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Young people from YOUNGO – the youth constituency under the UNFCCC – are taking action today inside the UN climate talks. Silently holding placards bearing the words ‘Equity is the Pathway to Ambition’, they issue a powerful reminder to negotiators from developed countries that it is their responsibility to take the lead in acting on climate change. YOUNGO demands a renewed drive for progress at the climate talks; progress which is based on science and equity.
“We have had loud and fun actions so far. But today we are silent, reminding negotiators of the respect that the fundamental principles of this Convention require. Some governments believe they can simply overwrite the principles of a global convention but these are based on equitable values which are not up for negotiation. It is only by following a pathway which is equitable and just that we will be able to make real strides in the fight against climate change.” said Maja Gudim Burheim from the Norwegian organisation, Changemaker.
READ THE PRESS RELEASE HERE: pusheurope.eu/media/pressrelease-24052012/
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Margo MacDonald contested the Hamilton constituency in 1978, which went to George Robertson.
Margo MacDonald joined the SNP in 1966 and was President of Edinburgh University Scottish Nationalists. She first stood as the SNP parliamentary candidate for Paisley in the 1970 election and was elected MP for Glasgow Govan from November 1973 to February 1974. She was elected as SNP MSP for the Lothians in 1999. In January 2003 she left the SNP and has held this seat as an Independent MSP. For further biographical information
www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/Margo-MacDona...
This leaflet forms part of the Gordon Wilson collection. Gordon Wilson was MP for Dundee East between 1974 and 1987. He was Deputy Leader of the SNP between 1973 and 1974 and leader from 1979 to 1990. He has participated in an interview with the Scottish Political Archive discussing his memories of the 1979 and 1997 devolution referendums. His interview forms part of the Devolution Referendums Oral History Collection within the archive.
The Scottish Political Archive is housed at the University of Stirling. The archive is home to the oral interviews, personal papers and associated material from prominent Scottish politicians. For further information about the work of the archive please visit our website www.scottishpoliticalarchive.org.uk
The people of Carmarthen braced the cold weather and came to visit the National Assembly for Wales Bus on Wednesday. A few comments were made regarding the constituency boundaries; some local people feel they aren’t represented properly due to the fact that their constituency is shared with Pembrokeshire. One person specifically came on board to express his view that stroke services are lacking in Wales. He was therefore pleased to hear of the inquiry into Stroke Services that has been conducted by the Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee. Their report is available on the Assembly’s website. One person felt that Wales should have more law- making powers, and that St David’s Day should be made a bank holiday. A group of sixth form students from Ysgol Bro Myrddin came by and were very eager to have their say. They mentioned that electronic voting should be considered to get a higher turnout at elections, especially as people in rural areas don’t tend to travel to polling stations. They said that many young people think politics is boring and that it should therefore be made more relevant to get more young people involved in future.
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Tro pobl Caerfyrddin a’r cyffiniau oedd ymweld a Bws Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ddydd Mercher. Cwyn sawl ymwelydd oedd nad oeddent yn cael eu cynrychioli’n ddigonol gan eu bod yn rhannu’r un etholaeth a Sir Benfro. Daeth un person draw yn arbennig i ddatgan ei bryder ynglŷn a’r diffyg Gwasanaethau Stroc yng Nghymru. Roedd yn falch felly o glywed am yr ymchwil diweddar gan Bwyllgor Iechyd, Lles a Llywodraeth Leol y Cynulliad. Mae adroddiad y Pwyllgor ar gael ar wefan y Cynulliad. Roedd un person yn gryf o blaid mwy o bwerau deddfu i’r Cynulliad ac yn awyddus i weld Diwrnod Dewi Sant yn cael ei wneud yn ŵyl y banc. Daeth rhai o ddisgyblion Ysgol Bro Myrddin draw i fynegi eu barn am bleidleisio. Soniodd ambell un y byddai dull electronig o bleidleisio’n syniad da gan nad ydi pobl o gefn gwlad yn tueddu i deithio i’r gorsafoedd pleidleisio. Yn olaf, roeddent o’r farn mai diflas ydi gwleidyddiaeth i nifer o bobl ifanc ac y dylid ei wneud yn fwy perthnasol er mwyn galluogi mwy o bobl ifanc i gymryd rhan yn y broses ddemocrataidd.
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Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 02/06/2022. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Constituency Visit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Bessingby Park Bowls Club. Picture by Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits his constituency in Richmond (Yorks) - 6/4/23. Photo by Andrew Wong / CCHQ.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits the Nourished natural foods shop in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 17/12/2022. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Constituency Day. Picture by Dominic Lipinski / Parsons Media/ CCHQ
MLA Carlos Almeida Constituency and KTC Chairman
Status 18.6.20
Union defence minister Manohar Parrikar laid the foundation
stone for Ultra Modern Transport Hub cum Administrative Building at KTC on 2.5.2016. The project is of 96 crore and will be executed by GSIDC
The project will have shops, hall, Govt Offices etc.
Tumi Zwane, Lawrence Bale, Thulani Tshefuta (Community Constituency) and President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting with the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) Conveners on Jobs Summit and National Minimum Wage at the Nedlac House in Johannesburg. The purpose of the meeting is to appraise the President on the progress report towards the preparation to host the Jobs Summit and processes underway to implement the National Minimum Wage. South Africa. (Photo: GCIS)
On the Pershore Road in Stirchley, Birmingham.
Heading towards Dog Pool Lane.
The Selly Oak Constituency Office on Pershore Road in Stirchley.
To the left is Stirchley Community Primary School.
2023-05-24: President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina sharing frame with (L-R), Liban Obsiye, Chief Policy Coordinator-Ministry of Finance, Somalia; Jonathan Nzayikorera, Executive Director for Eastern Africa Constituency at African Development Bank Group; Dr. Hodan Osman, International Relations Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia; Hon. Dr. Elmi Mohamoud Nur, The Minister of Finance of the Federal Government of Somalia; H.E. Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime Minister of Somalia; Nnenna Nwabufo, Director General, East Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office, African Development Bank; Hon. Abdirahman Mohamed, Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia and an official during the Annual Meeting 2023: Bilateral Meeting with Somalia.
Developing country partner education specialists and GPE members met for the EEMECA constituency meeting in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan, October 2019
Credit: Mirkamol Komilov
Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 12/08/2021. Uxbridge, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Constituency Day. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Hillingdon Hospital. Picture by Andrew Parsons CCHQ / Parsons Media
Candidates from the NA-40 constituency in North Waziristan Agency in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) participate in the first-ever candidate radio discussions to better inform FATA voters.
