"Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency which has been represented by Labour MP Diane Abbott since 1987. Stoke Newington or 'new town in the wood', has been lightly settled for hundreds of years, close to larger neighbouring Saxon settlements near the River Lea. In the 19th century it was discovered that Stoke Newington Common and Abney Park Cemetery had been part of a Neolithic working area for axe-making, some examples of which can be seen in the Museum of London. Stoke Newington is recorded as part of the Ossulstone hundred in the county of Middlesex in the Domesday Book of"
"Hackney. The constituency shares a boundary with eight others: Walthamstow, Leyton & Wanstead, West Ham, Bethnal Green & Bow, Cities of London and Westminster, Islington South & Finsbury, Islington North, and its borough partner Hackney North & Stoke Newington. Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency) Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party. The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury. Ronald Brown was elected in 1974 as a"
"Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle upon Tyne North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Catherine McKinnell of the Labour Party. 1918-1950: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Dene, Heaton, Jesmond, St Andrew's, and St Thomas. 1950-1983: The County Borough of Newcastle wards of Arthur's Hill, Elswick, Jesmond, Sandyford, and Westgate. 1983-2010: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, Fawdon, Grange, Lemington, Newburn, Westerhope, and Woolsington. 2010-present: The City of Newcastle wards of Castle, Denton, East Gosforth, Fawdon, Lemington, Newburn, Parklands, Westerhope, and Woolsington. The constituency"
"Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency) Warrington North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is Helen Jones of the Labour Party — the constituency has always been a safe Labour seat. 1983–1997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Croft, Culcheth and Glazebury, Fairfield, Howley, Hulme, Longford, Orford, Poulton-with-Fearnhead North, Poulton-with-Fearnhead South, Rixton and Woolston, Whitecross, and Winwick. 1997–2010: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Culcheth, Glazebury and"
"Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency) Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party. The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury. Ronald Brown was elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party but defected from the Opposition to join the fledgling Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981, at a time when Labour wished for Common Market withdrawal and the removal of keeping a nuclear deterrent during"
"constituencies created in 1885. Hackney North was defined as consisting of : Stoke Newington was removed from the seat, and became a separate constituency. The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The Borough of Hackney and Stoke Newington jointly formed two seats, Stoke Newington and Hackney North and Hackney South. The bulk of Hackney North passed to the Stoke Newington and Hackney North seat. Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency) Hackney North was a parliamentary constituency in ""The Metropolis"" (later the County of London). It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of"
"Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency) Stoke-on-Trent North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Ruth Smeeth, a member of the Labour Party. The area has relatively fast connections compared to other seats in the county, equally to Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. However, the area's traditional pottery industry has shed many jobs. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 5.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ""The Guardian"", the middle figure of the three rates for the city's"
"Hackney Downs (ward) Hackney Downs is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney, corresponding roughly to the Hackney Downs area of London, UK and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. It was created for the May 2002 local election. There was previously a Downs ward from 1965 to 1978. The ward returns three councillors every four years to Borough Council and at the last election, held on 22 May 2014 Michael Desmond, Anna-Joy Rickard and Rick Muir, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 39.8%. In 2001, Hackney Downs ward had a total population"
"Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency) Stoke Newington was a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of London from 1918 – 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was identical in area to the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington. The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election, and abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, and largely replaced by the newly created Hackney North & Stoke Newington constituency. General Election 1939/40:"
"of the equalisation of the State Pension Age, have argued that the acceleration has happened too quickly and left female pensioners uncertain. Mckinnell was also made Vice Chair of the recently established All-Party Parliamentary Group on the WASPI campaign. Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell (born 8 June 1976) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North since the 2010 general election. She has held several Shadow Cabinet positions, including Shadow Attorney General, but resigned from this post in January 2016. McKinnell was born in Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she"
"Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, part of the Third Reform Act, the seat of Hackney was divided into two and Hackney North was formed, this time to return only one Member of Parliament, commencing with the 1885 general election. The Stoke Newington constituency was created at the 1918 general election by the division of the Hackney North constituency by the Representation of the People Act, 1918, known generally as Fourth Reform Act; an Act most importantly remembered for the first time extending suffrage to women. The constituency was identical in area to the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington. Following a"
