Christopher Heaton-Harris is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 6 September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry since 2010.
North Devon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Selaine Saxby of the Conservative Party.
Exeter is a constituency composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative,Liberal Party,Independent and Labour representation.
Cheltenham is a constituency in Gloucestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1832. As with all constituencies,it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. Since 2015,its MP has been Alex Chalk,who was appointed Secretary of State for Justice in 2023.
South Swindon is a constituency in the Borough of Swindon,Wiltshire,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Sir Robert Buckland,a Conservative,who previously served as Justice Secretary and Welsh Secretary.
David Michael Gauke is a British political commentator,solicitor and former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019. He served in the Cabinet under Theresa May,most notably as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2018 to 2019. First elected as a Conservative,Gauke had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and until the dissolution sat as an independent politician.
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport is a constituency created in 2010,and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Luke Pollard,a Labour Co-operative party candidate.
Cllr Nicholas Jerome Bennett JP is a British politician and a former Mayor of the London Borough of Bromley. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as a member of parliament (MP) from 1987 to 1992 representing the constituency of Pembrokeshire,and was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office from 1990 to 1992. In that role he had responsibility for the Welsh Health Service,Social Services,Housing and Local Government,Water and Sport.
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.
Andrew Hanson Jones is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency in North Yorkshire since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party,he has twice served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and as well as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. He returned to the backbenches in July 2019.
Gareth Alan Johnson is a British politician and former lawyer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022. Johnson was first elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford,winning the seat from Labour. He has been supportive of Leave Means Leave,a Eurosceptic pressure group.
Justin Paul Tomlinson is a British politician and former marketing executive who has served as Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Swindon since 2010.
Sir Robert James Buckland is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021. He later served as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon since 2010.
The 2014 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Swindon Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives gained 1 seat to retain control of the council.
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.
Michael Jon Wood is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley South since May 2015.
Paul Stuart Scully is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton and Cheam since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Minister for London from February 2020 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy from October 2022. He was sacked from both roles in November 2023.
Darren Paul Jones is a British politician serving as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2023. A member of the Labour Party,he previously chaired the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee from 2020 to 2023. Jones has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North West since 2017.
The European Research Group (ERG) is a research support group and caucus of Eurosceptic Conservative Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom. The journalist Sebastian Payne described it in the Financial Times as "the most influential [research group] in recent political history".
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.
