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31 unusual facts about Member of Parliament


Ainsdale

For parliamentary elections, the ward is part of the Southport constituency, currently represented by the Liberal Democrat MP, John Pugh, who was re-elected at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Anthony Oliphant

His eldest brother, Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie was Member of the House of Commons for Perth, whose son was General Sir Laurence Oliphant KCB KCVO, 9th of Condie.

Sir Anthony's son, Laurence Oliphant, went on become a well-known author, international traveller, lawyer, and a Member of the House of Commons.

Deb Willet

Deborah "Deb" Willet (1650–1678) was a young maid employed by Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament.

Division of a question

In the British House of Commons, a formal motion is not required to divide the question; since 1888, the Speaker has held that a question consisting of two or more propositions, each of which is able to stand on its own, can be divided on the objection of any Member of Parliament.

Election petition

A recent example of an election being held void was when the 1997 election of Member of Parliament for Winchester, Mark Oaten, (Liberal Democrat) was contested by the Conservative Party candidate Gerry Malone.

Francis John Marnham

In 1906 he was elected Liberal MP for Chertsey at the General Election, gaining the seat from the Conservatives with a majority of just 95 votes.

Freedom of information in the United Kingdom

In 2007, the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill was introduced as a private members bill in the House of the Commons by the Conservative MP David Maclean.

Herman De Croo

First elected in March 1968, he is the longest serving Belgian Member of Parliament.

Ikpe Umoh Imeh

Ikpe Umoh Imeh (or Obong (Chief) Ikpe Umoh Imeh) (April 22, 1906 – September 29, 2004) was a Member of Parliament from Akwa Ibom State and Deputy Speaker of Parliament for the Eastern Region, Nigeria during the Nigerian First Republic.

Isabella Banks

Both her father, James and her mother Amelia were active in politics long before the period when the City of Manchester had its own parliamentary representatives; her father held several official civic roles in his lifetime as a town alderman and magistrate.

James Peggs

In 1813, when the British parliament was considering the renewal of the charter that authorized Company's trade and political control in India, Members of Parliament who were evangelical Christians, especially Methodists and Baptists, inducedforced the Company to permit missionaries to settle in their territory.

Jill the Reckless

Other characters include wealthy clubman Freddie Rooke and dramatist Wally Mason, her childhood friends; her financially inept uncle Major Christopher Selby; her fiancé at the beginning of the book, the M.P Derek Underhill, and his domineering mother, Lady Underhill; Jill's unpleasant Long Island, N.Y. relatives, Elmer, Julia and Tibby Mariner; Drones Club member Algy Martyn, various chorus girls, composers and other theatrical types, and, of course, miscellaneous servants.

John Bernard Stephenson

John Bernard Stephenson (November 24, 1938 – March 30, 1982), also called Jack Stephenson was a Jamaican lawyer and Member of Parliament for North West St. Catherine and founder of the Charlemont High School, Jamaica.

Lagadapati

Lagadapati Rajagopal, is a Member of Parliament of the Republic of India representing the Vijayawada constituency.

Leader of the Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrat members elect the United Kingdom Liberal Democrat Leader and the Members of Parliament elect the Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader.

Lord Belhaven and Stenton

He was the son of William John Hamilton (Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight), son of William Richard Hamilton (Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office), son of the Venerable Anthony Hamilton (Archdeacon of Colchester), son of Alexander Hamilton, younger son of the aforementioned William Hamilton, 3rd of Wishaw.

Lord Fairfax of Cameron

He had represented Queen Elizabeth I on several diplomatic missions to James VI of Scotland and also sat as a Member of Parliament for several constituencies in the English Parliament.

Lunt

From 1997 until 2010 the village of Lunt was part of the Knowsley North and Sefton East constituency represented by George Howarth, a Labour Party MP.

Mademoiselle Anaïs

She had an affair with a British Army general and Member of Parliament, Sir Edward Stopford, resulting in the birth in 1819 of a son who also became a British Army general, Edward Stopford Claremont.

Metodija Andonov-Čento

At the 1938 Yugoslav elections, he was elected deputy but not a Member of Parliament because of a manipulation with the electoral system.

Monarchism in Georgia

“We, most opposition parties, believe that we should have a parliamentary form of government and its perfect form is a constitutional monarchy,” MP Zviad Dzidziguri of the Conservative Party said on October 8.

Park Hall

It falls under the Walsall South parliamentary constituency, with the local Member of Parliament being Valerie Vaz of the Labour Party.

