"Stephen Kinnock Stephen Nathan Kinnock (born 1 January 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon since the 2015 general election. His wife is the former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. His father, Neil Kinnock, is a former Leader of the British Labour Party and was a European Commissioner and Vice President of the European Commission. Kinnock was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, the son of British politicians Glenys and Neil Kinnock. He was educated at Drayton Manor High School, a comprehensive school in London. He studied Modern Languages at Queens' College,"
"Kinnock, is the son of Neil Kinnock, who was Labour leader and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 to 1992. It is one of the most consistently safe seats for Labour; since the end of the Second World War, the Labour candidate has always won Aberavon with a majority at least 33%, and with the exception of 2015, the Labour candidate has also always won an overall majority of the vote in the seat. In 2015, Kinnock only won 48.9% of the vote in Aberavon, against a surge in the vote for the UKIP candidate; however, in 2017, Kinnock's voteshare"
"to find himself canvassing for the United Kingdom general election, 2015 on doorsteps in the home street of neighbouring MP Andrew Love after he and his campaign team accidentally strayed into the wrong constituency. A keen cricketer and footballer, Burrowes married Janet Coekin in January 1996 in Havering. They have six children, twins Barnaby and Harriet, Dougal, Dorothy, Noah and Toby. He is a supporter of Arsenal F.C. Burrowes serves as an LEA Governor at Broomfield School and St Paul's CE Primary School in Enfield. He is also a trustee and active participant in his local church. Burrows registered members'"
"MPs. Abbott was re-elected as Liberal Leader unopposed. Abbott went on to lead the Coalition to victory in the 2013 election and was sworn in as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia on 18 September 2013. On 14 September 2015, Abbott was defeated in a vote for the Liberal leadership (54 votes to 44) by Malcolm Turnbull, who replaced Abbott as Prime Minister the following day. Abbott was born on 4 November 1957 at the General Lying-In Hospital in Lambeth, London, England. He is the oldest of four children born to Fay (née Peters; b. 1933) and Richard Henry ""Dick"""
"1992 general election. Currently serving MP couples Couples with one spouse still serving in the Commons First UK MP married to a foreign head of government Stephen Kinnock, MP for Aberavon since May 2015, is married to Helle Thorning-Schmidt, member of the Danish Parliament since 2005 and Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 until 2015 (resigning shortly after Kinnock's election). This is not as commonplace as children following parents into the Commons. It is rarer for parents and children to serve in the Commons simultaneously than consecutively (frequent cause of latter being death, retirement or promotion to House of Lords"
"Ed Davey Sir Edward Jonathan Davey (born 25 December 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston and Surbiton since the 2017 general election, having previously been MP for the constituency from 1997 to 2015. He served in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2012 to 2015, having previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with responsibility for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs, since 2010. Davey was born in Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. His father John"
"as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by David Cameron, and as Leader of the Labour Party by Ed Miliband. Later, Brown played a prominent role in the campaign surrounding the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, galvanising support behind maintaining the union. Brown was born at the Orchard Maternity Nursing Home in Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His father was John Ebenezer Brown (1914–1998), a minister of the Church of Scotland and a strong influence on Brown. His mother was Jessie Elizabeth ""Bunty"" Brown ( Souter; 1918–2004). She was the daughter of John Souter,"
"was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Wantage at the 2005 general election, and was reelected in the 2010 general election being again returned to the House of Commons in the 2015 election, with an increased majority each time. He was reelected in the 2017 election. A former barrister, Vaizey is also a regular media columnist and political commentator. Vaizey is the son of the late Lord Vaizey, a Labour life peer, and the art historian Marina Vaizey (The Lady Vaizey ). His father's family hails from South London. His mother comes from New York."
