Sentences with phrase «labour assembly members»

As well as going into some detail on matters from constitutional arrangements to confidence in the Labour Assembly Members seeking to step into Rhodri Morgan's shoes, the headline announcement to come out of this wealth of data was burgeoning support for the Welsh Conservatives and the utter collapse in that for Labour in Wales.

The row marks the first major public disagreement between the new mayor and Labour Assembly members after a relatively smooth start to his term.

As an active trade unionist, he is co-ordinator of the UNITE Group of Labour Assembly Members.

Labour assembly members want the living wage to be made statutory in London.

«Voluntary measures alone may not significantly improve the number of people earning a living wage,» Labour assembly member Fiona Twycross said.

«The home secretary's refusal to approve water cannon for use on London's streets should be a clear signal to Boris Johnson that he is the only one who thinks this ill - judged proposal is a good idea,» Labour assembly member Joanne McCartney said today.

You can contact your Labour Assembly Member directly or contact us through Twitter and Facebook.

asked Tom Copley, a Labour assembly member.

No Wandsworth elected Leonie Cooper a Labour Assembly Member last May.

Not exact matches

Jon Gower Davies, a former Head of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Newcastle and a Labour Councillor on Newcastle City Council for 20 years, has written a report for the think - tank Civitas, entitled «Small Corroding Words: the slighting of Great Britain by the EHRC», which advocates the abolition of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, currently chaired by Trevor Phillips, the ex Labour member of the London Assembly.

Four women Assembly Members are calling on Welsh Labour to change its electoral college system and adopt «One Member, One Vote»...

The election was characterised by a resurgence for the Labour Party, whilst Plaid Cymru saw a reduction in support and the number of Assembly Members they returned.

Steve Brooks, Wales Director of the Electoral Reform Society said: «Our research shows that Labour would have won nearly 70 % of the seats in the National Assembly, had the last election been fought using Two Member First Past the Post.

However, as ERS research reveals, Two Member First Past The Post would deny thousands of Welsh voters a voice in the National Assembly and disproportionately benefit Labour.

The NPF is made up of 204 members representing parliament, European and devolved assemblies, local government, affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and others, and individual members of the Labour Party, who elect representatives through an all member ballot.

«I think this is a reasonable, a sensible way forward - the Welsh government, and now the Welsh Assembly including Labour and Liberal Democrat members of the Welsh Assembly, agree with that.

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Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones may need to form a coalition to remain as First Minister after the party lost one Assembly member - ending with 29 out of 60.

In the 2016 Assembly elections, eight members of the party ran for election under the name of the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee, as the Labour Party NEC had refused to allow candidates to stand as official Labour Party candidates.

(v) OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY — TWO REMAINING VACANCIES (all Labour MPs may vote in this contest) Please note Linda Riordan has been elected as there is not a contest to fill the vacancy for women members CANDIDATES: Tony Lloyd, Dai Havard, Nick Smith, Linda Riordan, Mark Hendrick

As it stands, the Welsh government is without a first minister, the parliamentary vote having resulted in a deadlock, with 29 Assembly Members — 28 from Labour and the Liberal Democrats» sole AM Kirsty Williams — voting for Labour's Carwyn Jones.

In December 2015 a meeting of the members of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland decided unanimously to contest the elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly held in May 2016.

Once again the Welsh Labour Government is asking Assembly Members to pass legislation without being given the full details or implications within that legislation.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have hit out at Labour members of the Assembly's Health Committee after they stopped a report from recommending that Labour's e-cigarette ban be scrapped.

With the current Welsh Government being a minority government run by Welsh Labour, the main opposition party from May — mid October was Plaid Cymru but after one of Plaid's Assembly Members resigned from the party, it had equally the same seats as the Welsh Conservatives.

Labour and SDLP members are permitted to join the party, [21] but does not currently have any representation in the assembly.

Labour came close in 2004, selecting London Assembly member Nicky Gavron, only to replace her with Ken at the last minute.

Just 2 1/2 years ago, Lutfur Rahman was selected as Labour's candidate for Mayor of Tower Hamlets with 433 votes compared with 251 for local London assembly member, John Biggs, and 157 for council leader, Helal Abbas.

Recently, the Labour Leader of the Council, Cllr Julian Bell, arranged for the director responsible for planning and other senior planning officers to meet Dr Onkar Sahota, Ealing's Labour London Assembly member, on site to discuss Dr Sahota's very contentious planning application.

On the Assembly front, Ealing and Hillingdon has handed Labour a member.

The National Assembly is comprised of elected members; whether APC or PDP or Labour or APGA they are elected members.

It was Tory - held between 1979 and 1987, but is technically now classed a Labour / Plaid marginal, with the Conservatives having come fourth with 11 % of the vote in 2005 - although the third - placed Independent, Peter Rogers, had previously been a Conservative Assembly Member.

A highlight of the last session of the Assembly was Mark Drakeford's magnificent speech against Trident, when Labour members were whipped to stand by Carwyn James» outrageous and tribal rejection of Plaid's opposition to Trident in Wales.

During the count, as the results became clear, one Labour member sourly remarked «You are about to discover that Assembly Members are lower than dirt on the Mayor's shoes.»

It has emerged this morning that Andrew Pelling, the former Conservative MP for Croydon Central and ex-London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton has joined the Labour Party.

In follow up to last year's Cost of Living reports in early 2015 Labour London Assembly Members undertook a new series of reports to examine the impact of to Tory - led Government's policy on Londoners.

In early 2014, Labour Members of the London Assembly published a series of reports about the cost of living crisis that is hitting our city.

The assembly member Carl Sargeant served as Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children 19 May 2016 until his resignation on 3 November 2017 following his suspension from the Labour Party due to «shocking and distressing» allegations about his personal behaviour.

Labour is the largest party on the London Assembly, with a total of twelve members.

As we head into Boris Johnson's final months as Mayor of London, Labour's London Assembly Members have produced a series of pamphlets looking at the Mayor's record in each policy area and exploring the cost the capital has paid as a result of having Boris Johnson as Mayor.

Labour and Tory Assembly Members might say some of the right things in Cardiff, but it is their colleagues in Westminster who insist on hoarding power in London.

Tom Copley, Labour member of the London Assembly and deputy chair of the housing committee, warned that London was being «hollowed out».

According to those present, Madeleine Moon, the Labour MP and member of the UK's Nato parliamentary assembly delegation, said people in Nato were worried about Labour's position and argued it was a fantasy to suggest the UK could scrap Trident while remaining a Nato member.

It's therefore perhaps not surprising how many Conservative (and indeed Labour) Members of the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly Members are content with AMS, a semi-proportional system, for whom it is now the status quo.

Law was the Labour member of the Welsh assembly for the seat and an ally of Llew Smith, the left - wing Labour MP who stood down at the 2005 election.

Plaid Cymru Assembly Members decided to vote against Labour's legislation as they were offended by the Public Services Minister calling them a «cheap date».

Welcoming Janet's selection, Peter Black AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, said: «Janet Ellard will make an excellent voice in Parliament after so many years of neglect by endless Labour politicians taking the people of Ogmore for granted.

Welsh Labour Senior Assembly Member (7/11/2014)

He derived support from all parts of Labour's political spectrum, from London MPs, councillors and members of the London assembly.

Brian Gibbons FRCGP (born 25 August 1950) is a medical doctor who was the Labour Party Assembly Member for Aberavon from May 1999 to May 2010.