Who is MP for Twickenham?
"Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency) Twickenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Sir Vince Cable, the leader of the Liberal Democrats. In the period 2015 to 2017 the seat was represented by a Conservative, as between 1918 and 1997. Since 2017, it has been represented by a Liberal Democrat, as it was from 1997 to 2015. The boundaries of the seat are since 1945 similar to those of the abolished Municipal Borough of Twickenham. 1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Heston and Isleworth, and Twickenham. ""1945: boundaries substantially changed - losing territory"
"Tania Mathias Tania Wyn Mathias (born 21 June 1964) is a British ophthalmologist and Conservative Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from May 2015 to June 2017. Mathias was born in Kensington, London on 21 June 1964 and raised in Barnes. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, an all-girls independent school in Hammersmith, London. She studied at St Catherine's College, Oxford and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BCh) degrees in 1988. Her grandfather, Fred Mathias, played rugby and cricket for Glamorgan and in 1918 was awarded"
"itself to London Waterloo. Twickenham is the only constituency situated entirely within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and, as such, is made up completely of middle-class suburbia, similar to the neighbouring constituencies of Kingston & Surbiton, Richmond Park (both in Greater London) and Esher & Walton in Surrey. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower in Twickenham than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ""The Guardian"". Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency) Twickenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since"
"Vince Cable Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician serving as Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 2017. He was the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015. Cable studied economics at the Universities of Cambridge and Glasgow, then worked as an economic adviser to the Government of Kenya between 1966 and 1968, and to the Commonwealth Secretary-General in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1968 to 1974 he lectured in economics at Glasgow University. He served as Chief Economist for Shell from 1995 to"
"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"
"branch of the learning disability charity Mencap. 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"
"expecting their first child. On 22 December 2013, their son was born. Duncan Hames Duncan John Hames (born 16 June 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire from the 2010 general election until 30 March 2015, when parliament was dissolved for the election of May 2015, at which he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Michelle Donelan. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Clegg when he was Deputy Prime Minister, a post in which he succeeded his wife Jo Swinson. Hames was born in"
"Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency) Cheltenham () is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 7 May 2015 by Alex Chalk, a Conservative. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. 1885-1918: 1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Cheltenham, and the Urban District of Charlton Kings. 1950-1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries. 1983-1997: The Borough of Cheltenham, and the Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Leckhampton with Up Hatherley, Prestbury St Mary's, and Prestbury St Nicolas. ""Leckhampton, Up"
"is a keen hiker, and is the President of his borough’s Red Ramblers organisation. He is also President of Ebbw Valley Brass. His hobbies include hiking, watching rugby and cinema. Nick Smith (British politician) Nicholas Desmond John Smith (born 14 January 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaenau Gwent since the May 2010 election. From 1998 to 2005 he was a councillor in the London Borough of Camden. Born in 1960 into a family of miners and steel workers, Smith grew up in Tredegar and was educated at its comprehensive"
"a Justice of the Peace on the North Kent Bench in 2006. A Freeman of the City of London, he serves as a trustee of three Kent charities: Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Foord Almshouses in Rochester, and Medway Sculpture Trust. UK Parliament elections Police and Crime Commissioner elections Local elections European Parliament elections Craig Mackinlay Craig Mackinlay (born 7 October 1966) is a Conservative Party politician and businessman. Since May 2015, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet. He was re-elected in the general election of June 2017. Initially a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP),"
"Earl Dreeshen Leon Benoit, incumbent MP. Brian Storseth, incumbent MP. Blaine Calkins, incumbent MP. Blake Richards Rob Merrifield, incumbent MP. Ed Fast, incumbent MP since 2006. Rob Zandee Ronald Leung Sam Rakhra Dick Harris, incumbent MP. Chuck Strahl, incumbent MP and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. John Cummins, incumbent MP. Troy DeSouza Nina Grewal, incumbent MP. Cathy McLeod Ron Cannan, incumbent MP. Jim Abbott, incumbent MP. Mark Warawa, incumbent MP since 2004 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment. James Lunney Reed Elley Sandeep Pandher Yonah Martin Andrew Saxton Stockwell Day, incumbent MP and Minister for"
"issues are governed by a parish council, one of 29 such councils in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It is in the Brinsworth and Catcliffe Ward which is represented on the borough council (as of 2018) by three councillors, one each from the Labour Party, UKIP and Liberal Democrats. This ward is part of the Rotherham parliamentary constituency, no longer a Labour Party safe seat, and is presently represented in the House of Commons by Sarah Champion MP who has held the seat since a by-election in 2012 when the previous incumbent Denis MacShane resigned over an expenses scandal. Catcliffe"