"Diane Abbott Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was appointed Shadow Home Secretary in October 2016. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the 1987 general election, when she became the first black woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons. Born in Paddington, London, Abbott studied History at Newnham College, Cambridge University. She worked in the Civil Service and as a reporter for Thames Television and TV-am before becoming a press officer for the Greater London Council. Abbott was"
"as suffering from type 2 diabetes. Diane Abbott Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was appointed Shadow Home Secretary in October 2016. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the 1987 general election, when she became the first black woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons. Born in Paddington, London, Abbott studied History at Newnham College, Cambridge University. She worked in the Civil Service and as a reporter for Thames Television and TV-am before becoming a press officer for"
"in 2010, helping to make it the SNP’s fourth-most winnable seat in 2015, albeit with a still huge majority to overcome, which she did, with a 23.3% swing, securing a 13,573 majority over the sitting Labour MP. In the 2017 General Election the seat became marginal again with the SNP’s fortunes on the wane; Gibson won with a majority of 3,633 votes over the Scottish Conservative Party. Gibson lives in Kilbirnie, which is in her constituency. Patricia Gibson Patricia Gibson (born 12 May 1968) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for North"
"the town and told the Warrington Guardian at the time that: ""Our Chief Executive appears to have gone missing."" She married Michael Vobe on 23 July 1988 in Cheshire and has one son, born June 1989. Helen Jones lives in Warrington North with her family, in the village of Culcheth, and employs her husband as her parliamentary assistant. Helen Jones Helen Mary Jones (born 24 December 1954) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington North since 1997. Andrew Roth, writing for ""The Guardian"", described her as an: ""intelligent, battle hardened leftwing solicitor"
"as the Labour Party candidate to contest the new constituency of Blackpool North and Cleveleys at the 2010 general election, Humble announced on 27 February 2010 that she would stand down at the election. She married Paul Humble in 1972 in Halifax. She is a Christian Socialist. Joan Humble Jovanka Humble (née Piplica; born 3 March 1951), known as Joan Humble, is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from 1997 to 2010. Humble was educated at Keighley Girls (now known as Greenhead High School) and Lancaster University where she"
"the hassle, the scrutiny from [the press]. That’s a world that was beyond him until he was elected leader"". Margaret Beckett Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. She was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith from 1992 to 1994, and briefly served as Leader of the Labour Party after Smith died suddenly. She later served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Tony Blair in a number of roles, becoming Britain's first female Foreign Secretary"
"Against Women and is Chair of the APPG on Scottish Sport. The constituency office for Gavin Newlands is in Porterfield Road, in Renfrew. Gavin Newlands Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands MP (born 2 February 1980) is a Scottish National Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, who has served since the 2015 general election. Newlands is the first ever MP for the constituency to be elected from the SNP. At the 2017 general election, Newlands was re-elected, with a reduced majority of 9,076 votes to 2,613. Newlands was born in the old Paisley Maternity"
"Meg Hillier Margaret Olivia Hillier (born 14 February 1969) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch at the 2005 general election, and was a junior government minister (2007–10) and was succeeded by Caroline Flint as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the Labour Party October 2011 reshuffle. Hillier was educated at Portsmouth High School, a private school for girls in Southsea, Hampshire, followed by St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford, where she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics and during her"
"at the same time as being deputy leader”. She nominated Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, to prevent the election from being all male. But she nonetheless asserted her intention to remain neutral throughout the contest and said, ""This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the party."" Following Ed Miliband's election as leader, she returned to her role as Deputy Leader, shadowing Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and with the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition. When Miliband assigned portfolios on"
"Helen Whately Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (""née"" Lightwood; 23 June 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician and former management consultant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency in Kent since 2015. Since 27 July 2018, she has also been Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Women. Helen Olivia Bicknell Lightwood was born in Norwich on 23 June 1976 and grew up near Redhill, Surrey, England. Both her parents worked as doctors. She was educated at an all-girls Roman Catholic school, before being privately educated for sixth form at the independent"
"Chloe Smith Chloe Rebecca Smith (born 17 May 1982) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Norwich North. She was elected to the seat in a by-election on 23 July 2009 following the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson after the MPs' expenses scandal. Since January 2018 she has served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office, a position she previously held under David Cameron from 2012 to 2013. Smith was born in Ashford, Kent; her family moved to Norfolk when she was three years old. Growing up in Stoke Ferry, she attended comprehensive schools in"
