Breckland is a local government district in Norfolk,England. Its council is based in Dereham,although the largest town is Thetford. The district also includes the towns of Attleborough,Swaffham and Watton,along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
South West Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Terry Jermy of the Labour Party. It was previously represented by Liz Truss of the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2024.
North West Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by James Wild,a Conservative.
Ipswich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since July 2024 by Jack Abbott of the Labour Party.
Mid Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by George Freeman,a Conservative.
South Norfolk is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament represented by Ben Goldsborough,a member of the Labour Party,after winning the seat in the 2024 general election.
Suffolk Coastal is a parliamentary constituency in the county of Suffolk,England,which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter,a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).
Shailesh Lakhman Vara is a Ugandan-British Conservative former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire from 2005 until 2024. He also served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022.
The Norfolk County Council election took place on 4 June 2009,coinciding with local elections for all county councils in England.
The Portillo moment was the declaration of the result for the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 United Kingdom general election,at 3:01am on 2 May 1997. The Labour Party candidate,Stephen Twigg,defeated the sitting MP,Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo. The result was perceived as a pivotal indication that the Conservatives would be voted out of office after 18 years and that Labour would win the election by a substantial majority.
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office,she stepped down amid a government crisis,making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. The member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 2010 to 2024,Truss held various Cabinet positions under three prime ministers—David Cameron,Theresa May and Boris Johnson—lastly as foreign secretary from 2021 to 2022.
Joyce Rebekah "Joy" Morrissey is an American-born British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield since 2019. She was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from November 2023 until July 2024. She has been Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero and an Opposition whip since July 2024.
Suzanne Webb is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Liz Truss from September to October 2022. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge from 2019 to 2024.
The 2021 Norfolk County Council election took place alongside the other 2021 local elections. 83 of the 84 seats to Norfolk County Council were elected. One seat,Sewell in Norwich,had its election delayed to June 17 after Eve Collishaw,the Conservative candidate,died during the election campaign
Hugh Richard O'Leary is a British accountant. He is married to Liz Truss,who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Liz Truss,the former Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk who served from 2010 to 2024. She also served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022,making her the shortest serving Prime Minister in history;Truss previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2021 to 2022.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Rishi Sunak,the Leader of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024. Sunak previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022,and was the MP for Richmond (Yorks) from 2015 to 2024. Following boundary changes,Sunak's seat was abolished,and was reformed as Richmond and Northallerton;first contested at the 2024 general election with Sunak as the Conservative candidate.
The 2023 Breckland District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Breckland District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The boundaries for this election were the same as those used in 2015 and 2019.
A by-election took place on 15 February 2024 in the UK Parliament constituency of Kingswood in South Gloucestershire. This followed the resignation of Conservative MP Chris Skidmore,in protest at the UK government's decision to issue more oil and gas licences. Skidmore announced his resignation on 5 January and it was effected three days later.
An election took place in the East Anglia constituency of South West Norfolk on 4 July 2024,as part of the 2024 general election. Liz Truss,the shortest-serving British prime minister in history,was standing for re-election as MP. On 2 July,a national poll of voters by Portland Communications had shown that Truss was the politician most people (28%) wanted to see lose their seat.