"Duncan Hames Duncan John Hames (born 16 June 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire from the 2010 general election until 30 March 2015, when parliament was dissolved for the election of May 2015, at which he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Michelle Donelan. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Clegg when he was Deputy Prime Minister, a post in which he succeeded his wife Jo Swinson. Hames was born in Hertfordshire and attended Watford Grammar School for Boys. He studied PPE at"
"Michelle Donelan Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (born 8 April 1984, Whitley, Cheshire) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was elected at the general election in May 2015 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire, which includes the market towns of Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham, and the surrounding rural areas. Originally from Cheshire, where her parents live at Whitley, Donelan came to attention when she spoke at a Conservative Party Conference aged fifteen. She studied for a degree in history and politics at the University of York and then stood for"
"Tess Kingham Teresa Jane Kingham (born 4 May 1963) is a British Labour Party politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 1997-2001. Kingham was educated at Dartford Grammar School for Girls, and gained a BA from Royal Holloway, University of London, a PGCE from the University of East Anglia and a Master's degree in Egyptian Archaeology from University College London. She is currently studying for a PhD in Biological Anthropology at the University of Kent. She ran as the Labour candidate for the European Parliament seat of the Cotswolds in 1994, but lost to the long-serving Conservative"
"first child in February 2016 with her partner Steve Ladner, and became the first Conservative minister ever to take maternity leave. Tracey Crouch Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch (born 24 July 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician. She is Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford, having gained the seat from Labour at the 2010 general election. She was appointed as Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness in 2017, but resigned in 2018 due to a delay over the introduction of reduced limits on the stakes of fixed odds betting terminals. Born in Ashford, Kent, Crouch was educated"
"in her home constituency of Twickenham from 1992-2015. Dee Doocey Elizabeth Deirdre ""Dee"" Doocey, Baroness Doocey, (née O'Keefe; born 2 May 1948) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and businesswoman. A former Chair of the London Assembly, she was created a life peer in 2010 and is now the inaugural Chair of the House of Lords Finance Committee. Born Elizabeth Deirdre O'Keefe in Drumcondra, Dublin, she married Jim Doocey and they have one son, Mark. Dee Doocey was created a life peer on 21 December 2010, as Baroness Doocey, and sits on the Liberal Democrat benches in the House of"
"people), the Polycystic Kidney Disease Charity (PKD), a Patron of the Changez Charity. and chair of HCT Group, a social enterprise transport operator. Cable’s eldest grandson is social activist and entrepreneur Ayrton Cable. Cable was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2015 Dissolution Honours for political and public service. Vince Cable Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician serving as Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 2017. He was the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015. Cable studied economics at the Universities of"
"election by a 14.8% majority and an absolute majority at 52.8% of the vote; this was the highest vote percentage for the Liberal Democrats in any constituency nationally. In recent elections, the seat has had notably high turnouts. At the 2015 general election, Twickenham had the highest turnout in England and the fourth highest in the UK. In 2017, the turnout was 79.7%, the highest of any constituency in the UK. As described by the boundaries, the area enjoys substantial parkland and Thameside landscapes, coupled with a variety of commuter train services to Central London including semi-fast services from Twickenham"
"becoming MP. At the 2015 general election, Mathias was elected as the MP for Twickenham, defeating the Liberal Democrat cabinet minister, Vince Cable. She was appointed a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee in July 2015. Mathias was defeated by Vince Cable, now knighted Sir, in the snap 2017 general election by almost 10,000 votes, when Cable won the highest vote share for the Liberal Democrats in any constituency nationally at 52.8%. She was one of the five Conservative candidates controversially funded for targeting Liberal Democrat opponents who had supported the EU remain campaign. In Parliament, Mathias voted"
"and the London Marathon in 2008, raising over £4,500. Outside politics Timpson is a fan of football, both watching and playing. Edward Timpson Anthony Edward Timpson, CBE (born ) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich at a 2008 by-election, but lost his seat at the 2017 general election to the Labour candidate, Laura Smith, by 48 votes. Timpson was Minister of State for Children and Families after the 2015 general election, being promoted from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Education. Timpson was born in"
"Nick Smith (British politician) Nicholas Desmond John Smith (born 14 January 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaenau Gwent since the May 2010 election. From 1998 to 2005 he was a councillor in the London Borough of Camden. Born in 1960 into a family of miners and steel workers, Smith grew up in Tredegar and was educated at its comprehensive school and Birkbeck College, University of London, where he graduated with an MSc in Economic Change. Smith became a Labour Party organiser in Wales and later worked around the world"
"only elected Conservatives as its MPs since 1950. The closest the Conservatives have ever come to losing this seat was at a by-election in November 1997, at the height of Tony Blair's 'honeymoon period' as Prime Minister, following the resignation of the previous MP Piers Merchant in a sex scandal. Even then, the former MP for Hastings who lost her seat in the earlier 1997 general election, Jacqui Lait, managed to win the seat by just over 1,000 votes. Between 1957 and 1992 the long-serving MP for Beckenham was Sir Philip Goodhart, who was soon after 1979 discovered by Margaret"
