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In the interests of Universal Suffrage in the UK Polling Stations are provided for any Elves, Gnomes or Pixies that wish to vote in parliamentary elections.
Workers' Party Rally @ Yishun Stadium 1 May 2011
Hi-Res images available over at: yunir.net/elections/
The 2014 New Zealand General election takes place on Saturday September 20.
The image presented here is of the advice provided by the Chief Electoral Office on how to vote in the 1975 General Election. The languages the advice is provided is in English, Maori, Cook Islands Maori and Samoan.
The Chief Electoral Office has had four main functions. First, it has been responsible for the registration of electors and the maintenance of electoral rolls. Second, it has been responsible for conducting general elections, by-elections, licensing polls, and referenda. Third, it has provided administrative support for the activities of the Representation Commissions. Lastly, it has been responsible for providing advice to Ministers, and to Parliament, on electoral matters.
Until 1975 the office employed the Registrar of Electors in each electorate. However, when the compilation and printing of the rolls was computerised the Post Office took over this function. In 1975 the Registrars of Electors in each electorate became Post Office employees. In 1980 the Director-General of the Post Office became the Chief Registrar of Electors. When the Post Office was split up in 1987 New Zealand Post took over this function.
Although Representation Commissions do not come under the authority of the Chief Electoral Office, the office did keep records relating to these commissions. The first Representation Commission was created by the Representation Act 1887. These commissions had the function of determining how electorate boundaries should change after each census. They were independent statutory bodies. However, the records of the commissions appear to have been kept by the Chief Electoral Office. Records concerning electoral redistributions can be found in the records described below, as well as in the IA and EL record groups. Details on the process of redistribution can be found in the New Zealand Electoral Atlas.
In 1993 the Electoral Act established a new system for parliamentary elections in New Zealand. From 1996 on Members of Parliament have been elected using a Mixed Member Proportional system. Under the new system each elector had two votes – one electorate vote and one party vote. From 1996, the representation of political parties in Parliament was largely determined by the total vote for each party across the country. As part of these changes the Electoral Commission was established to register political parties, receive returns of donations and election expenses from these parties, allocate election broadcasting time and funds, and produce public information about electoral matters.
This item and other items from the Chief Electoral Office can be seen in the Wellington Reading Room of Archives New Zealand.
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The two Metropolitan Police Officers monitor events. The officer on the right is Superintendent Vic Coventry, second in charge of 'A' or Whitehall Division. A perfect gentleman who was always fair and honest in all his dealings and worked extremely well with Chief Superintendent William Gilbert, both excellent policemen who were, without doubt, a credit to the Metropolitan Police.
The police officers would be attached to Cannon Row Police Station (Alpha Delta) the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police's 'A' or Whitehall Division that formed part of the world famous Scotland Yard designed by the acclaimed Scottish architect Norman Shaw in 1898.
Cannon Row Police Station handled all of the major ceremonial occasions in the Capital from 1902 plus the many large demonstrations that took place most weeks on Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, Parliament Square and Downing Street.
As well as the above, the station was responsible for the protection of the Monarch and the Royal Family when resident at Buckingham Palace, Clarence House, Holyrood House (Scotland), Balmoral Castle, (Scotland), Castle of Mey (Scotland), Birkhall House (Scotland), Windsor Castle (Berkshire), Royal Lodge, (Berkshire).
The station also had huge policing responsibilities for the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament).
For more about Cannon Row Police Station click on the links below:
Which will you choose??? If you are entitled to vote, then please do so.
Our sensory room has a 'colours and shapes' theme this half term... and handily had all these strips hanging from the ceiling. Convenient colours too!
Strangford DUP candidate with Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds pictured at the launch of the Party's slogan for the 2010 General Election
*click delete* "Now, infidels, let us see how your evil empire gets on without its precious Lolcats...mwa ha ha ha ha!"
UK Government warn that the country is at risk of cyberattack. Acid Rabbi wonders if this may be connected to an earlier embarrassment for the Commons.