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

It is the remake of a 1920 film of the same name, based on the play by Charles William Bell, a Canadian criminal lawyer and later Member of Parliament for Hamilton West and Mark Swan, which opened on Broadway in New York City on Christmas Eve, 1917 and ran for 232 performances.

River Don Navigation

The first Act of Parliament was presented in 1698 by the MP for Thirsk, Sir Godfrey Copley of Sprotborough, representing the interests of Rotherham.

Sajjan Jindal

His youngest brother, Naveen, is a Member of Parliament of India from the Indian National Congress party.He represents Kurukshetra constituency from the state of Haryana.

Scottish Westminster constituencies 1868 to 1885

Except for Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow, each Scottish constituency represented a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP).

Scottish Westminster constituencies 1885 to 1918

Except for Dundee, which was a two-seat constituency, each Scottish constituency represented a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP).

Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950 to 1955

In Scotland, where boundaries had been unaltered since 1918, the legislation defined 32 burgh constituencies (BCs) and 39 county constituencies (CCs), with each electing one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Toni Hoffman

Hoffman faced ridicule for suggesting that his presence was not beneficial and as a last resort chose to bring the matter into the public arena by approaching local MP Rob Messenger.

Whitmore Square

It was named by the Street Naming Committee after William Wolryche Whitmore, a British Member of Parliament who introduced the South Australia Foundation Act to the British House of Commons.


Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771

Among the victims were Frans Dreyer, brother of South African Member of Parliament Anchen Dreyer.

Arthur Humphreys-Owen

From 1894 he was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire in a by-election to succeed Stuart Rendel on his elevation to the peerage.

Arthur Macnamara

On September 28, 1854, Macnamara married Lady Sophia Hare, daughter of the local MP for St Alban's the 2nd, Earl of Listowel.

Baron Skelmersdale

The title was created in 1828 for the former Member of Parliament for Westbury, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Clitheroe and Dover, Edward Bootle-Wilbraham.

Barre, Massachusetts

But on November 7, 1776, it was renamed Barre /ˈbæri/ in honor of Isaac Barré, an Irish-born MP who was a champion of American Independence.

Bart Maves

Maves worked as a legislative assistant to federal MP Ken Atkinson, who represented St. Catharines from 1988 to 1993.

Bridgeman baronets

The Bridgeman Baronetcy, of Ridley in the County of Chester, was created on 12 November 1773 for Orlando Bridgeman, Member of Parliament for Horsham and younger son of the 1st Baronet, of the Great Lever creation.

ChangeFIFA

Joining forces with Change FIFA, Damian Collins, Conservative Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe and member of the House of Commons' Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for Sepp Blatter's re‑election as FIFA president to be suspended and a "reform agenda" to be introduced at football's ruling organisation.

Clifton, Nottingham

Parliamentary, Clifton falls within the Nottingham South constituency, with Lilian Greenwood the current Member of Parliament.

Darell baronets

The Darell Baronetcy, of Richmond Hill in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 12 May 1795 for Lionel Darell, Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis and Hedon.

Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu

From 1758 to 1762, he was Whig Member of Parliament for Tiverton and on his retirement was raised to the Peerage as Baron Beaulieu, of Beaulieu in the County of Southampton, and later Earl Beaulieu, of Beaulieu in the County of Southampton, in 1784.

Eric Berntson

Berntson also appeared on the 1991 tape that showed current Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski making homophobic slurs and current Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall mocking Roy Romanow in a Ukrainian accent which was revealed to the public on March 31, 2008.

Franklin Khan

Franklin Khan is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and former Member of Parliament for Ortoire-Mayaro and Chairman of the ruling People's National Movement.

Fryerns Comprehensive School

This turned out to be the case as in 1997 he did not contest the Basildon seat as the New Labour candidate Angela Smith MP was elected.

Funaadu

Faisal Naseem: Former Member of Parliament for Fuvahmulah (Gnaviyani Atoll) and founder of Faisal Foundation, which is famous for its social work, philanthropic contributions and donations for the development of Fuvahmulah.

Goodluck Ole-Medeye

Goodluck Joseph Ole-Medeye (born 14 March 1958) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Arumeru West constituency since 2010.

Gregory Teu

Gregory George Teu (born 3 February 1951) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Mpwapwa constituency since 2010.

Guilden Sutton

The local MP is Stephen Mosley, Conservative, as Guilden Sutton is part of the City of Chester constituency.

Hamilton Square

Features of the square include the town's cenotaph in front of the town hall, a large Queen Victoria Monument at the centre of the gardens and a statue of John Laird, the first Member of Parliament for Birkenhead and the son of William Laird.

Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland

Vane entered the foreign service and held posts in Paris and Stockholm before entering the House of Commons in 1841 as a member for South Durham.

Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor

Their eldest son, Peter Brooke, also served as a Conservative Member of Parliament and Secretary of State, while their second son Sir Henry Brooke became a Lord Justice of Appeal.

Inverness by-election, 1954

The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, by his application for the Chiltern Hundreds.

Janner

The Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Devonport, Alison Seabeck, showed her ignorance of the term in 2005 when, while still a candidate, she was asked by the local paper: "What is a Janner?"

Jardine baronets

The Jardine Baronetcy, of Godalming in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 January 1916 for John Jardine, Liberal Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire from 1906 to 1919.

John Edmund Parry

In 1987, Parry was one of three New Democratic Party Members of Parliament (MPs) to heckle American President Ronald Reagan during an address by the president to the Canadian House of Commons (Toronto Star, 6 June 2004).

Joseph Maynard

In 1665, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston in the Cavalier Parliament although through the tardiness of the Sheriff he did not take his seat until nearly a year later.

Legal status of animals in Canada

When the Conservative Party came to power in 2006, MP Mark Holland tabled a private member’s bill that was virtually identical to Bill C-50, the most recent incarnation of C-17.

Lewisham by-election, 1891

The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the serving Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Viscount Lewisham on the death of his father.

Margaret Herbison

She was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for North Lanarkshire at the 1945 general election, defeating the Conservative incumbent, future Deputy Speaker of the House William Anstruther-Gray.

National Team Unity

Later that year a rift with UNC leader Basdeo Panday led Maharaj, together with Oropouche Member of Parliament Trevor Sudama and Naparima MP Ralph Maraj, to leave the party.

Nationwide Festival of Light

John Biggs-Davison (MP for Chigwell): “It is not so much a permissive society as a licentious, callous and cruel society… The Christian strives to imitate Christ who calls him to heroic purity.”

No Love for Johnnie

It was based on the book of the same title by the Member of Parliament Wilfred Fienburgh and stars Peter Finch.

Operation Cauldron

In 1994, the then MP for the area Calum Macdonald called on Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind to intervene to commission an independent report on the test exercises Operations Cauldron and Hesperus in 1952 and 1953, and all similar chemical weapons tests

Peter M. Liba

He stepped down as lieutenant-governor just before the federal election of 2004, and was replaced by outgoing Liberal MP John Harvard.

Philip Battley

He is married to actress Elisa Boyd, is the nephew of television and film actor David Battley, the grandson of Labour MP John Battley,

Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

A national campaign to change the period of service to 20 years was started by Warwickshire Police Officer Kenneth Fowler, and supported by Chief Officers, the Police Federations and Members of Parliament.

River Doe Lea

The river contained 1000 times the safe level of dioxins in 1991, according to a statement made by Dennis Skinner, (MP) in the House of Commons in 1992.

Rose Namayanja

Rose Namayanja is also the elected Member of Parliament for Nakaseke District Women Representative.

Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers

The establishment of the corps was largely instigated by Colonel Fitzstephen French, of Frenchpark, County Roscommon, an MP for that county.

Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet

Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Priory (4 August 1843 – 4 May 1925) was the first son of Gabriel Goldney, Conservative MP for Chippenham.

Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet

Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1759-25 February 1838), of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.

Sir William Curtis, 1st Baronet

A lifelong Tory, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the City of London at the 1790 general election.

Tie Domi

In the mid-1990s, Domi was romantically linked to Canadian Member of Parliament Belinda Stronach.

Tom Froese

Froese was born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where his father Jake Froese would later serve as the town's mayor and as a federal Member of Parliament.

Vickers Vulcan

# G-EBEM; Type 61 - Delivered to Douglas Vickers MP in September 1922, competed in King's Cup Air Race in September 1922, taking 7th place, disappeared off the coast of Italy in May 1926.

Viscount Waverley

It was created in 1952 for the civil servant and politician Sir John Anderson, who served variously as Governor of Bengal, Member of Parliament, Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Walker baronets

He was a Member of Parliament for Londonderry, Solicitor-General for Ireland, Attorney-General for Ireland and eventually Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Warwickshire Association for the Blind

The inaugural meeting of WAB was chaired by Lord Algernon Percy, the High Sheriff of Warwickshire, and a former Conservative MP, who spoke of the difficulties blind people experienced when finding employment, while other members expressed a need for greater support to equal that which was taking place in other parts of the country.