"many years the MP was Joyce Quin, who retired on 11 April 2005 and was awarded a life peerage into the House of Lords on 13 June 2006 and is now Baroness Quin. The present MP Ian Mearns, is a member of the Labour party and his office is in Gateshead. He replaced Sharon Hodgson who successfully campaigned in the newly formed constituency of Washington and Sunderland West. In the 2010 UK General Election, Mearns was elected with a majority of 12,549 over Frank Hindle. The swing from Labour to the Liberal Democrats was 3.9%. Deckham is in a safe"
"At present the MP is Nick Thomas-Symonds. Constituents in Croesyceiliog North, Croesyceiliog South, Llanyrafon North and Llanyrafon South wards are served by the Monmouth MP, Conservative David Davies. Torfaen is also a Welsh Assembly constituency, presided over by Labour AM, Lynne Neagle. Torfaen Council has historically been a Labour-controlled authority, however the 2008 Local Elections saw Labour fail to win enough seats to hold a majority, resulting in a coalition with Plaid Cymru and Independent Councillors. In the 2012 Local Elections, Labour regained majority control of Torfaen County Borough Council, winning 30 out of a possible 44 seats. Secondary schools"
"in second place at the 1992 general election to Conservative MP Toby Jessel in the Twickenham constituency, by 5,711 votes. Cable entered the House of Commons after defeating sitting Conservative MP Toby Jessel in the Twickenham constituency in his second attempt, at the 1997 general election. He subsequently increased his majority at the elections of 2001, 2005 and increased still further in 2010. He lost his seat in 2015, but regained it at the snap election in 2017. In 2004, Cable was a contributor to the economically liberal "","" which advocated for policies such as greater private sector involvement in"
"and two daughters. Angela Watkinson Dame Angela Eileen Watkinson, DBE (""née"" Ellicott; born 18 November 1941) is a British politician. She was Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster until 2017, and was first elected in 2001 to the earlier seat of Upminster, defeating Labour's Keith Darvill who had taken the seat from the Conservatives in 1997. She was re-elected with an increased majorities in 2005 and 2010. On 19 April 2017, Watkinson announced that she would not be standing for re-election in the 2017 general election. Born in Leytonstone, Essex, she attended Wanstead County High School"
"the 2017 general election, but was defeated by the incumbent, Owen Smith. Robin Hunter-Clarke Robin James Hunter-Clarke (born 10 October 1992) is a British politician and political adviser. He has been a UKIP candidate in both the 2015 and the 2017 General election. He served as the national UKIP co-ordinator for Vote Leave, the official leave campaign during the European Union referendum. Hunter-Clarke was born in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was brought up in the nearby town of Skegness. At the age of 17, in 2009, he joined the Conservative Party. He went on to become the youngest elected Skegness town"
"ticket, and Aston Villa. Iain Duncan Smith George Iain Duncan Smith (born 9 April 1954), often referred to by his initials IDS, is a British Conservative Party politician. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016, he was previously the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He was first elected to Parliament at the 1992 general election as the MP for Chingford—which he represented until the constituency's abolition in 1997—and he has since represented its successor constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green. Duncan Smith was born in Edinburgh"
"George Young, Baron Young of Cookham George Samuel Knatchbull Young, Baron Young of Cookham, (born 16 July 1941), known as Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, from 1960 to 2015, is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015, having represented North West Hampshire since 1997 and Ealing Acton prior to that. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions: as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997; as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012; and as Chief Whip of the"
"Craig Mackinlay Craig Mackinlay (born 7 October 1966) is a Conservative Party politician and businessman. Since May 2015, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet. He was re-elected in the general election of June 2017. Initially a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Mackinlay served as deputy leader of UKIP in 1997, before joining the Conservative Party in 2005. Of Scottish heritage, Mackinlay was born on 7 October 1966 in Chatham and raised in Kent. After attending Rainham Mark Grammar School, he went up to the University of Birmingham, where he read zoology and comparative physiology."
"Conservatives, including Twickenham, won back by Vince Cable, and Kingston and Surbiton, won by Ed Davey, but lost two seats to Labour: Leeds North West and Sheffield Hallam, the seat of former party leader Nick Clegg. Richmond Park, which the Liberal Democrats had won in a 2016 by-election, was narrowly lost to the Conservatives. Caroline Lucas remained the sole Green Party MP, retaining Brighton Pavilion. In Scotland, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all gained seats from the SNP, whose losses were attributed to opposition to a second Scottish independence referendum, contributing to tactical voting for unionist parties. The"
"Tony Cunningham Sir Thomas Anthony Cunningham (born 16 September 1952), known as Tony Cunningham, is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2001 to 2015. Ed Miliband appointed him to replace Mark Lazarowicz as Shadow Minister for International Development. He was removed from the team in the October 2013 reshuffle. In June 2014 Cunningham announced that he would not be standing again at the next election. Tony Cunningham was born in Workington and educated at the Workington Grammar School (which became Stainburn School in 1984) on Stainburn Road before attending the University"