The general election is about to start. Picture taken in the Guild of Students Courtyard, the University of Birmingham.
In 1852 the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the New Zealand Constitution Act (15 & 16 Vict. c. 72). The long title of the Act was "An Act to Grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand", and it received Royal Assent on 30 June 1852.
The 1852 Constitution Act came into operation with a Proclamation by Governor George Grey on 17 January 1853. The Proclamation is on parchment and contains the signatures of Governor Grey and Civil Secretary Alfred Domett, and the Public Seal of New Zealand.
The text of the 1852 Act can be found here: nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GovCons-t1-body-d1-...
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CLA President Henry Robinson with Liz Truss, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Bumped into Nicola Sturgeon MP, First Minister of Scotland, doing a TV interview on my way home this evening.
This was the day after the UK General election in which the Scottish National Party won 56 of a possible 59 seats in Scotland. Giving her plenty to smile it about.
The following information is taken from The Board of Deputies of British Jews Facebook page:
Corbyn organised the Apr. 1977 defence of Jewish populated Wood Green from a Neo-Nazi march
7 Nov. 1990: Corbyn signs motion condemning the rise of antisemitism
11 Apr. 2000: Jeremy Corbyn signs motion condemning David Irving for being a Holocaust Denier
6 Nov. 2000: Jeremy Corbyn praised the ‘British Schindler’, Bill Barazetti, for his WW2 kindertransport
28 Jan. 2002: Jeremy Corbyn signs motion praising football clubs for commemorating Holocaust Day
30 Apr. 2002: Corbyn was a primary sponsor on a motion condemning antisemitism
11 May 2002: Jeremy led a clean up of Finsbury Park Synagogue after an anti-Semitic attack
23 July 2002: Corbyn condemned attacks on a synagogue in Swansea
26 Nov. 2003: Corbyn officially condemns attacks on 2 Istanbul synagogues
16 Dec. 2003: Jeremy Corbyn signs motion commemorating International Holocaust Day
2004: Jeremy condemned news that anti-Semitic hate crimes had risen for yet another year
21 Jan. 2004: Jeremy Corbyn condemned the French government’s moves to ban the Jewish Kippa in French Schools
26 Feb. 2004: Jeremy signed a motion praising Simon Wiesenthal for bringing Nazi perpetrators of the Holocaust to justice
8 Sept. 2004: Corbyn co-sponsored a bill expressing fears for the future of the United Synagogue Pension Scheme
11 Oct. 2004: Jeremy Corbyn condemned arbitrary attacks on civilians in Israel and Palestine
12 Jan. 2005: Jeremy Corbyn signs a motion commemorating International Holocaust Day
16 June 2005: Jeremy condemned the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in east London
11 Jan. 2006: Jeremy Corbyn signs a motion commemorating International Holocaust Day
8 Mar. 2006: Jeremy Corbyn led condemnations of an Iranian Magazine soliciting cartoons about the Holocaust
16 Apr. 2006: Jeremy Corbyn condemned Bryan Ferry for anti-Semitic remarks
26 June 2006: Jeremy Corbyn praised British war veterans for their efforts to combat the Holocaust
10 Oct. 2006: Jeremy signed a motion marking the 70th anniversary of Cable Street
14 Nov. 2007: Jeremy co-sponsored a motion lamenting the poverty and social exclusion East London Jews suffered
12 May 2008: Corbyn praised the efforts of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto during the uprising of 1944
27 Oct 2008: Jeremy Corbyn signs a motion marking the 70th anniversary of the horrors of the holocaust
8 Dec. 2008: Jeremy condemned the Press Complaints Commission for refusing to sanction The Times for antisemitism
14 Jan. 2009: Jeremy Corbyn condemned a wave of recent anti-Semitic incidents targeted
27 Jan. 2009: Corbyn signed John Mann’s motion condemning antisemitism on university campuses
26 Feb. 2009: Jeremy signs a motion condemning antisemitism on the internet