Photos, press releases and full transcripts (Urdu and English) of all FATA radio candidate forums are available for download at the following link: bit.ly/11CBmmQ
Individual radio forums were held for most FATA constituencies with MNAs competing for election to the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 09/11/2021. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson- Remembrance tribute. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined by the Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle as he places his Remembrance tribute in the House of Commons Constituency Garden of Remembrance in New Palace Yard ahead of Remembrance Day. Picture by Andrew Parsons / CCHQ / Parsons Media
Developing country partner education specialists and GPE members met for the EEMECA constituency meeting in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan, October 2019
Credit: Mirkamol Komilov
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets Tania Fava and her daughter Elm, as he visits the Nourished natural foods shop in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 17/12/2022. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Constituency Day. Picture by Dominic Lipinski / Parsons Media/ CCHQ
Constituency Chairman Charles West, David Laws MP (LibDem Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families) and Cllr Heather Kidd
MLA Carlos Almeida Constituency and KTC Chairman
Status 18.6.20
Union defence minister Manohar Parrikar laid the foundation
stone for Ultra Modern Transport Hub cum Administrative Building at KTC on 2.5.2016. The project is of 96 crore and will be executed by GSIDC
The project will have shops, hall, Govt Offices etc.
2023-05-23: Hon. Dr. Paul Ryan, Head of International Finance and Climate Division, Ministry of Finance, Ireland along with Mette Knudsen, Executive Director, Nordic-Indian-Irish Constituency at the AfDB in Abidjan and the officials attending the AM 2023: Bilateral Meeting with Nordics.
Candidates from the NA-42 constituency in South Waziristan Agency in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) participate in the first-ever candidate radio discussions to better inform FATA voters.
Photos, press releases and full transcripts (Urdu and English) of all FATA radio candidate forums are available for download at the following link: bit.ly/11CBmmQ
Individual radio forums were held for most FATA constituencies with MNAs competing for election to the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Candidates from the NA-42 constituency in South Waziristan Agency in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) participate in the first-ever candidate radio discussions to better inform FATA voters.
Photos, press releases and full transcripts (Urdu and English) of all FATA radio candidate forums are available for download at the following link: bit.ly/11CBmmQ
Individual radio forums were held for most FATA constituencies with MNAs competing for election to the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Developing country partner education specialists and GPE members met for the EEMECA constituency meeting in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan, October 2019
Credit: Mirkamol Komilov
Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 02/09/2022. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Constituency Visit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the D20 Board game cafe during a constituency visit. Picture by Andrew Parsons CCHQ / Parsons Media
Developing country partner education specialists and GPE members met for the EEMECA constituency meeting in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan, October 2019
Credit: Mirkamol Komilov
A number of issues were discussed during the Assembly’s bus’s visit to Bangor yesterday. Housing was a major concern for numerous visitors, and one visitor said she had arranged to see her constituency Assembly Member the following day to discuss the situation. After being informed that she also has four regional Members she said she was considering contacting them as well. A student studying psychology came in specifically to ask questions about the upcoming Assembly election on 5 May as he had heard about it in the media following the referendum last week. This was his second visit to the bus as he had already spent some time on board during a previous visit to Bangor earlier in the year. A gentleman from Canada came in and spoke to staff on the bus about the Assembly since 1999. He was informed that representatives from the Canadian Parliament would be visiting the Assembly next week. More information on the visit is available at www.assemblywales.org. Another visitor had some ideas on how to improve passenger numbers on rural buses and wanted to present his ideas to his local Assembly Member. He was very pleased to learn he had a total of five Assembly Members, one constituency Member and four regional Members.
Cododd sawl pwnc ei ben yn ystod ymweliad bws y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol â Bangor yn ddiweddar. Roedd tai yn bryder mawr i nifer o drigolion yr ardal ac roedd un fenyw wedi trefnu apwyntiad gyda’i Haelod Cynulliad i drafod ei phroblem y diwrnod canlynol. Fe’i hysbyswyd fod ganddi bedwar Aelod Cynulliad arall a soniodd y byddai’n ystyried cysylltu gyda hwy hefyd. Daeth un myfyriwr seicoleg ar y bws yn arbennig i dderbyn gwybodaeth am etholiad y Cynulliad. Roedd wedi clywed am yr etholiad yn dilyn y refferendwm felly roedd yn awyddus i wybod beth yn union fyddai’r drefn ar 5 Mai. Roedd yn gyfarwydd â’r bws gan iddo ymweld ag o pan dreuliodd y bws ddiwrnod yn y ddinas ddechrau’r flwyddyn. Daeth dyn sy’n byw yng Nghanada draw i weld y bws, a holi’r staff am hanes y Cynulliad ers 1999. Fe’i hysbyswyd bod cynrychiolaeth o Senedd Canada yn ymweld â’r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol cyn hir. Mae gwybodaeth bellach ar gael ar www.cynulliadcymru.org. Roedd gan un ymwelydd syniad ynghylch cynyddu nifer y teithwyr ar fysiau cefn gwlad. Soniodd ei fod yn dymuno rhannu ei syniadau â’i Aelod Cynulliad ac roedd yn falch o glywed bod ganddo ddewis o bump i gysylltu â hwy, un Aelod etholaeth a phedwar Aelod rhanbarthol.
Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 02/06/2022. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Constituency Visit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a walkabout at Uxbridge Underground Station. Picture by Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media
2018-02-06: In a group photograph (L-R), Catherine Cudre-Mauroux, Executive Director of constituency of Luxembourg , African Development Bank; Monsignor Joseph Spitieri, Apostolic Nuncio for the Holy See to Mexico; (Back Row) Gelsomina Vigliotti, Director General for International Financial Relations, Department of the Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy; Mohamed El-Hamzawi, Asst. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, for Regional Economic Organisations; Mohamed Abdelaziz Bouguetaia, Ambassador of Algeria to Côte d'Ivoire; Bright Erakpoweri Okogu, Executive Director for Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principle at African Development Bank; Mr. Charles O. Boamah, Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group; Ahmed Zayed, Executive Director for Egypt, AfDB during the AfDB Annual Diplomatic Luncheon.
Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (Con):
The Secretary of State is talking about energy-intensive industry and there is still a great deal of that in my constituency. Does he agree we do not want these industries going offshore where environmental legislation may not be as stringently enforced as it is in the UK? We need to keep those industries here in the UK, and yesterday’s Budget helps us to achieve that. [Interruption.]
Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):
Order. Before the Secretary of State answers the intervention, I should say that there are far too many conversations on the Back Benches. The House is getting restless. If the House does not calm down and let the Secretary of State get on with it, he will never come to the end of his speech.
Vince Cable:
I am trying very hard, Madam Deputy Speaker, to take as many interventions as Members wish to throw at me.
In relation to Dudley and manufacturing, my hon. Friend is right that it is not sensible to lose manufacturing overseas as we will get carbon leakage and lose the production and the jobs. It is very much in our interests to stop that happening and we are doing so. There is a lot of evidence of the reshoring of production, including to the industries in the west midlands to which my hon. Friend refers.
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3.13 pm
Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (Con):
I welcome the Budget statement. It is a Budget that will help us build a resilient economy and is part of the Government’s long-term economic plan to put this country back on the path to sustained growth, a path that was deviated from by the Labour party with the debt-fuelled politics of the final decade of its time in office.
I commend my right hon. Friend the Chancellor who, since coming to office, has been proved right on all the big calls of the past four years. He correctly identified the problems and was right to set out a clear plan to address and then overcome them and equally right continually to stress that there was no alternative to plan A if Britain were to turn the corner. The deficit is down by a third, and in the coming year it will be down by a half. But it is still one of the highest in the world, so the Government are right to be taking action to bring it down further.
I will now deal with some of the detail of the Budget, but in the light of the number of Members who wish to speak, I will limit my remarks to three or four main areas. First, this was a Budget for savers. Social media has been awash with the hashtag #savingsupported, and with good reason. The reforms to individual savings accounts and raising the limit to £15,000 could benefit up to 513,000 ISA holders in the west midlands alone. Cutting the savings income tax to zero on up to £5,000 could benefit up to 131,000 savers in my region.
The Budget will help more of my constituents to save for a home, save for their retirement and save for their family. I welcome the additional support for savers, so that more people can provide a secure future for themselves and their families. Although we are getting on top of our debts as a nation, for many decades Britain has borrowed too much and saved too little. It is therefore right that hard-working people keep more of what they earn, and of what they save. Support for savers is, rightly, at the centre of the Budget.
The personal tax changes will also be widely welcomed in my area. The increase in the personal allowance in 2015-16 will lift 27,000 people out of income tax altogether, and 2,120,000 people will see an average real terms gain of £62. Again, these are west midlands numbers and the national figures are, of course, even more impressive.
The next area I want to deal with, after help for savers and cutting taxes, is the welcome news on pension flexibility, particularly with the fundamental reform of the taxation of defined contribution pensions. As the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr Heath) has just said, from April 2015, the Government will legislate to remove all remaining tax restrictions on how to access defined contribution pension pots, which means that no one will have buy an annuity if they do not want to. Those who still want the certainty of an annuity, as many will, will be able to shop around for the best deal. There will be no punitive 55% tax rate for those who take more than their tax-free lump sum. It will still be possible to take 25% of the pension pot tax free on retirement, but what is taken above the tax-free lump sum will be taxed at normal marginal rates, not 55%, as at the moment. We will have a new guarantee, enforced in law, that everyone who retires on a DC scheme will be offered free, impartial, face-to-face advice. As economist Ros Altmann summarised:
“No more annuity will be required. No 55% tax charge, only marginal rates. Everyone will get access to face-to-face advice to make the right choice for themselves and their family.”
As the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills said earlier, we now know that manufacturing halved under Labour, with all bets effectively being on the City of London, and look where that got us. Now manufacturing is growing again, and jobs are being created in Dudley and the black country, and across the country. Week in, week out, I visit businesses, often in manufacturing or engineering, or connected to those industries, and the optimism I am finding is reflected in the figures, with 1.7 million new private sector jobs having been created since May 2010. Investment and exports are also up. But we have 20 years of catching up to do, so the Government are right to be backing businesses that invest and export. With the help of the British people, the Government are turning the economy around. The reward is economic security for the families of Britain. The Budget is part of the long-term economic plan—a plan that is delivering economic security for families in my constituency and throughout the country.
The Beacon opened to the public on 28 March 2013
The Beacon is 80ft high and has seven floors
There are 132 steps (and a lift!)
The Beacon took 12 months to build
It includes a two-storey café with open terraces offering 360 degree views
There are four floors of business space
A sky lounge for meetings and events
The top floor is an open roof terrace offering fantastic views all year round
Eco features include an energy efficient heat recovery system and solar reflective glazing
The Beacon is included in a LED lights installation which runs the full length of the seafront to the bandstand
The project is part funded by the Council, One North East and the European Regional Development Fund 2007-2013.
Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located 7 miles (11 km) east of Middlesbrough.
The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of 37,073 at the 2011 Census. The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland.
It gained a town charter in 1922, from then until 1968 it was governed by the municipal borough of Redcar. Since the abolition of County Borough of Teesside, which existed from 1968 until 1974, the town has been unparished.
Redcar occupies a low-lying site by the sea; the second element of its name is from Old Norse kjarr, meaning 'marsh', and the first may be either Old English (Anglo-Saxon) rēad meaning 'red' or OE hrēod 'reed'. The town originated as a fishing hamlet in the 14th century, trading with the larger adjacent hamlet of Coatham. Until the mid-19th century it was within the parish of Marske-by-the-Sea – mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Numerous ships have foundered off the Redcar coastline and many of their wrecks still exist. The Zetland is the world's oldest surviving lifeboat. It was built by Henry Greathead of South Shields and is housed in a volunteer-led sea-front museum. The lifeboat was first stationed at Redcar in 1802.
As seaside holidays became fashionable in the early 19th century, Redcar's facilities expanded. By 1841, Redcar had 794 inhabitants. In 1846, work was completed on the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway and the presently named Redcar Central station, created to attract tourism and trade.
Redcar's population expansion corresponded with Middlesbrough's, with the discovery in 1850 of iron ore in the Eston area of Cleveland Hills. Redcar prospered as a seaside town drawing tourists attracted by eight miles of sands stretching from South Gare to Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
Plans for a pier were drawn up in 1866, but lay dormant until prompted by the announcement of plans to build a pier at Coatham in 1871. Coatham Pier was wrecked before it was completed when two sailing ships were driven through it in a storm. It had to be shortened because of the cost of repairs and was re-opened with an entrance with two kiosks and a roller-skating rink on the Redcar side, and a bandstand halfway along its length.