"wife have one son (The Hon. Alexander Arbuthnot, born 1986) and three daughters (The Hon. Kate Arbuthnot, born 1989; The Hon. Leaf Arbuthnot, born 1992; The Hon. Alice Arbuthnot, born 1998). Lord and Lady Arbuthnot divide their time between London and Berkshire. James Arbuthnot James Norwich Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, (born 4 August 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997, and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015. Arbuthnot served as Chairman of the Defence Select Committee from 2005 to"
"election. Stephen Kinnock, son of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, was selected to succeed Dr Francis as the Labour candidate for Aberavon. Hywel Francis David Hywel Francis (born 6 June 1946) is a Welsh historian and Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon from 2001 to 2015. Hywel Francis attended Whitchurch Grammar School and Llangatwg Secondary School. He studied at the University of Wales, Swansea, where he earned a doctorate in history. Francis continued to work at the University of Wales as a Professor in Adult Continuing Education prior to being elected in 2001. At"
"services. He was also Chairman of the All Party Group for Mutuals and sponsored the Mutuals (Deferred Shares) Act 2015 through the House of Commons. He was MP for Cardiff North from May 2010 until March 2015. Between 2006 and 2015 he was Chairman of the Association of Conservative Clubs. He was also Chairman of the Political Committee of the Carlton Club between 2013 and 2015. He was Chairman of the Welsh Conservative Party from 2014 to 2017. Evans is married to Margaret, and has three children (Angharad, Rhianydd and Nicholas). He is a supporter of Cardiff City Football Club"
"2014 European Parliament election until she was elected as MP for Oxford East in the 2017 General Election. His father, also John Howarth, worked in the coal industry first as a footplateman and later as a traffic foreman on the Bowes railway. His mother Freda Howarth (Robinson) was the daughter of Joe Robinson, a pit deputy at Heworth Colliery. Joe had served in the Northumberland Fusileers Regiment in the First World War and was wounded at Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres). During the Second World Ward Freda was an industrial conscript working as a welder in munintions production. John Howarth"
"years as an active member of the Conservative Party before being elected as a Member of Parliament. In addition to taking part in various election campaigns and numerous party events, Clarke was president of the Laval University Conservative association from 2013 to 2014 and president of the Beauport–Limoilou Conservative riding association in 2013. Finally, in 2013 he completed a prestigious internship with the issues management team in the Office of the Prime Minister Canada. Last but not least, Clarke is married and a father of two. He lives in Beauport with his wife, son and daughter. In the 2015 general"
"2017 General Election by the Conservative candidate Stephen Kerr who gained the seat by 148 votes. Steven Paterson Steven Alexander Paterson (born 25 April 1975) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling between 2015 and 2017. Paterson was born in Stirling Royal Infirmary on 25 April 1975. He is the elder of two children born to Peter Paterson and Janice Paterson (""née"" McGill). His father was an English teacher at St Modan's High School in Stirling as well as a local historian and his mother was a nurse with the local"
"Constitutional War"". In 2012, he released a compilation of key speeches from that year, entitled ""A Strong Australia"". Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian politician who served as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 2009 to 2015. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2013. Abbott was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Warringah in 1994. Abbott was born in London to an Australian mother and a British father, and moved to Sydney at the age of two. He"
"great-great-grandfather of David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Evan Henry Llewellyn Colonel Evan Henry Llewellyn (25 February 1847 – 27 February 1914) was a British Army officer and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1906. Llewellyn was the fourth son of Llewellyn Llewellyn of Buckland Filleigh, North Devon. He was educated at Rugby School. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset. He served in the British Army, where he was an officer in the 4th (Militia) battalion of the Somersetshire Light Infantry. Following"
"the 2015 general election. She polled 26,999 votes and 53.2% of the vote and defeated the incumbent Labour MP, Brian Donohoe by 13,589 votes. She made her maiden speech in the House of Commons on 2 June 2015. Whitford has been married to Hans Pieper, a German citizen who works as a general practitioner, since 1987; the couple have a son together. Philippa Whitford Philippa Whitford (born 24 December 1958) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and a breast surgeon. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Ayrshire in May 2015 and was re-elected"
"Labour's Brexit position. Leader Jeremy Corbyn had instructed his MPs to abstain in a vote which Britain would remain in the single market by joining the European Economic Area (EEA). The MPs resigned and voted in favour of the EEA. She is married to John Cryer, chair of the parliamentary Labour Party. Ellie Reeves Eleanor Claire Reeves (born 1980) is a British Labour Party politician, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham West and Penge. She is the sister of an MP, Rachel Reeves, and married to another MP, John Cryer. Ellie Reeves is the daughter of Graham and"
"monarchy with an elected head of state. He has been married to Yvonne Hallsworth since 1965 and they have a son and a daughter. Michael Clapham Michael Clapham (born 15 May 1943) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley West and Penistone from 1992 to 2010. Born in Darton, in Barnsley, Clapham was educated at the Darton Secondary Modern School on Churchfield Lane (now Darton High School) and the Barnsley Technical College. After leaving school in 1958, he was a coal miner for 12 years before he returned to education at Leeds"
"married Fiona Cormack in 1993; they have three daughters. The heir presumptive to the title is his brother, Charles Smith. In 2013, Smith was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease but continued as an MP. Smith stood for reelection in the 2015 general election, but was defeated by Stuart Donaldson of the Scottish National Party. Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Hill Smith, 3rd Baronet (born 15 April 1958) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who was the Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine from 1997 to 2015. Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London and the University of"
"campaigns at the February 1974 general election in South Ayrshire, again in South Ayrshire at the October 1974 general election and at Kirkcaldy in 1987. His wife, Barbara Mullin, was also a candidate for the SNP at the 1992 general election in the Ayr constituency. However, neither him or his wife were elected. In January 2015, Mullin was selected as the official SNP candidate for the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency and subsequently was elected on 7 May 2015 with 27,628 votes and a 52.2% of the vote. Mullin had a majority of 9,974 votes over Kenny Selbie, the Labour Party"