24 Mar. 2009: Corbyn signs a motion praising the heroism of British Jews during Holocaust
2 Dec. 2009: Jeremy Condemned Iran’s treatment of Jewish minorities in Iran
9 Feb. 2010: Jeremy joins in calls for Facebook to do more to fight antisemitism
22 Feb 2010: Corbyn co-sponsors a motion calling for Yemen’s Jews to be given refugee status to the UK
27 Oct. 2010: Corbyn praises work of late Israeli PM in his pursuit of a 2 state solution
27 Jan. 2011: Corbyn co-sponsored a motion praising the ‘never again for anyone initiative’
3 Mar. 2011: Corbyn backed Ian Paisley’s motion condemning the anti-Semitic remarks of Dior’s lead fashion designer
14 Mar. 2012: Jeremy Corbyn condemned the sale of Nazi memorabilia at an auction in Bristol
14 Mar 2012: Jeremy Corbyn co-sponsored a bill condemning the rise of antisemitism in Lithuania
20 Mar. 2012, Jeremy Corbyn condemned a terrorist attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse
12 June 2012, Jeremy co-sponsored a motion condemning anti-Semitic attacks during EURO 2012 in Poland
13 June 2012: Jeremy attacks BBC for cutting Jewish programmes from Its schedule
1 Mar 2013: Corbyn joins a chorus of calls condemning antisemitism In sport
1 Oct. 2013: Corbyn was one of the few MPs who defended Ralph Miliband from Daily Mail antisemitism
9 Jan 2014: Jeremy praises Holocaust Memorial’s work on antisemitism education
June 2015: Jeremy condemns a Neo-Nazi rally planned for a Jewish area of London
Sat 4 July 2015: Jeremy co-planned a counter-fascist demo in defence of Jewish residents at Golders Green. The march was re-routed
18 Nov. 2015, Corbyn used one of his first PMQs to challenge Cameron to do more on antisemitism
9 Oct 2016: Corbyn, close to tears, leads commemoration of the Battle of Cable Street
3 Dec. 2016: Corbyn visits Terezin Concentration Camp to commemorate Holocaust victims
In 2017-19 Jeremy introduced 20 new measures to combat antisemitism in the Labour Party
Melania Trump, is a former model married to Donald Trump.
This caricature of Melania Trump was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed (CC BY-SA 3.0) photo from Toglenn on Wikimedia. Toglenn requested to have this included in the attribution: Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com.
General Election day. Marking the fact that it's the first time my daughter has been able to vote. I'm impressed by how politically engaged she and her friends seem to be.
Info: Canon 7D, 30.0mm, f/4.0, 1/500, ISO 100.
Cost: £5. Labour party manifesto cost: £3.50.
Seriously, I need a hardbound book which looks like the sort of textbook you might get for A Level history at an out of date public school (Telegraph version: "strikingly workmanlike" - workmanlike? Facepalm)?
Because that'll save money on waste won't it Dave?
Using the ever-dependable www.andybarefoot.com/politics/cameron.php
Source: Scan of an original postcard.
Image: P50438.
Date: January 29th 1906.
Postmark: Feb 2nd 1906.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
The House of Commons and Big Ben, London
Picture free to use. Please credit: Alan Cleaver. See other free stock pictures in my Freestock set
Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and supporters rally outside Parliament before marching to Conservative Party headquarters, to raise the profile of disability rights and to challenge MPs to abandon policies harming disabled people since the Tory party were elected in 2010. A brief sit-down protest blocked traffic on a busy Victoria Street while leaflets were handed to members of the public.
Read more about the event, and the devastating impact of Tory "austerity" cuts on disabled people here
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Protesters ensuring air time on foreign TV. Downing Street, London, the day after the 2019 General Election.
Not quite finished.
It needs adornment but basically it's done.
I have made a habit, over the many years I've celebrated the Elections in stitch, to put the finishing touches as the results are announced.
