Southampton City Council is the local authority of the city of Southampton in the ceremonial county of Hampshire,England. Southampton has had a council since medieval times,which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council;it is independent from Hampshire County Council.
Southampton Test is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Satvir Kaur,a member of the Labour Party since 2024.
The 2000 Southampton Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
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.
The 2008 Southampton Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
The 2010 Southampton Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Royston Matthew Smith is a British Conservative Party politician and who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Itchen from 2015 to 2024,when he stood down. Smith was previously a councillor on the Southampton City Council. He received the George Medal for disarming a sailor who had killed a Royal Navy officer during Smith's 2011 visit to a submarine.
Alison Emily Thewliss is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central from the May 2015 general election until 2024.
Gillian Furniss is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough since 2016. She was a Member of Sheffield City Council from 1999 to 2016.
Preet Kaur Gill is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston since 2017. She served as Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health between 6 September 2023 and 4 July 2024.
The Southampton Independents was a minor political party of the United Kingdom based in the city of Southampton,Hampshire. The party campaigned on a wide range of local issues such as tower block fire safety after the Grenfell Tower tragedy,the failed Solent Devolution Deal and Elected Mayor,housing development and re-generation,the misuse of City Council finances and corruption including the tens of millions of pounds of public money spent on the Council's Arts Complex.
Elections to Southampton City Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2018,alongside nationwide local elections,alongside other local elections across the country. The elections saw no changes in the overall composition of the council,however saw seats being exchanged. The Labour Party lost Bitterne,Millbrook and Peartree to the Conservative party while the Conservatives lost Freemantle,Portswood and Swaythling to Labour. This led to the Labour leader of the council,Simon Letts,and the leader of the Conservative group in the city,Jeremy Moulton,losing their seats.
Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole Council,which styles itself BCP Council,is the local authority for Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole,a local government district in the ceremonial county of Dorset,England. The council is a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It is independent from Dorset Council,the unitary authority which administers the rest of the county. The district was created on 1 April 2019 by the merger of the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole,and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch.
Elections to Southampton City Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019,alongside other local elections across the country. The Labour Party held a narrow majority of two at the last election and the seats contested in this election were last contested in 2015. Labour were defending 6 seats,the Conservatives were defending 8,whilst independent councillors,who held two seats,were not standing re-elections. Following a by-election in the Coxford ward where Labour gained the seat formerly held by an independent.
This article lists the election results of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in UK elections.
The 2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on 5 May 2022,on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members,using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.
The 2022 Perth and Kinross Council election was held on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the 12 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,with 40 councillors elected. Each ward elects either 3 or 4 members - using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.
Thomas John Hayes is a British Labour Party politician who was elected MP for Bournemouth East in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
