Adrian Mark Sanders is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Torbay in Devon from 1997 until his defeat in the 2015 general election.
Wimbledon is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2005,the seat has been held by Stephen Hammond of the Conservative Party.
North Cornwall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Scott Mann,a Conservative since the 2015 general election. Like all British constituencies,the seat elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. The seat was created in 1918. Since 1950,the constituency has been held by MPs from either the Conservative Party or the Liberal Democrats.
Gregory Thomas Mulholland is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the MP for Leeds North West.
Robert Owen Biggs Wilson is an English politician and political author. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election,being re-elected in the elections of 2010 and 2015,before being defeated in 2017. He became Minister for Civil Society in the Cabinet Office on 27 September 2014.
Martin Charles Horwood is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented South West England in the European Parliament from 2019 to 2020. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Cheltenham from 2005 to 2015.
Daniel John Rogerson is a Cornish-British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall from the 2005 general election until his defeat at the 2015 general election. In October 2013,he became the Liberal Democrat Minister at the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs,holding the office until losing his Parliamentary seat to Conservative candidate Scott Mann.
Anne Margaret Main is a Conservative Party politician who formerly served as the Member of Parliament for St Albans in Hertfordshire. She was elected at the general election of 2005,and was re-elected in 2010,2015 and 2017. She lost her seat to Daisy Cooper,a Liberal Democrat,at the 2019 general election.
Jennifer Nancy Willott OBE is a British politician. She was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central from 2005 to 2015. Willott became a junior minister in the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills and Government Equalities Office in December 2013,temporarily standing in for Jo Swinson while she was on maternity leave [ambiguous sentence]. She was the first woman and first Liberal Democrat to represent her seat. Willott was a councillor in the London Borough of Merton from 1998 to 2000.
Mark James Hunter is a British Liberal Democrat politician and leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council who became Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at a 2005 by-election. At the 2015 general election,Hunter lost his seat to Mary Robinson of the Conservative Party. Since 19 May 2022,Hunter has served as the leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. As leader he is also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is the combined authority's portfolio holder for Children and Young People.
St Austell and Newquay is a constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Steve Double,a Conservative. It is on the South West Peninsula of England,bordered by both the Celtic Sea to the northwest and English Channel to the southeast.
Cornwall is administered as a county of South West England whose politics are influenced by a number of issues that make it distinct from the general political scene in the wider United Kingdom,and the political trends of neighbouring counties. Its position on the geographical periphery of the island of Great Britain is also a factor.
The region of South West England has,since the 2010 general election,55 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 15 borough constituencies and 40 county constituencies. At that election the Conservative Party held the largest number of constituencies,with 36. The Liberal Democrats had 15 and Labour had 4. At the 2015 general election the Liberal Democrats lost all of their seats,while the Conservatives gained one seat from Labour,leaving the Conservatives with 51 and Labour with 4. In the 2017 general election,the Conservatives remained,by far,the largest party with 47 seats,though losing three to Labour,who won 7,and one to the Liberal Democrats,who won 1. In the 2019 general election,the Conservatives increased their number of seats to 48 by regaining Stroud from Labour,who held their other six seats,while the Liberal Democrats retained their sole seat in Bath.
Truro and St Austell was a county constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from its 1997 creation to its 2010 abolition by Matthew Taylor of the Liberal Democrats,who was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords following his service as a Member of Parliament (MP). The constituency elected one MP by the first past the post system of election.
Caroline Anne Righton,is an English television presenter and author,best known for being a presenter on the daily breakfast television station TV-am and being an anchor of the Channel 4 news show,The Channel Four Daily.
Devonwall is a jocular name used in 2010 for a possible constituency that would combine parts of Devon and Cornwall and would be represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Mary Josephine Robinson is a British Conservative politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at the 2015 general election.
Stephen Daniel Double is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Austell and Newquay since 2015. He served as a junior Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 28 October 2022 to 13 November 2023.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall:Cornwall –ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea,to the south by the English Channel,and to the east by the county of Devon,over the River Tamar. Cornwall is also a royal duchy of the United Kingdom. It has an estimated population of half a million and it has its own distinctive history and culture.