"Chloe Smith Chloe Rebecca Smith (born 17 May 1982) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Norwich North. She was elected to the seat in a by-election on 23 July 2009 following the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson after the MPs' expenses scandal. Since January 2018 she has served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office, a position she previously held under David Cameron from 2012 to 2013. Smith was born in Ashford, Kent; her family moved to Norfolk when she was three years old. Growing up in Stoke Ferry, she attended comprehensive schools in"
"Gavin Newlands Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands MP (born 2 February 1980) is a Scottish National Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, who has served since the 2015 general election. Newlands is the first ever MP for the constituency to be elected from the SNP. At the 2017 general election, Newlands was re-elected, with a reduced majority of 9,076 votes to 2,613. Newlands was born in the old Paisley Maternity Hospital in 1980 and raised in the town of Renfrew, where he currently resides with wife, Lynn and their two children. He was"
"Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell (born 8 June 1976) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North since the 2010 general election. She has held several Shadow Cabinet positions, including Shadow Attorney General, but resigned from this post in January 2016. McKinnell was born in Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she attended the Sacred Heart Comprehensive School in Fenham. She studied politics and history at the University of Edinburgh. Before her election to Parliament, McKinnell worked as an employment solicitor in the Newcastle law firm Dickinson Dees. McKinnell was first"
"control at subsequent elections, taking all the seats in 1959. The final election of the council on 10 May 1962 saw four Liberal Party councillors elected to form an opposition group to the 26 Labour members. Until 1918 the area formed part of the constituency of Hackney North. In 1918 a new constituency of Stoke Newington identical with the metropolitan borough was created. Due to loss of population, the two constituencies were merged in 1950 as Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington The Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington was a metropolitan borough in the County of"
"Margaret Beckett Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. She was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith from 1992 to 1994, and briefly served as Leader of the Labour Party after Smith died suddenly. She later served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Tony Blair in a number of roles, becoming Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006. Beckett was first elected to Parliament in 1974 for Lincoln and held junior positions in the governments"
"with the average ward population within the borough of 12,962. New River (ward) New River was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Consisting of an area of Stamford Hill the ward also incorporated the large council estate of Woodberry Down. The ward returned three councillors to the Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Maureen Middleton (Conservative Party); and Labour Party candidates Michael Jones and Sean Mulready were returned. Turnout was 56%; with 3,956 votes cast. In 2011 New"
"Joan Humble Jovanka Humble (née Piplica; born 3 March 1951), known as Joan Humble, is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from 1997 to 2010. Humble was educated at Keighley Girls (now known as Greenhead High School) and Lancaster University where she received a BA degree in History in 1972. She worked as a civil servant in the Department of Health and Social Security from 1972, before moving to the Inland Revenue in 1973. She left the civil service in 1977 to raise her two daughters. She served as"
"Helen Jones Helen Mary Jones (born 24 December 1954) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington North since 1997. Andrew Roth, writing for ""The Guardian"", described her as an: ""intelligent, battle hardened leftwing solicitor built into the Labour machine"". Jones was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip in 2008, and was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2009 to 2010. She wrote a book, entitled ""How to be a Government Whip"", about her time in the Whip's Office, published by Biteback Publishing in 2016. Jones was born and brought up in Chester, the"
"Nottingham North (UK Parliament constituency) Nottingham North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Norris of the Labour Party. 1955-1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Mapperley, Portland, and St Albans, and the Urban District of Hucknall. 1974-1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Forest, Mapperley, Portland, Radford, and St Albans. 1983-2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Beechdale, Bestwood Park, Bilborough, Bulwell East, Bulwell West, Byron, Portland, and Strelley. 2010-present: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Basford, Bestwood, Bilborough, Bulwell, and Bulwell Forest."
"Scotland to be governed by a Tory government that we hadn't elected"". Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician serving as the fifth and current First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since November 2014. She is the first woman to hold either position. Sturgeon has been a member of the Scottish Parliament since 1999, first as an additional member for the Glasgow electoral region from 1999 to 2007 and as the member for Glasgow Southside since 2007 (known as Glasgow Govan from 2007 to 2011). A law graduate"
"a frontbench member in government, John Forrester became in 1970 a Health Minister, before the election of that year. Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency) Stoke-on-Trent North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Ruth Smeeth, a member of the Labour Party. The area has relatively fast connections compared to other seats in the county, equally to Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. However, the area's traditional pottery industry has shed many jobs. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 5.2% of the"