Stephen Parkinson is a special adviser to a prime minister who leads which party ?
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Stephen Parkinson (adviser) Stephen Parkinson (born 1983) is a special adviser to British Prime Minister Theresa May, former think tank researcher, and former lobbyist.
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Theresa May Theresa Mary May ( , "née" Brasier ; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2016, the second woman to hold both positions, the first being Margaret Thatcher. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 1997. Ideologically, she identifies herself as a one-nation conservative.
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Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1990 Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place on 24 October 1990. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 18 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. The Commons members of the PLP separately elected the Chief Whip, and the Labour peers elected the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. In addition, the Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Leader (Neil Kinnock and Roy Hattersley, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices.
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Iain Wright Iain David Wright (born 9 May 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 2004 to 2017, and served also as the Chairman of Business Innovation and Skills Committee. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for apprenticeships, and 14 to 19 reform in the Department for Children, Schools and Families until 11 May 2010. In April 2017, he announced that he would not be standing as a candidate in the 2017 General Election. On 12 July 2017, fellow Labour MP Rachel Reeves succeeded Wright as Chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee.
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Electoral history of Tony Blair This is a summary of the electoral history of Tony Blair, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007.
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Nick Herbert Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 7 April 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs. He was Minister of State for Police and Criminal Justice, with his time split between the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice from 2010–2012.
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Steven Woolfe Steven Marcus Woolfe (born 6 October 1967) is an English barrister and independent politician, who has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the North West England region since the 2014 European election. Woolfe was considered a frontrunner in UKIP's 2016 leadership election, but was excluded from the race after submitting his nomination late. After Diane James resigned from the party leadership, Woolfe was standing in the second UKIP leadership election of 2016, but withdrew from the contest and the party after he was allegedly injured by a fellow MEP. Woolfe subsequently resigned from UKIP in October 2016, describing the party as "ungovernable".
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Michael Matheson (politician) Michael Stephen Matheson (born 8 September 1970) is a Scottish politician who has been the Cabinet Secretary for Justice since 2014. He has been a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament since 1999, first representing Central Scotland and, since 2007, the Falkirk West constituency.
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Scottish Labour Party leadership election, 2008 The 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Wendy Alexander following a row over donations to her own leadership campaign in 2007. Iain Gray won the contest and was announced as leader on 13 September 2008.
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Premiership of Gordon Brown The premiership of Gordon Brown began on 27 June 2007 when Brown accepted the Queen's invitation to form a government, replacing Tony Blair as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It ended with his resignation as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010. While serving as Prime Minister, Brown also served as the First Lord of the Treasury, the Minister for the Civil Service and the Leader of the Labour Party. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by David Cameron
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List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand The Prime Minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand, and the leader of the Cabinet of New Zealand, with various powers and responsibilities defined by convention. Officially, the prime minister is appointed by the Governor-General of New Zealand, but by convention, the prime minister must have the confidence of the elected New Zealand House of Representatives. The prime minister is always a member of parliament, and is usually the leader of the largest political party in the House.
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James Ashby James Hunter Ashby is an Australian political advisor and former radio presenter, best known for the "Ashbygate" political scandal involving the former Speaker of the House, Peter Slipper. He is currently the chief of staff for Pauline Hanson, the leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation political party, and the One Nation party secretary.
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Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1994 The 1994 Labour Party leadership election was held on 21 July 1994 after the sudden death of the incumbent leader, John Smith, on 12 May. The 1994 leadership election would ultimately decide not only the Labour Party's new leader, but also the next Prime Minister; Tony Blair won the leadership and became Prime Minister after winning the 1997 general election.
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Bill English Simon William "Bill" English (born 30 December 1961) is the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the National Party, having taken office on 12 December 2016. He was previously Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2016.
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Julian Glover (journalist) Julian Glover OBE is an English journalist and speechwriter who since September 2012 has served as a special adviser in the UK Department for Transport. Previously he was the chief speechwriter to the Prime Minister. Glover wrote for British newspaper "The Guardian" from 2001 to 2011 as a leader writer and columnist.
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Shadow Cabinet of Alexander Downer The Downer shadow ministry was a Shadow Cabinet led by the Opposition Leader and leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Alexander Downer, in the Parliament of Australia between 23 May 1994 and 30 January 1995. While serving no formal status—only the Leader and Deputy Leader received remuneration for their role over and above that of a Member of Parliament—it was intended to improve the effectiveness of the Opposition by providing an alternative Ministry to voters, consisting of shadow ministers who could ask role-specific questions in parliament, provide comment to the media and offer alternative policies to the government in their areas of responsibility.
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Mel Stride Melvyn John Stride (30 September 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician. Stride was appointed as Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the Second May ministry of June 2017, replacing Jane Ellison who lost her seat during the election.
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Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was established in 1996 and is led by Arthur Scargill, a former Labour Party member and the former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers. The party's name highlights its commitment to socialism and acknowledges Clause IV of the Labour Party's former constitution, as fundamental to the party's identity.
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Stephen Gilbert, Baron Gilbert of Panteg Stephen Gilbert, Baron Gilbert of Panteg (born 1963) is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.
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Peter Grant (politician) Peter Grant (born 12 October 1960) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glenrothes, having been elected in the 2015 general election. He held this seat in the UK 2017 general election.
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Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1986 The annual election to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") was conducted in October 1986. In addition to the 16 members elected, the Leader (Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader (Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip (Derek Foster), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members.
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Damian Hinds Damian Patrick George Hinds (born 27 November 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the East Hampshire constituency. He was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from May 2015 until he was made Employment Minister at the Department for Work and Pensions by the Prime Minister on 19 July 2016.