Sir Christopher Robert Chope is a British barrister and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in Dorset since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party,he was first elected in 1983 for Southampton Itchen,but lost this seat in 1992 to Labour. He returned to Parliament in 1997 and has remained an MP ever since. A Brexit advocate,Chope has been supportive of Leave Means Leave,a Eurosceptic pressure group.
Wantage is a constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Conservative MP David Johnston.
Banbury,also informally known as Banbury and North Oxfordshire,is a constituency in Oxfordshire created in 1553 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Victoria Prentis of the Conservative Party. She currently serves as Attorney General for England and Wales.
Cardiff South and Penarth is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Stephen Doughty,a Labour Co-op MP. It is the largest such entity in Wales,with an electorate of 75,175 and one of the most ethnically diverse.
Witney is a county constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2016 by Robert Courts of the Conservative Party. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election,and was created for the 1983 general election.
Poole is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Robert Syms,a Conservative.
Tobias Martin Ellwood is a British Conservative Party politician and soldier who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth East since 2005. He chaired the Defence Select Committee from 2020 to 2023,and was a Government Minister at the Ministry of Defence from 2017 to 2019. Prior to his political career,Ellwood served in the Royal Green Jackets and reached the rank of captain. He transferred to the Army Reserve and was briefly promoted to the acting rank of lieutenant colonel in the 77th Brigade.
Sir Conor Burns is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Minister of State for Trade Policy from 2019 to 2020 and again in 2022 and Minister of State for Northern Ireland from 2021 to 2022.
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax is a British Conservative Party politician,landowner and former journalist serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset since 2010.
Sir Michael Tyrone Ellis is a British politician and barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales between September and October 2022,having previously served in the position from March to September 2021 during the maternity leave of Suella Braverman. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as Paymaster General from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister for the Cabinet Office from February to September 2022. Ellis has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North since 2010.
Following the resignation of the sitting MP Alun Michael on 22 October 2012,a by-election for the Cardiff South and Penarth Westminster constituency was held on 15 November 2012.
Kelly Jane Tolhurst is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party,she served as Minister of State for Schools and Childhood from September to October 2022.
Alun Craig Williams is a British politician who has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister since October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 2015 to 2017,when he was defeated for reelection by Labour's Anna McMorrin. At the 2019 general election,Williams was elected as the MP for Montgomeryshire.
On 20 October 2016,a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Witney. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament.
Robert Alexander Courts is a British Member of Parliament and barrister who has served as Chair of the Defence Select Committee since 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been MP for Witney since 2016. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport in the Johnson government from 2020 to 2022.
Dehenna Sheridan Davison is a British Conservative Party politician and former broadcaster. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop Auckland since the 2019 general election. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up between September 2022 and September 2023.
Christian Wakeford is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury South since the 2019 United Kingdom general election. Elected as a Conservative,he crossed the floor to Labour in 2022.
Richard John Holden is a British politician who has been Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio since November 2023. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham since the 2019 general election. He is the first Conservative MP in the constituency's history. Holden served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport from October 2022 to November 2023.
Matthew Alexander Vickers is a British politician serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton South since 2019. Vickers was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in July 2022.