Redcar Racecourse was created in 1875. Redcar Pier, another pier as well as Coatham Pier, was built in the late 1870s. In October 1880 the brig Luna caused £1,000 worth of damage to this pier. In New Year's Eve 1885 SS Cochrane demolished the landing stage. and in 1897 the schooner Amarant went through the pier. A year later, its head and bandstand burned down.
In October 1898 the Coatham Pier was almost wrecked when the barque Birger struck it and the pier was thereafter allowed to disintegrate. An anchor from the Birger can be seen on the sea front pavement close to the Zetland Lifeboat Museum.
In 1907 a pavilion ballroom was built on Redcar Pier behind the entrance kiosks and in 1928 it was extended. A glass house for concerts was added to the remains of Coatham Pier's entrance. The presently named Redcar East railway station was built in 1929.
In 1929 Coatham Pier's glasshouse was replaced by the New Pavilion theatre. After the war, comedian and entertainer Larry Grayson coined his catchphrase "Shut that Door!" while performing there, since the stage door was open to the cold North Sea breeze.
Redcar Pier was deliberately breached (sectioned) in 1940 to prevent its use by enemy invasion forces. As a result of sectioning, damage by a mine explosion and deterioration it was never reconnected and instead allowed to become even more dilapidated.
In 1964 the New Pavilion Theatre was transformed into the Regent Cinema. The Redcar Pier pavilion continued in use after the war but storm damage led to it being declared unsafe and it was demolished in 1980–1981.
The town's main employers in the post-war era were the nearby Teesside Steelworks at Warrenby, founded by Dorman Long in 1917, and the ICI Wilton chemical works. The steel produced at Dorman Long was used to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Auckland Harbour Bridge and many others. Both the Warrenby and Lackenby sites became part of Tata Steel when Corus was taken over in 2007, but continued to trade under the Corus name until at least February 2008. SSI bought the plant from Tata Steel in February 2011, for £320 million.
After a two-year hiatus following the mothballing of the plant in February 2010, steel was once again being made at Redcar. The Thai owners of the former Corus Plant at Lackenby, Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI), re-ignited the blast furnace, one of the largest in Europe, on 15 April 2012.
On 18 September 2015, production was paused due to the decline in steel prices. On 28 September 2015, the plant was "mothballed" amid poor steel trading conditions across the world and a drop in steel prices. On 2 October, the owner of the site, SSI UK, entered liquidation. On 12 October 2015 the administrator announced that there was no realistic prospect of finding a buyer and the ovens would be extinguished.
Wards periodically change, as of 2018 the town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland. Redcar is made up of areas that do not lend their name to a ward: Warrenby, Lakes Estate, Redcar East, The Ings, Ings Farm, Mickledales and Westfield.
On 5 May 2011 Redcar elected its councillors to Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. There was a by-election on 18 November 2011 for two vacant seats in the Zetland ward, held onto by the Liberal Democrats, and on 19 January 2012 there was a by-election for a vacant seat in Newcomen ward subsequently gained by Labour from the Liberal Democrats.
Redcar was formerly a township and chapelry in the parishes of Marske and Upleatham, in 1866 Redcar became a separate civil parish. A district in Redcar's name formed in 1885. Three years after the district was formed, the centuries-old Yorkshire authority was replaced by the North Riding of Yorkshire county council. The district became an urban district in 1894.
The settlement's town charter occurred in 1922, the district was able to be styled as a municipal borough and the settlement as a town. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and merged with Teesside and Marske. On 1 April 1968 the municipal borough was abolished merged into the County Borough of Teesside, part also went to Saltburn and Marske by the Sea Urban District. This removed it from the administrative county however still ceremonially in the area. In 1961 the parish had a population of 31,460.
The 1974 reform created the non-metropolitan County of Cleveland, under the Langbaurgh non-metropolitan district. The county was also inserted into the North East England region. After further changes in 1996, the district became a unitary authority called Redcar & Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the county straddling two regions of England.
The North East England region was sub-divided into combined authorities, in May 2017 the Tees Valley area voted for their first mayor. The Conservative candidate, Ben Houchen, won the election and is now in his second term.
From 1987 to 2001, the local Member of Parliament (MP) was Mo Mowlam. From 2001 to 2010 the MP was Vera Baird. In the 2010 general election there was a swing to the Liberal Democrats with Ian Swales being elected. But, in the 2015 general election, Anna Turley, a Labour MP, won back Redcar. In the snap 2017 general election, Anna Turley held onto that seat. In the general election on 12 December 2019, Anna Turley lost her seat to Conservative candidate Jacob Young with a majority of 3,527 votes. Young becomes the third conservative MP to represent Redcar, the first being Royal Naval Commander Robert Tatton Bower 1931 to 1945 and Scarborough businessman Wilfred Proudfoot between 1959 and 1964 when Redcar was part of the Cleveland constituency.
The Palace Hub, on the beach front, was built by Redcar and Cleveland Council for the creative and cultural sector of the town. An art gallery and business start up centre are located in the building. The main library is in the Redcar Heart building in the centre of the town and there is a long-standing Redcar Literary Institute, which was founded in 1896.
Redcar is home to the Tuned In! Centre, which opened in 2011 and overlooks the sea front. The multi purpose venue hosts live music as well as creative workshops for young people. The annual event Clubland on the Beach, which showcases dance acts attracting visitors from across the country, has been held at Majuba Road in Redcar for the past three years.
The town has had several parks built for tourism: Coatham Enclosure, Locke Park, Zetland Park, Lily Park, an Amusement Park with a roller coaster, and a small sea front park known locally as Titty Bottle Park. The Amusement Park near the railway closed decades ago, and Titty Bottle Park was absorbed into the redeveloped sea front around Redcar Beacon.
At the west end of High Street is a Grade II listed clock tower, a memorial to King Edward VII who was a regular visitor to Redcar. The tower has now been refurbished.
Construction of the Redcar Beacon started in 2011. In 2013, when the building had been completed, it was nominated for the Building Design Carbuncle Cup for worst new building. It came third in the whole of the UK. In December 2015, the Beacon was damaged by winds from Storm Desmond, with several large pieces of panelling falling onto the beach below. It was also damaged in winter 2016, where a panel from the top fell off in a storm.