I will not be able to do this tonight as I will be counting the local vote until 5am!
This is as far as I could get in the time I had available.
I will post the finished product as soon as I can.
People listening to Obama's victory speech at the gas station on 15 and U.
Election Night 08, Washington DC
New Zealand's first Labour government came into power following a convincing election win on 27 November 1935. Michael Joseph Savage (1872-1940) became the first Labour prime minister, and is remembered as one of our best-loved politicians. For two generations he spearheaded the social security structure of New Zealand, being a leading spokesman for increased pensions and a totally free health system.
Immediately after Labour took office, a Christmas bonus was paid to the unemployed and poor, and a programme of state housing commenced. In 1938 “Mickey” Savage began drawing up plans for his Social Security system, calling it “applied Christianity”. This provided for a universal free health system and an old-age pension of 30 shillings a week for men and women at age 60, with a general payment at the age of 65.
The leather briefcase pictured above belonged to Savage. It features the gilt-lettered 'M.J. Savage M.P.' and a silver buckle with the inscription: 'Presented by his Parliamentary Colleagues, 1935'.
Walter Nash acquired the briefcase, and it now forms part of our Walter Nash collection, which you can see more of here: archives.govt.nz/gallery/v/Walter+Nash+Exhibition/
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Elections 2015
Ideally I'd like to see much more red, and I'd be happy for more yellow and green. Less blue. And no purple.
Obviously blue Skittles don't exist so I had to have a play about... it almost worked!
Went to vote this evening and then called for a couple of ales as is election tradition. Will sit and wait for the results now. Eek!
Turf Wars Movie, London, UK April 2010
Direct from the front line...all leaders are equal, but some are more equal than others... The outcome of the First Turf Wars Debate, as seen live on Prank Sky TV, was agreement to seek the advice of His Royal Highness King Robbo - last chance to save the Kingdom, before it gets written off?
Prank Sky Media, Highgate, London.
With thanks to Unusual Image for returning to Camden for the live broadcast and a big thank you to Gordon for ordering in his Art Police, to airbrush the leaders into the piece.
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Source: Scan of the original leaflet.
Date: Feb 23rd 1950.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
31/05/24 - Bury, Greater Manchester. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and James Daly visit the East Lancashire Heritage Railway to meet with volunteers, and then stop at a cafe for ice cream and to talk to the local media. Picture by Edward Massey / CCHQ
The launch of the 2015 General Election campaign in South Antrim where party members and supporters gathered to support local MP William McCrea.
The meeting was addressed by DUP Leader Peter Robinson and the Mayors of both Antrim and Newtownabbey were in attendance.
The entrance to the Polling Station at Barnes Farm Infant and Junior School in Chelmer Village in Chelmsford (UK) on General Election day May 7th 2015.
George Galloway, Independent candidate for West Bromwich East, Opens his General Election Campaign at West Bromwich Working Mens Club, 36 Dudley St, B70 9LS. 8th Nov 2019, George is standing on a Pro Brexit ticket. Labour has parachuted in Ibrahim Dogus Restaurant owner and current Mayor of Lambeth to replace Tom Watson who resigned, while the Tory candidate is Nicola Richards a Dudly Councillor
1932 Cumann na nGaedheal election poster, aimed at convincing prospective voters that the Fianna Fáil party had its roots in violence and bloodshed, while Cumann na nGaedheal stood for law and order.
This poster can be seen in action in a photograph in our Poole Collection, taken on Thursday, 11 February 1932.
Size: 76 x 51 cm
Date: February 1932
Printed by: Hely's Ltd., Dublin
NLI Ref.: EPH F53 (A1 Size)
Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland
I guess if there are six Pictures that sum up a decade, it might be these!
The night that people in London realised that the people in the rest of the UK (generally speaking) don't think the same... AT ANY COST.
That people in Scotland would rather be part of Europe than part of the UK.
I guess that a keyword for the next decade will be tribalism!