"subject to deportation. UKIP leader Nigel Farage dismissed the remarks as a ""minor confusion""; UKIP added it was not ""the party’s policy to round up migrants and put them on a boat at Dover"". The by-election was dubbed 'The Battle for Rochester' following the media storm surrounding the defection of Douglas Carswell to UKIP in August 2014. The previous by-election campaign that was triggered by Carswell's defection became known as 'The Battle for Clacton'. On polling day, Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry tweeted a picture of a house (in Strood) adorned with England flags with a white van parked outside,"
"white van parked outside with the caption 'Image from Rochester', thought by many to be a snobby jibe. Simon Danczuk, the Labour MP for Rochdale, commented that her tweet furthers the perception that the Labour Party ""has been hijacked by the north London liberal elite"". Furthermore, the term 'Hampstead Socialist' is often used synonymously, referring to the North London area of Hampstead, despite the fact that all the component wards of the area are held by the Conservatives. The wider constituency has, however, often elected Labour MPs, including the 2015 incumbent, and the seats in Hampstead Town ward have previously"
"tackle a vandal in Peterborough. Jackson, who was shopping with his wife and daughter, tried to perform a citizen's arrest after seeing a bus shelter being vandalised. The vandal got away, but only after kicking the MP. Cambridgeshire Constabulary subsequently arrested a twenty-year-old man in connection with the incident who was later found guilty of assault and criminal damage at Peterborough Magistrates Court. Stewart Jackson Stewart James Jackson (born 31 January 1965) is a British politician and adviser. Jackson served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough from 2005 to 2017. After being ousted by Labour's Fiona Onasanya"
"a slightly reduced majority, compared to the June 2017 snap election. On 5 January 2018, sitting MP Barry McElduff tweeted a video of himself in a shop with a loaf of Kingsmill bread on his head, asking where the shop kept its bread. As it coincided with the 42nd anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre—where republicans murdered ten Protestant civilians—unionists accused him of mocking the massacre and the video was widely criticised, including by nationalists. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster said ""mocking is depraved"" and called the video ""inhuman"". McElduff deleted it and apologised, saying he was not alluding"
"parked outside on the driveway, under the caption ""Image from #Rochester"", provoking accusations of snobbery. She was widely criticised by fellow Labour Party MPs, including leader Ed Miliband who asserted her tweet conveyed a ""sense of disrespect"", Chris Bryant who said that it broke the ""first rule of politics"" and Simon Danczuk who suggested that the party had been ""hijacked by the north London liberal elite"". In September 2015, she was appointed Shadow Minister for Employment by the new Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. She was promoted to Shadow Defence Secretary in January 2016, replacing Maria Eagle. On being appointed, Thornberry"
"Mulholland set up a rugby league team called ""Political Animals"", based at Westminster, to bring greater prominence and attention to rugby league within Parliament. He plays left wing for the team. He is also a Vice President of the Leeds Rugby Foundation charity. Mulholland was criticised for calling a constituent a ""disingenuous, manipulative, illiberal shit"" over Twitter in response to the constituent's comments on his vote in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. The constituent's earlier message had said ""After abstaining, voting for a wrecking amendment, then trying to abolish marriage, I'm glad @GregMulholland1 finally voted the"
"Lords were released, under the same license. ""The Times"" reported that several MPs had complained about the photographs, one having described them as making members look like ""the most dysfunctional set of secondary school staff ever"", and at least one MP had had their photograph removed from the parliamentary website at their request. Chris McAndrew Chris McAndrew is a British photographer, known for celebrity portraits including Snoop Dogg and Charlotte Rampling. In 2017 he was commissioned to develop a collection of freely-licensed images of Parliament for the Parliamentary Digital Service, including a set of official portraits of MPs and peers."
