help keep Scotland within the United Kingdom. Between 2010 and 2015 she was the Labour MP for Airdrie and Shotts.
Lilian Rachel Greenwood is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010,and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads since July 2024.
Emma Elizabeth Reynolds is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she previously served as MP for Wolverhampton North East from 2010 to 2019. She has served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions since July 2024.
Elizabeth Louise Kendall is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West since 2010.
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British former Labour and Co-op politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South from 2011 to 2024. He had served as Shadow Paymaster General from September 2023. Having lost his seat at the 2024 general election,he was appointed chief executive of the Labour Together thinktank.
Lucy Maria Powell is a British politician who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central since 2012.
The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. It was the first of three general elections to be held under the rules of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 and was the last general election to be held before the United Kingdom voted to end its membership of the European Union (EU) in June 2016. Local elections took place in most areas of England on the same day and is to date the most recent general election to coincide with local elections. The governing Conservative Party,led by Prime Minister David Cameron,won an unexpected victory;opinion polls and political commentators had predicted that the results of the election would cause a second consecutive hung parliament whose composition would be similar to the previous Parliament,which was in effect from the previous national election in 2010. However,opinion polls underestimated the Conservatives,as they won 330 of the 650 seats and 36.9 per cent of the votes,giving them a majority of ten seats.
Jessica Redmond-Withey Asato is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lowestoft since 2024. She was a member of Islington Borough Council from 2010 to 2013.
Eleanor Anna "Elly" Baker is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since 2021. She worked as an organiser for the National Education Union.
The 2022 Hackney London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 57 members of Hackney London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place alongside the election for the mayor of Hackney,local elections in the other London boroughs,and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It took place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly,some local council by-elections in London and regular local elections elsewhere in England and Wales. Following the Elections Act 2022,voting in this election took place under the first-past-the-post system for the first time,replacing the supplementary vote system. The results of the election were announced on 4 May 2024.
Jennifer Craft is a British Labour Party politician and former civil servant who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock since 2024.