"his wife Lisa and their daughters, Logan and Jordan. Vance Badawey Vance Badawey (born October 5, 1964) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Niagara Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. Badawey was first elected to the city council of Port Colborne in 1994, serving until 1997, at which point he was elected mayor. He retired from mayoral office in 2003, but sought another term in 2006, serving until 2014. He was simultaneously elected as a councilor for the Regional Municipality of Niagara, and served on the"
"Andrew Robathan Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan (born 17 July 1951) is a British Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire (previously Blaby) in Leicestershire as well as a government minister. In September 2014 Robathan announced he would stand down at the 2015 general election, and was nominated for a life peerage in 2015 Dissolution Honours, being created Baron Robathan, of Poultney in the County of Leicestershire, on 13 October 2015. Robathan was born on 17 July 1951. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, an all-boys public school in Northwood, London. He went"
"2016, Burnett had previously been the Conservative Party's candidate in the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine consistency in the 2015 UK General Election, which has similar boundaries. He won 28.8% of the vote and came second to the SNP's Stuart Donaldson. Burnett is the Conservative spokesperson for energy in the Scottish Parliament. He sits on the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee of the Scottish Parliament. Burnett is married to Lavinia Cox, with whom he has three children: one son and two daughters. Alexander Burnett (politician) Alexander James Amherst Burnett of Leys (born 30 July 1973) is a Scottish Conservative"
"about how you vote and how you advise constituents to vote, you must make them aware of the attempt by Israelis and by pro-Israelis to influence the election.” At the 2010 General Election, he lost his seat to Jane Ellison of the Conservative Party. He lives in Battersea with his wife Sara (married July 2008) and his two stepdaughters. His first wife, Kathy, with whom he had two children (now grown-up) died in 1995.<br> His Great Grandfather was the inaugural Bishop of Riverina. Martin Linton John Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British Labour Party politician, who was"
"the 2000 Loyal Address of the Blair Government in Parliament, then-MP Sir John Morris, who would retire at the next general election, said: Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency) Aberavon (Welsh: ""Aberafan"") is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system. It is represented by Stephen Kinnock of the Labour Party. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election by a division of the Swansea District. With the exception of the first term, it has always been held by the"
"French and German, and has been admitted as a Freeman of the City of London. Andrew Robathan Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan (born 17 July 1951) is a British Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire (previously Blaby) in Leicestershire as well as a government minister. In September 2014 Robathan announced he would stand down at the 2015 general election, and was nominated for a life peerage in 2015 Dissolution Honours, being created Baron Robathan, of Poultney in the County of Leicestershire, on 13 October 2015. Robathan was born on 17 July 1951. He"
"Steven Paterson Steven Alexander Paterson (born 25 April 1975) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling between 2015 and 2017. Paterson was born in Stirling Royal Infirmary on 25 April 1975. He is the elder of two children born to Peter Paterson and Janice Paterson (""née"" McGill). His father was an English teacher at St Modan's High School in Stirling as well as a local historian and his mother was a nurse with the local health board. Paterson was educated at Cambusbarron Primary School and Stirling High School. He then studied"
"and they have three sons and one daughter. His eldest son Andrew is a Fianna Fáil councillor in Kilkenny city and was elected Mayor on 16 June 2014. He first entered local politics in 1979 when he won a seat on Kilkenny Borough Council and was a subsequent Mayor of the city from 1996 to 1997. He was the third generation of his family to serve on this council. From 1991 until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2003, he was also member of Kilkenny County Council, where his father Michael McGuinness was the longest-serving councillor (1959–99). He was"
"have been married over twenty years. They have six children, Sophie, Emma, Elijah, Thaddaeus, Ava, and their youngest aged six, adopted daughter Beatrice. Watson was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Essex in June 2004 and re-elected in January 2006 and October 2008 as a member of the Conservative Government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Watson was the first centre-right MP elected for Essex or its predecessors in 46 years. He also had the distinction of being designated by the Library of Parliament as the first autoworker elected to the Parliament of Canada. Watson served on the"
"Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian politician who served as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 2009 to 2015. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2013. Abbott was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Warringah in 1994. Abbott was born in London to an Australian mother and a British father, and moved to Sydney at the age of two. He studied economics and law at the University of Sydney, and then attended The Queen's College, Oxford, as a"
"from 1997 to 2004, and the riding of Central Nova from 2004 until 2015, when he decided not to run in that year's federal election. With the defeat of the Conservatives in the 2015 election, MacKay was considered a potential candidate to succeed Harper as permanent leader of the party. MacKay is married to Nazanin Afshin-Jam, an Iranian-Canadian model, singer, and human rights activist, as well as a former Miss World Canada. MacKay and his family reside in The Beaches area of Toronto. MacKay was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. His father, Elmer MacKay, is a former PC cabinet"
"Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, and was returned on two earlier occasions (1997 and 2001) as MP for the previous constituency of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale. He was defeated in the 2015 general election by Calum Kerr, the SNP candidate. Moore was born in Dundonald, Northern Ireland, where his father was serving as a chaplain in the British Army. He moved with his family to Wishaw, Scotland, in 1970 and then to the Scottish Borders in 1981. He was educated at Strathallan School, Jedburgh Grammar School and Edinburgh University, where he studied politics"