"user on Twitter, objecting to Monaghan having ""chosen to not only follow but admire and encourage somebody who has professed deeply racist views"". Monaghan tweeted in November 2012 about Israel's military action in Gaza and accused ""the proud Jewish race"" of persecuting Palestinians. A similar message was posted a few days later. ""The Jewish Chronicle"" contacted him in August 2015 about the posts. Monaghan, by that point an MP, deleted the tweets and issued an apology. He tweeted in 2013, that Westminster had become ""absolutely repugnant – increasingly feels like early days of the Third Reich"". Politicians from other parties"
"ensure that allegations of bribery involving Bernie Ecclestone were properly investigated. In 2011, Thornberry challenged David Cameron over his false claims about wages at Islington Council, campaigning against government measures which Thornberry claims have exacerbated child poverty in Islington, and answering over 1,000 enquiries a month from constituents. Thornberry resigned her Shadow Cabinet position on 20 November 2014, shortly after the polls closed in the Rochester and Strood by-election. Earlier in the day, she had received much criticism after tweeting a photograph of a house in the constituency adorned with three flags of St George and the owner's white van"
"Jackson's Peterborough home. The case was settled when a Tomlin Order was sealed in the High Court in February 2014, permanently staying the civil proceedings which had allegedly cost IPSA over £20,000 in legal fees. In 2013, Jackson attacked the ""Sun"" newspaper after they criticised him over his expenses record. ""I see I've been attacked by The Sun for having the temerity to seek legal redress,"" he tweeted. ""Police bribing, phone hacking scumbags."" IP addresses from inside the Houses of Parliament have often edited the Wikipedia biographies of politicians including Jackson in an attempt to remove details on the parliamentary"
"the property of Lib Dem supporters. The activists boasted about stealing garden posters on Twitter, publicly planned where to target next and posed in pictures with the posters in balaclavas. The events happened just days after a terrorist targeted the Manchester Arena. John Leech (politician) John Sampson Macfarlane Leech (born 11 April 1971, Wakefield, West Yorkshire) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is currently Leader of the Opposition on Manchester City Council. He was the Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington from 2005 to 2015. He was one of two Lib Dem MPs to vote against entering Coalition in"
"media about having to pay a fine for parking beyond his paid time period whilst on holiday. After initially receiving criticism that his complaint was selfish and suggestions that he should just pay the fine, the MP said that his concern was not for his own parking fine, but for ""those on lower incomes [who] are disproportionately affected by high parking fines."" Critics questioned this after it was reported he had consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits since becoming an MP. In December 2017, he was one of three MPs warned by the UK's data privacy"
"this family home in Cardiff. He claimed for bunk beds for his daughter while the expenses system was intended exclusively for items for the MPs use. Brennan said he bought from businesses in his constituency but the items were for use in his second home, calling the story a ""smear with no basis in fact"". In 2010, Brennan became the first Member of Parliament to win the British Computer Society's (BCS) Social Media MP of the year award beating Nick Clegg and Jeremy Corbyn who both finished as runners-up. In 2014, Brennan led a campaign with musician Billy Bragg to"
"belonging to the Polish 303 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. John Hemming, MP for Yardley, Birmingham, ridiculed the party for accidentally using an image of ""Polish heroism"" in their campaign: ""They have a policy to send Polish people back to Poland – yet they are fronting their latest campaign using this plane."" In January 2014, a Polish man, whose helmet was emblazoned with the flag of Poland, claimed he was attacked by a group of 15 men outside a pub in Dagenham, London. The victim blamed xenophobic speeches of the conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. During the same month"
"after tweeting ""What a pathetic cretin"" in response to a picture of an ill child with a duvet depicting the European Union flag. The child was recovering from an operation at the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Jackson subsequently claimed, after deleting the initial tweet, that he was referring to the child's stepfather rather than the child himself. The Science Minister, Sam Gyimah, condemned the tweet, saying ""No one can take credibly or seriously people who use that language.” Heidi Allen, another Conservative MP, responded by describing Jackson as ""a pathetic, unkind and nasty man."" In July 2012 Jackson attempted to"
"an operator"". Such comments on Vaz and on other politicians were a reason for the Committee on Standards deciding that Mercer had brought the House of Commons into disrepute. Vaz has signed several early day motions sponsored by David Tredinnick MP supporting the continued funding of homoeopathy on the National Health Service. In April 2015, a video showing Vaz speaking using loudspeakers from a campaign car caused a row with Leicester Conservatives. Using a loudspeaker on the street is an offence that carries a penalty of up to £5000, and there is no exemption for political campaigning. The incident was"
