Lambeth is a London borough in South London,England,which forms part of Inner London. Its name was recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha and in 1255 as Lambeth. The geographical centre of London is at Frazier Street near Lambeth North tube station,though nearby Charing Cross on the other side of the Thames in the City of Westminster is traditionally considered the centre of London.
Lambeth is a district in South London,England,in the London Borough of Lambeth. Lambeth was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area experienced some slight growth in the medieval period as part of the manor of Lambeth Palace. By the Victorian era the area had seen significant development as London expanded,with dense industrial,commercial and residential buildings located adjacent to one another. The changes brought by World War II altered much of the fabric of Lambeth. Subsequent development in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has seen an increase in the number of high-rise buildings. The area is home to the International Maritime Organization. Lambeth is home to one of the largest Portuguese-speaking communities in the UK,and Portuguese is the second most commonly spoken language in Lambeth after English.
Islington North is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Jeremy Corbyn,who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2015 to 2020.
Dulwich and West Norwood is a constituency in South London created in 1997. It has been represented by Helen Hayes of Labour since her election in 2015.
Streatham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Labour Party.
Vauxhall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons by Florence Eshalomi of Labour Co-op since her election in 2019.
Robert Charles Douglas Flello is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent South from 2005 to 2017. He lost his seat at the 2017 general election to Conservative Party candidate Jack Brereton.
The region of Greater London,including the City of London,is divided into 73 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies,affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
Osman Baydemir is a Kurdish politician,lawyer and human rights activist. He was the mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and also the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).
Piers Richard Corbyn is a British weather forecaster,anti-vaccine activist,conspiracy theorist,and former politician.
Lambeth London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,and one of the 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council meets at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton. Lambeth is divided into 25 wards:thirteen are represented by 3 councillors and twelve are represented by 2. The council was first elected in 1964.
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall South since 2010. She served as the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2016 to 2021 in the Shadow Cabinets of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer.
Steven Mark Ward Reed is a British politician who has been Shadow Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since September 2023. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon North since a 2012 by-election.
Kurds in Germany are residents or citizens of Germany of full or partial Kurdish origin. There is a large Kurdish community in Germany. The number of Kurds living in Germany is unknown. Many estimates assume that the number is in the million range.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Jeremy Corbyn,Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2020 and Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983.
There was a by-election in the British parliamentary constituency of Copeland on 23 February 2017,following the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Jamie Reed. Conservative candidate Trudy Harrison gained the seat from Labour,the first gain for a governing party in a by-election since 1982.
The British Kebab Awards are an annual event to celebrate local kebab restaurants across the UK. The awards were founded by Ibrahim Dogus,an entrepreneur,restaurateur and founder of the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS),in 2013.
The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) is a UK-based thinktank which organises discussion events on issues relating to Turkey. CEFTUS,established in 2011 and run by Ibrahim Dogus,also organises events promoting the Turkish,Kurdish and Cypriot communities in the UK,including the Turkish,Kurdish,Cypriot Community Achievement Awards and the British Kebab Awards.
The Centre for Kurdish Progress is a platform for discussing issues affecting Kurdish-speakers in the UK and Kurdish regions in the Middle East. It was founded in 2014 by Ibrahim Dogus,who has also founded the Centre for Turkey Studies think tank. The Centre for Kurdish Progress holds regular discussion events,some of which are held within the UK Parliament buildings. The centre also organises an annual celebration of the Kurdish New Year,Newroz,in conjunction with the Most Successful Kurds in Britain Awards ceremony.
The 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Lambeth London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