There are 23 listed buildings in Redcar. The Grade I Listed Sir William Turner's Hospital in Kirkleatham was built between 1674–1676 and listed on the 14 June 1952.
On the Esplanade is the Grade II-Listed Zetland Lifeboat Museum housing the world's oldest lifeboat Zetland Lifeboat.
The Victorian, former Coatham Hotel stands on Newcomen Terrace sea front.[36][37] The ballroom of the hotel was home to the Redcar Jazz Club, a venue for the up-and-coming bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In the south-east of Redcar is an aircraft listening post built in 1916 during the First World War as part of a regional defence system to detect approaching aircraft, principally Zeppelins, and give early warning.It is an example of an acoustic mirror, of which other examples can be found along the east coast of Britain. The mirror was used up until the invention of radar and although it was built on open fields today a modern housing estate now surrounds it. Only the concrete sound mirror remains and is now a Grade II listed building.
To the east of Redcar is the grade II* listed Church of St Peter, designed by Ignatius Bonomi and built 1822–29. In 1818, Lord Dundas gave land for a church, St Peters. The foundation stone was laid by Lady Turner of Kirkleatham in 1823. Initially it was a daughter church of Marske, but became an independent parish in 1867. It has a window commemorating local benefactor Sir William Turner.
Redcar has two railway stations, on the Tees Valley line, with trains operated by Northern and TransPennine Express, namely Redcar Central and Redcar East. A third station Redcar British Steel, which closed in December 2019, served the steelworks.
The main roads through the town are the A1085 and the A1042, with the A174 bypassing. Redcar is served primarily by Arriva North East buses, connecting Redcar with the surrounding towns and villages.
The Pangea North and CANTAT-3 submarine telecommunication cables both come ashore between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea.
See also: List of schools in Redcar and Cleveland
The town's further education college is Redcar & Cleveland College.
The town's secondary schools are: Outwood Academy Redcar, Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary and Rye Hills Academy.
There are eleven primary schools in Redcar: Coatham, Dormanstown, Green Gates, Ings Farm, John E Batty, Lakes, Newcomen, Riverdale, St Benedict's, Wheatlands and Zetland.
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees, the local television station TalkTeesside also broadcasts to the area. Television signals are received from the Bilsdale TV transmitter.
Local radio stations are BBC Radio Tees, Heart North East, Capital North East, Smooth North East, Greatest Hits Radio Teesside, and Zetland FM, a community based radio station which broadcast from its studios on Newcomen Terrace in the town.
The town is served by the local newspapers, East Cleveland Herald & Post which is published by the TeessideLive. The Northern Echo also covers the area.
In Coatham is Cleveland Golf Club, the first golf club to be formed in Yorkshire. It was established in 1887 and is a links course. Also in Coatham is Redcar Cricket Club, which play in the NYSD league, and Redcar Running Club.
In association football, Redcar Athletic currently compete in the Northern League Division One while Redcar Town play in Northern League Division Two. Redcar Rugby Union Football club play at Mackinlay Park.
Redcar Racecourse is one of nine thoroughbred horse racecourses in Yorkshire. There is also a motorcycle speedway racing team, the Redcar Bears racing in the SGB Championship. The race track is at the South Tees Motorsport Park in Southbank Street, South Bank and is unusual in that one bend is more highly banked than the other. The team was formerly captained by 1992 World Champion Gary Havelock and was formerly managed by his father Brian.
The town is set to host the 2022 Tour of Britain stage four, UCI Europe Tour cycling race. The town was previously set to host a stage of the Tour de Yorkshire, the event was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notable people
Gertrude Bell, colonial administrator and contemporary of Lawrence of Arabia spent her youthful years at Red Barns House in Coatham,[ which became, for a time, the Red Barns Hotel and a listed building.
The surviving negatives of Redcar photographer Alfred Edward Graham (1882–1945) were acquired by Redcar Urban District Council's Library and Museum Committee and are now held by the Redcar and Cleveland Museum Service.
Rex Hunt, governor of the Falkland Islands during the 1982 invasion by Argentina, attended Coatham School.
The former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, represented Redcar parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons.
Film and television actors Pip Donaghy June Laverick, and Wendy Hall, and actor/director/producer Robert Porter were all born in Redcar.
Actor and radio actor Felicity Finch, famous for her part in the Archers BBC Radio 4 drama series, playing Ruth Archer, was also born and grew up in Redcar.
Singer David Coverdale, lead singer with Deep Purple and Whitesnake lived in Redcar as a youth and worked in the Gentry clothes shop on Coatham Road.
Chris Norman, founder member and former lead singer of Smokie was born in Redcar.
Pete York, drummer with the Spencer Davis Group and session drummer was born in Redcar.
Paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, originally from Wales, lived in Redcar for a number of years with her husband and daughter.
2011 and 2016 UCI Downhill World Champion Danny Hart was born in and currently lives in Redcar, he is frequently nicknamed "The Redcar Rocket" by commentators.
David Wheater, Bolton Wanderers and England national football team central defender, grew up and still lives in Redcar.
Snooker player Mike Dunn was born in Middlesbrough but lives in Redcar.[citation needed]
Jordan Jones, Rangers FC and Northern Ireland national football team midfielder was born in Redcar
Hayden Hackney, Middlesbrough F.C. midfielder was born in Redcar
Dylan Cartlidge, singer and multi-instrumentalist grew up in Redcar
Film and television
A location from the film Atonement
In 2006, Redcar was used as a location for the film adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel Atonement. The Coatham Hotel, Regent Cinema, a section of Newcomen Terrace and part of the beach were dressed as 1940s Dunkirk. Filming took place across three days in August 2006, with local men playing the soldiers.
In 2010, Redcar was featured on the Channel 4 television programme The Secret Millionaire. David Jamilly a humanitarian, philanthropist and self-made millionaire, visited the Redcar community and gave £25,000 to Zoë's Place for a sensory room, £25,000 to Redcar Amateur Boxing Club to start an Olympic fund, and £25,000 to Sid's Place for special counselling.
There was a subsequent visit on 14 May to a screening at Redcar's cinema, attended by the mayor and mayoress along with all the charities and people involved. The feature of the documentary involved the closure of the nearby Corus steelworks as well as the charities. On 9 December 2011, Jamilly opened the new Redcar Education Development centre in Park Avenue, Redcar. The centre provides day care for adults with learning difficulties. He also opened the Redcar Primary Care Hospital on 9 December 2011 and the new Sid's Place on 15 December 2011.