"consultancy. In August 2015, it was revealed that Lewis, claimed £31,000 of hotel expenses following stays at the Park Plaza hotel in London despite owning two homes both less than an hour from Westminster by train. Aside from his constituency home, Lewis owns two additional homes, one in Shenfield, and the other in Chelmsford, both less than an hour by train from Westminster. Between them, they were worth at least £3.5m in 2015, according to ""The Sunday Times"". On 17 July 2018, Lewis was paired with Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson (who was on maternity leave) during ""key House of Commons"
"owned by Parliament in what ""The Daily Telegraph"" described as """"""a deliberate attempt to hide embarrassing information from the electorate""."""" The deleted information concerned his frequent use of chauffeur-driven cars while in government. Hammond announced in early 2016 that he would wait until Cameron's renegotiations before endorsing either a Remain vote or a Leave vote in the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. On 14 June 2016, he endorsed a vote to remain in the European Union. On 13 December 2017, Hammond was involved in a rebellion against the government of Theresa May in which"
"732 inaccurate mileage claims. According to IPSA he claimed up to 10 miles for a 2-mile journey, making him the highest mileage MP, claiming almost twice the mileage as the 10 next highest MPs. Blackman has been accused of stirring up racial tensions as a result of racial bias for hosting Tapan Gosh, an anti-Islam campaigner from India at a House of Commons event in October 2017, as well as sharing Islamophobic posts on Twitter by far-right activist Tommy Robinson and being a member of numerous anti-Islam groups on Facebook. These comments and others by Conservative candidates and representatives led"
"of Madison's party. Madison raised controversy again later in March, when he was fined for illegal appropriation of a passenger’s smartphone and selling it online while working for Tallink. In April, some female workers of Tallink also accused Madison of forcing himself to their cabins during night-time. Tallink launched an internal investigation of the incidents, whilst Madison called the accusations absurd. He has labelled gay people as deviants. Jaak Madison Jaak Madison (born 22 April 1991) is an Estonian politician and a member of Riigikogu, representing the Conservative People's Party of Estonia. Madison was chosen to the parliament in 2015"
"McAlpine. On 24 May 2013, the High Court found that Sally Bercow's tweet 'was libelous' and she agreed to pay damages. In a tweet of 18 November 2012, Bercow named a schoolgirl involved in an abduction case although the girl's identity was protected by a court order. Two days later Bercow's Twitter account was deleted after what was described as 'legal gaffes', but she returned to Twitter a week later. Sally Bercow Sally Kate Bercow (""née"" Illman; born 22 November 1969) is the wife of the current Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow. Bercow attended the independent co-educational"
"attending a neighbouring constituency to take part in a photo call at the new Hitachi factory in Phil Wilson's Sedgefield constituency without advising Wilson in advance. Wharton acknowledged that he had driven minister Brandon Lewis to the site and been photographed there but said that he had not been there for the duration of the visit. Speaker John Bercow said that MPs should observe the spirit of the rules. James Wharton James Stephen Wharton (born 16 February 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for his home constituency of Stockton South from the"
"June 2014. They initially assumed the statement to be a joke, but the MP repeated the anecdote some weeks later, and for a third time with more detail some months after that. The MP claimed to have seen photographic evidence of the event, describing the dimensions of the alleged photograph and naming an individual who he claimed now possessed the image. Ashcroft and Oakeshott failed to receive a response from the purported owner of a photograph of the alleged incident, and since the extract's publication no corroborating evidence has as yet been produced to support the anecdote. In their book,"
"was discovered by the House of Commons Fees Office. ""The Telegraph"" also accused Hamilton of ""flipping"" his second home designation to decorate and furnish both his constituency home in Leeds and London flat. In a statement Hamilton defended his actions and accused ""The Daily Telegraph"" of ""deliberately misrepresenting"" him. He has been married to Rosemary since 1980 and they have two daughters and a son. He has been a member of Amicus since it absorbed his former union, the Graphical, Paper and Media Union, which is now part of UNITE. He is Jewish and speaks fluent French. He is a"
"Martin critiqued the behaviour as ""clowning around like muppets"". The photos also depict the First Lady Michelle Obama sitting next to them looking ""furious and mortified"". Despite the criticism, Roberto Schmidt, the photographer who captured the photos taken at the celebration, reported to the ""Today"" show it was taken at ""a jovial, celebratory portion of the service"". In India, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi posted a selfie on Twitter after voting in Gandhinagar, India. The post became a major trending item on the micro-blogging platform. In July 2014, the Swiss government became the first to take and post a"
"a recommendation by Newmark. Newmark resigned as Minister for Civil Society on 27 September 2014, a day before the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. This followed allegations, published by the ""Sunday Mirror"", that he had been sexting and sending obscene pictures to a male undercover reporter who was posing as a female to deliberately target Newmark, having failed with various other male MPs, over social media. Fellow Conservative MP Mark Pritchard announced that he would make a formal complaint against the newspaper saying that ""questionable techniques"" had been involved in the paper's report. An IPSO investigation later cleared the ""Sunday"
"west along Wellington a short distance to Parliament Hill, where he abandoned his vehicle. Past scattering bystanders, he ran through a gate in the fence surrounding the Parliament Hill precinct and carjacked a parliamentary vehicle assigned to ministers of the Crown, which he drove to the Centre Block parliament building. RCMP officers on patrol in the precinct witnessed the carjacking and pursued the vehicle to the base of the Peace Tower. A photograph of Zehaf-Bibeau was taken by a tourist at the war memorial during the shootings. It shows him holding the rifle and wearing a scarf over part of"
"the incumbent, Annette King. In 2000, during the reading of the Employment Contracts Act, Young was photographed yawning, and the photograph was subsequently published in ""The Evening Post"". This prompted Speaker of the House Jonathan Hunt to ban television cameras and newspaper photographers from the House of Representatives. In the 2002 elections Young was ranked too lowly to escape the collapse of National's vote that year. Young served as National's tax spokesperson. After leaving Parliament, Young was Tax Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand. In 2005, she became chief executive of Federated Farmers, and in 2008"
"has accused Twitter of insufficient action to counter the problem. In her view, the site ""could start by proactively banning racist words which aren’t allowed to be printed in newspapers or broadcast on TV that could never be used in a positive way."" During the 2015 general election, UK Independence Party (UKIP) parliamentary candidate for West Lancashire Jack Sen was suspended from UKIP after sending an allegedly anti-semitic Tweet to Luciana Berger. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a supporter of Helm, was convicted of racially-aggravated harassment of Berger in December 2016 and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. In February 2017, John Nimmo was"
"cars, at 138 uses per year, during his time in office as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport. Hammond had previously criticised Ken Livingstone in the House of Commons for setting up companies to reduce his tax bill. ""The Daily Telegraph"" subsequently alleged that Hammond had sought to avoid tax by registering the ownership of his Portuguese villa through an offshore-registered company, which his lawyers described as a ""normal"" arrangement that ""did not result in tax benefits for him or his wife"". The article about Stephen Hammond on Wikipedia was one of a number edited in May 2015 by computers"
"and sending tweets indicating they were 'looking' for me at my home address at 10.30 at night"". Matt O'Connor the leader of the group denied the accusation. In February 2014, Nokes criticised a House of Lords' amendment to the Children & Families Bill which she said ""watered down"" the commitment to shared parenting, and spoke against the amendment in the House of Commons, arguing strongly in favour of shared parenting, saying shared parenting arrangements were in the best interests of children. In October 2014, ""The Independent"" newspaper reported allegations the group may have put a tracking device on Nokes' car,"
"to pin down, often disappearing into a miasma of claims and counter-claims. This is yet another example."" Writing on 13 March 2015 in ""The Guardian"", Labour activist Owen Jones said the popularity of the photograph was part of a right-wing media campaign against Miliband, writing that ""The media have a wider narrative about Ed Miliband: sad pathetic geeky loser who cannot even eat a bacon sandwich with any dignity. You can easily select photographs to make any politician look undignified, or generally reinforce whatever narrative you have selected"". In April 2018, Jones referred to the incident as ""antisemitic dog-whistles"". In"
"large part of the divided Vale of York constituency. Unexpectedly on 18 November 2006, the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association selected Anne McIntosh (sitting MP for Vale of York) over Greenway as their candidate for the next general election. He has been criticised in some quarters for his poor attendance record in the House of Commons. According to the theyworkforyou website, he has attended only half of Parliamentary votes, and has contributed to very few debates. In the ongoing scandal concerning MP's expenses it is alleged Mr. Greenway claimed £500 for petunias and fuchsia for his London flat. He was"