The town was filmed for the 2018 BBC television documentary The Mighty Redcar. The four-part series followed young people from Redcar and surrounding towns as they completed their studies and looked for work.
North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England. It borders County Durham to the north, the North Sea to the east, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south-east, South Yorkshire to the south, West Yorkshire to the south-west, and Cumbria and Lancashire to the west. Northallerton is the county town.
The county is the largest in England by land area, at 9,020 km2 (3,480 sq mi), and has a population of 1,158,816. The largest settlements are Middlesbrough (174,700) in the north-east and the city of York (152,841) in the south. Middlesbrough is part of the Teesside built-up area, which extends into County Durham and has a total population of 376,663. The remainder of the county is rural, and the largest towns are Harrogate (73,576) and Scarborough (61,749). For local government purposes the county comprises four unitary authority areas — York, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and North Yorkshire — and part of a fifth, Stockton-on-Tees.
The centre of the county contains a wide plain, called the Vale of Mowbray in the north and Vale of York in the south. The North York Moors lie to the east, and south of them the Vale of Pickering is separated from the main plain by the Howardian Hills. The west of the county contains the Yorkshire Dales, an extensive upland area which contains the source of the River Ouse/Ure and many of its tributaries, which together drain most of the county. The Dales also contain the county's highest point, Whernside, at 2,415 feet (736 m).
North Yorkshire non-metropolitan and ceremonial county was formed on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. It covered most of the North Riding of Yorkshire, as well as northern parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, northern and eastern East Riding of Yorkshire and the former county borough of York. Northallerton, as the former county town for the North Riding, became North Yorkshire's county town. In 1993 the county was placed wholly within the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
Some areas which were part of the former North Riding were in the county of Cleveland for twenty-two years (from 1974 to 1996) and were placed in the North East region from 1993. On 1 April 1996, these areas (Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton borough south of the River Tees) became part of the ceremonial county as separate unitary authorities. These areas remain within the North East England region.
Also on 1 April 1996, the City of York non-metropolitan district and parts of the non-metropolitan county (Haxby and nearby rural areas) became the City of York unitary authority.
On 1 April 2023, the non-metropolitan county became a unitary authority. This abolished eight councils and extended the powers of the county council to act as a district council.
The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority held its first meeting on 22 January 2024, assumed its powers on 1 February 2024 and the first mayor is to be elected in May 2024.
The geology of North Yorkshire is closely reflected in its landscape. Within the county are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales, two of eleven areas in England and Wales to be designated national parks. Between the North York Moors in the east and the Pennine Hills. The highest point is Whernside, on the Cumbrian border, at 2,415 feet (736 m). A distinctive hill to the far north east of the county is Roseberry Topping.
North Yorkshire contains several major rivers. The River Tees is the most northerly, forming part of the border between North Yorkshire and County Durham in its lower reaches and flowing east through Teesdale before reaching the North Sea near Redcar. The Yorkshire Dales are the source of many of the county's major rivers, including the Aire, Lune, Ribble, Swale, Ure, and Wharfe.[10] The Aire, Swale, and Wharfe are tributaries of the Ure/Ouse, which at 208 km (129 mi) long is the sixth-longest river in the United Kingdom. The river is called the Ure until it meets Ouse Gill beck just below the village of Great Ouseburn, where it becomes the Ouse and flows south before exiting the county near Goole and entering the Humber estuary. The North York Moors are the catchment for a number of rivers: the Leven which flows north into the Tees between Yarm and Ingleby Barwick; the Esk flows east directly into the North Sea at Whitby as well as the Rye (which later becomes the Derwent at Malton) flows south into the River Ouse at Goole.
North Yorkshire contains a small section of green belt in the south of the county, which surrounds the neighbouring metropolitan area of Leeds along the North and West Yorkshire borders. It extends to the east to cover small communities such as Huby, Kirkby Overblow, and Follifoot before covering the gap between the towns of Harrogate and Knaresborough, helping to keep those towns separate.
The belt adjoins the southernmost part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and the Nidderdale AONB. It extends into the western area of Selby district, reaching as far as Tadcaster and Balne. The belt was first drawn up from the 1950s.
The city of York has an independent surrounding belt area affording protections to several outlying settlements such as Haxby and Dunnington, and it too extends into the surrounding districts.
North Yorkshire has a temperate oceanic climate, like most of the UK. There are large climate variations within the county. The upper Pennines border on a Subarctic climate. The Vale of Mowbray has an almost Semi-arid climate. Overall, with the county being situated in the east, it receives below-average rainfall for the UK. Inside North Yorkshire, the upper Dales of the Pennines are one of the wettest parts of England, where in contrast the driest parts of the Vale of Mowbray are some of the driest areas in the UK.
Summer temperatures are above average, at 22 °C. Highs can regularly reach up to 28 °C, with over 30 °C reached in heat waves. Winter temperatures are below average, with average lows of 1 °C. Snow and Fog can be expected depending on location. The North York Moors and Pennines have snow lying for an average of between 45 and 75 days per year. Sunshine is most plentiful on the coast, receiving an average of 1,650 hours a year. It reduces further west in the county, with the Pennines receiving 1,250 hours a year.
The county borders multiple counties and districts:
County Durham's County Durham, Darlington, Stockton (north Tees) and Hartlepool;
East Riding of Yorkshire's East Riding of Yorkshire;
South Yorkshire's City of Doncaster;
West Yorkshire's City of Wakefield, City of Leeds and City of Bradford;
Lancashire's City of Lancaster, Ribble Valley and Pendle
Cumbria's Westmorland and Furness.
The City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council formed the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority in February 2024. The elections for the first directly-elected mayor will take place in May 2024. Both North Yorkshire Council and the combined authority are governed from County Hall, Northallerton.
The Tees Valley Combined Authority was formed in 2016 by five unitary authorities; Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland Borough both of North Yorkshire, Stockton-on-Tees Borough (Uniquely for England, split between North Yorkshire and County Durham), Hartlepool Borough and Darlington Borough of County Durham.
In large areas of North Yorkshire, agriculture is the primary source of employment. Approximately 85% of the county is considered to be "rural or super sparse".
Other sectors in 2019 included some manufacturing, the provision of accommodation and meals (primarily for tourists) which accounted for 19 per cent of all jobs. Food manufacturing employed 11 per cent of workers. A few people are involved in forestry and fishing in 2019. The average weekly earnings in 2018 were £531. Some 15% of workers declared themselves as self-employed. One report in late 2020 stated that "North Yorkshire has a relatively healthy and diverse economy which largely mirrors the national picture in terms of productivity and jobs.
Mineral extraction and power generation are also sectors of the economy, as is high technology.
Tourism is a significant contributor to the economy. A study of visitors between 2013 and 2015 indicated that the Borough of Scarborough, including Filey, Whitby and parts of the North York Moors National Park, received 1.4m trips per year on average. A 2016 report by the National Park, states the park area gets 7.93 million visitors annually, generating £647 million and supporting 10,900 full-time equivalent jobs.
The Yorkshire Dales have also attracted many visitors. In 2016, there were 3.8 million visits to the National Park including 0.48 million who stayed at least one night. The parks service estimates that this contributed £252 million to the economy and provided 3,583 full-time equivalent jobs. The wider Yorkshire Dales area received 9.7 million visitors who contributed £644 million to the economy. The North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales are among England's best known destinations.
York is a popular tourist destination. A 2014 report, based on 2012 data, stated that York alone receives 6.9 million visitors annually; they contribute £564 million to the economy and support over 19,000 jobs. In the 2017 Condé Nast Traveller survey of readers, York rated 12th among The 15 Best Cities in the UK for visitors. In a 2020 Condé Nast Traveller report, York rated as the sixth best among ten "urban destinations [in the UK] that scored the highest marks when it comes to ... nightlife, restaurants and friendliness".
During February 2020 to January 2021, the average property in North Yorkshire county sold for £240,000, up by £8100 over the previous 12 months. By comparison, the average for England and Wales was £314,000. In certain communities of North Yorkshire, however, house prices were higher than average for the county, as of early 2021: Harrogate (average value: £376,195), Knaresborough (£375,625), Tadcaster (£314,278), Leyburn (£309,165) and Ripon (£299,998), for example.
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added for North Yorkshire at current basic prices with figures in millions of British pounds sterling.
Unemployment in the county was traditionally low in recent years, but the lockdowns and travel restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect on the economy during much of 2020 and into 2021. The UK government said in early February 2021 that it was planning "unprecedented levels of support to help businesses [in the UK] survive the crisis". A report published on 1 March 2021 stated that the unemployment rate in North Yorkshire had "risen to the highest level in nearly 5 years – with under 25s often bearing the worst of job losses".
York experienced high unemployment during lockdown periods. One analysis (by the York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership) predicted in August 2020 that "as many as 13,835 jobs in York will be lost in the scenario considered most likely, taking the city's unemployment rate to 14.5%". Some critics claimed that part of the problem was caused by "over-reliance on the booming tourism industry at the expense of a long-term economic plan". A report in mid June 2020 stated that unemployment had risen 114 per cent over the previous year because of restrictions imposed as a result of the pandemic.
Tourism in the county was expected to increase after the restrictions imposed due the pandemic are relaxed. One reason for the expected increase is the airing of All Creatures Great and Small, a TV series about the vet James Herriot, based on a successful series of books; it was largely filmed within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The show aired in the UK in September 2020 and in the US in early 2021. One source stated that visits to Yorkshire websites had increased significantly by late September 2020.
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) bisects the county stopping at Northallerton,Thirsk and York. Passenger service companies in the area are London North Eastern Railway, Northern Rail, TransPennine Express and Grand Central.
LNER and Grand Central operate services to the capital on the ECML, Leeds Branch Line and the Northallerton–Eaglescliffe Line. LNER stop at York, Northallerton and on to County Durham or spur over to the Tees Valley Line for Thornaby and Middlesbrough. The operator also branch before the county for Leeds and run to Harrogate and Skipton. Grand Central stop at York, Thirsk Northallerton and Eaglescliffe then over to the Durham Coast Line in County Durham.
Northern operates the remaining lines in the county, including commuter services on the Harrogate Line, Airedale Line and York & Selby Lines, of which the former two are covered by the Metro ticketing area. Remaining branch lines operated by Northern include the Yorkshire Coast Line from Scarborough to Hull, York–Scarborough line via Malton, the Hull to York Line via Selby, the Tees Valley Line from Darlington to Saltburn via Middlesbrough and the Esk Valley Line from Middlesbrough to Whitby. Last but certainly not least, the Settle-Carlisle Line runs through the west of the county, with services again operated by Northern.
The county suffered badly under the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. Places such as Richmond, Ripon, Tadcaster, Helmsley, Pickering and the Wensleydale communities lost their passenger services. Notable lines closed were the Scarborough and Whitby Railway, Malton and Driffield Railway and the secondary main line between Northallerton and Harrogate via Ripon.
Heritage railways within North Yorkshire include: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, between Pickering and Grosmont, which opened in 1973; the Derwent Valley Light Railway near York; and the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. The Wensleydale Railway, which started operating in 2003, runs services between Leeming Bar and Redmire along a former freight-only line. The medium-term aim is to operate into Northallerton station on the ECML, once an agreement can be reached with Network Rail. In the longer term, the aim is to reinstate the full line west via Hawes to Garsdale on the Settle-Carlisle line.
York railway station is the largest station in the county, with 11 platforms and is a major tourist attraction in its own right. The station is immediately adjacent to the National Railway Museum.
The main road through the county is the north–south A1(M), which has gradually been upgraded in sections to motorway status since the early 1990s. The only other motorways within the county are the short A66(M) near Darlington and a small stretch of the M62 motorway close to Eggborough. The other nationally maintained trunk routes are the A168/A19, A64, A66 and A174.
Long-distance coach services are operated by National Express and Megabus. Local bus service operators include Arriva Yorkshire, Stagecoach, Harrogate Bus Company, The Keighley Bus Company, Scarborough & District (East Yorkshire), Yorkshire Coastliner, First York and the local Dales & District.
There are no major airports in the county itself, but nearby airports include Teesside International (Darlington), Newcastle and Leeds Bradford.
The main campus of Teesside University is in Middlesbrough, while York contains the main campuses of the University of York and York St John University. There are also two secondary campuses in the county: CU Scarborough, a campus of Coventry University, and Queen's Campus, Durham University in Thornaby-on-Tees.
Colleges
Middlesbrough College's sixth-form
Askham Bryan College of agriculture, Askham Bryan and Middlesbrough
Craven College, Skipton
Middlesbrough College
The Northern School of Art, Middlesbrough
Prior Pursglove College
Redcar & Cleveland College
Scarborough Sixth Form College
Scarborough TEC
Selby College
Stockton Riverside College, Thornaby
York College
Places of interest
Ampleforth College
Beningbrough Hall –
Black Sheep Brewery
Bolton Castle –
Brimham Rocks –
Castle Howard and the Howardian Hills –
Catterick Garrison
Cleveland Hills
Drax Power Station
Duncombe Park – stately home
Eden Camp Museum –
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway –
Eston Nab
Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo –
Helmsley Castle –
Ingleborough Cave – show cave
John Smith's Brewery
Jorvik Viking Centre –
Lightwater Valley –
Lund's Tower
Malham Cove
Middleham Castle –
Mother Shipton's Cave –
National Railway Museum –
North Yorkshire Moors Railway –
Ormesby Hall – Palladian Mansion
Richmond Castle –
Ripley Castle – Stately home and historic village
Riverside Stadium
Samuel Smith's Brewery
Shandy Hall – stately home
Skipton Castle –
Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications –
Studley Royal Park –
Stump Cross Caverns – show cave
Tees Transporter Bridge
Theakston Brewery
Thornborough Henges
Wainman's Pinnacle
Wharram Percy
York Castle Museum –
Yorkshire Air Museum –
The Yorkshire Arboretum
On December 11th, 2014 Boris Johnson was in the south Derbyshire town of Ilkeston to support the Conservative Party's Parliamentary candidate Margaret Throup . The visit ( which was a stop on a short northern tour by the politician) was not widely known about until its
reporting in the local press.
Above (scanned) picture - The Ilkeston Advertiser.
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Conservative Margaret Throup has just lately been campaigning determinedly in Erewash Constituency. Unfortunately unique local specifics upon which to campaign are difficult to identify - especially within the least affluent more run-down quarters of her would be Constituency, and particularly so within the town of Ilkeston.
That once comparatively prosperous former borough of its own regulation has through forty years suffered continuous economic decline to become a poverty-tainted embarrassment to Erewash Borough Council.
Ilkeston lies at the northern of the Erewash Parliamentary Constituency.
While mundane everyday matters and concerns in the more vibrant and affluent Nottingham-edge area of the Erewash Borough suffice as reasonably compelling local electioneering topics - it is not similarly so more northward - where cynicism of electioneering matters stifles interest .
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits his constituency in Richmond (Yorks) - 6/4/23. Photo by Andrew Wong / CCHQ.
"Straight talk
I spent Sunday afternoon back in the UNITY FM studios. This time to take part in a debate with Steve McCabe (Labour MP for Hall Green and standing in the new Selly Oak constituency); Andrew Mitchell (Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield) and John Hemming (Lib Dem MP for Yardley).
The show was produced and presented by a team of 16 year olds who were not in the mood to suffer politician-speak, and wanted to cut to the chase! Quite right too.
There were lots and lots of questions from the community covering foreign policy, education, policing, the economy and more besides.
Some of the replies were predictable. John Hemmings did his squirming routine, saying he was against the war in Afghanistan but supporting military action.
Steve McCabe couldn’t even bring himself to condemn Israeli actions towards Gaza – thought it would be ‘uneven’ to condemn them.
But Andrew Mitchell surprised me. He had been a banker himself and he responded positively to the Robin Hood tax proposal which I highlighted.
All the others agreed over the necessity of cuts – I was only one to speak out against them and point to an alternative.
And all were agreed that education funding had to be reduced – I put forward an alternative on principle and a practical solution – and pointed out that all had benefited from a free university education as had I, and now wanted to withdraw it from others.
It was a lively afternoon and kept the politicians on their toes. It was an especially uncomfortable afternoon for those who didn’t want to talk straight."
LINK: www.salmayaqoob.com/2010/03/straight-talk.html
Date: Sunday 21st March, 2010
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) for East Africa brings together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and persistent organic pollutants), representatives from civil society and representatives from the GEF Secretariat and the GEF Agencies to discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks. Countries represented include Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda,
Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
MLA Carlos Almeida Constituency and KTC Chairman
Status 18.6.20
Union defence minister Manohar Parrikar laid the foundation
stone for Ultra Modern Transport Hub cum Administrative Building at KTC on 2.5.2016. The project is of 96 crore and will be executed by GSIDC
The project will have shops, hall, Govt Offices etc.
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This banner was displayed above the Central Constituency Labour Party campaign Shop, during August and September 1997 in the lead up to the 1997 Referendum.
Scotland Forward was a cross party group, which was launched on 15 May 1997. Its aim was to secure a tax-levying parliament in Edinburgh. Its chairman was businessman Nigel Smith who was involved in the Business says Yes campaign in 1979. It was funded by a combination of businesses and unions.
Image courtesy of City of Edinburgh Museums www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/
The Scottish Political Archive is housed at the University of Stirling. The archive is home to the oral interviews, personal papers and associated material from prominent Scottish politicians. For further information about the work of the archive please visit our website www.scottishpoliticalarchive.org.uk
Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party Sayeeda Warsi at the Chorley constituency office, Tuesday April 12, 2011.
MLA Carlos Almeida Constituency and KTC Chairman
Status 18.6.20
Union defence minister Manohar Parrikar laid the foundation
stone for Ultra Modern Transport Hub cum Administrative Building at KTC on 2.5.2016. The project is of 96 crore and will be executed by GSIDC
The project will have shops, hall, Govt Offices etc.
Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 26/05/2022. London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson- Constituency visit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Brunel University in Uxbridge. Picture by Andrew Parsons CCHQ / Parsons Media
Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 15/02/2022. London, United Kingdom. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with staff and residents at Parkfield House Nursing Home during his Constituency visit. Picture by Andrew Parsons CCHQ / Parsons Media
IADT and UCD Students protest over college fees outside Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore's Constituency Office on Patrick Street in Dún Laoghaire 19 Nov'12
Image ©Licensed to Parsons Media. 27/07/2022. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Constituency Visit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson playing table tennis at the Fountains Mill Young People's Centre during a constituency visit. Picture by Andrew Parsons CCHQ / Parsons Media