Sentences with phrase «as a councillor at»

In 2000, it was made public that Blackman had had an 11 - year affair (which began in the late 80s) with a colleague he met whilst working as a councillor at the Brent East Conservative Association.

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At the very least George Osborne should be stripped of his title as a Privy Councillor and barred from any secure briefings that the role gives him.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford gestures as he confronts councillors at city council, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.

Councillor Toby Neal at Nottingham City Council was quoted by the Nottingham Post as saying: «Whilst respecting the court's decision, I feel the judge has missed the point of us bringing this action, which was to protect people from feeling bullied and intimidated while accessing hospital services - something we don't welcome in our city.»

She joined the Labour party, became a press officer at its Transport House HQ, was elected as a local councillor and set her sights on being an MP.

The high court ruling simply clarified that local authorities have no power to hold prayers as part of their formal meetings or to summon councillors to such a meeting at which prayers are on the agenda.

Standards in public life are in the gutter when Tory activists, councillors and at least one MP, Tim Loughton, a juvenile former children's minister, are prepared to assert falsely that they «support the aims and values of the Labour Party» and are «not a supporter of any organisation opposed to it» to make an unwitting # 3 donation when they're rumbled as registered supporters.

At the end of last year, he was promoted to the management team for Hanover's UK public affairs operation and in May's local elections he successfully ran as a councillor in Milton Keynes, picking up a seat from Labour with a majority of 204.

He has always been fascinated by politics and debating and after reading physics at university (now there is a rarity) gained experience as a local councillor in Croydon, where he was born and lived, then at CCHQ in research and campaigning and working with the young George Osborne as well as Lynton Crosby and Michael Ashcroft.

I know region shouldnt throw money at constituencies where labour can't win, or ones where labour have 5 figure majorities, but take Mayoral or EU elections where every vote counts, if labour give up on them, throwing money at marginals and relying on councillors who have the time due to not having a job, to use it to promote themselves as much as their MPs.

It is chaired by the party president, currently Sal Brinton, and includes members of the party - at - large elected every three years in an all - member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors.

About a third of Labour councillors said Ed Miliband was not doing a good as leader, and 30 % reckoned they would do better with someone else at the top, a Sunday Politics / ComRes survey found.

He worked as a Conservative councillor on Harrow London Borough Council and later Woking Borough Council, as well as at Conservative Central Office.

Now Cllr Rust, who was Edinburgh's youngest councillor when he was first elected in 2004 at the age of 26, has been confirmed as candidate following a meeting on Friday night.

Adam Fleming spoke to Tory councillors Tom Pursglove, Louisa Thomas, David Simms and Simon Fawthrop as they approached the party conference in Manchester, and looked at the ComRes results.

A remarkable investigation by The Times reveals that Ukip knowingly allowed dozens of racists, homophobes and violent criminals to stand as prospective MPs and councillors at the last election.

McGovern says she stood for election as Progress chair because the group had reached out to her when she was a councillor and she is keen use it as a vehicle to help other Labour campaigners «who are at the moment at risk of being left out».

The SNP candidate has not yet completed her undergraduate degree in at the University of Glasgow and has courted controversy during her campaign, declaring that she had fantasised about «putting the nut» on Labour councillors and referring to No voters in the independence referendum as «gullible» and «selfish».

Ali Miraj has been a Councillor and stood as a Conservative Parliamentary Candidate at the last two general elections.

As a Labour councillor and candidate at next year's Scottish Parliament elections I'm excited about standing on a platform that offers hope of change not only in Scotland but across the UK.

He and other Lambeth councillors worked as refuse collectors at weekends during a strike.

Such complicated arrangements incline me strongly to support adopting the practice of some countries, long backed by the Electoral Commission, the 2007 Councillors Commission and others, of a single four - yearly national or at least regional Local Elections Day for all councils — though not, as in Sweden, on the same day as parliamentary elections with different coloured ballot papers, and probably not in mid-November, like Denmark's.

Cable did not say whether he would push for a progressive alliance at the next general election, but as a former Labour councillor many expect he would be keen on the idea of tactical voting to help Lib Dem, Labour and Green candidates to oust Tory MPs.

«At the request of Toni Letts, a Labour councillor in Croydon, I considered standing as a Labour council candidate for Croydon.

Adonis has never even stood as a candidate for MP, let alone been elected - although he was a Liberal Democrat councillor in Oxford and was at one time a LD prospective parliamentary candidate.

The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.

He has served as a Rhayader town councillor and Powys county councillor and was a candidate for UKIP at the Ceredigion by - election in 2000, the 2005 general election and 2007 Welsh assembly election.

GLA member and local councillor Bob Blackman has emerged from what appears to have been quite an acromonious selection process as the victor at an open primary election yesterday evening for the seat of Harrow East.

The Lib Dem councillor Chris White took the opportunity to swipe at Mr Pickles, as the BBC reports:

Bizarrely, some Labour councillors took this as a compliment and would wave plastic dinosaurs at the Mayor in the Council Chamber.

The seat was a target for them at the 2010 election, but was ultimately a disappointment as they lost support, and all but one of their councillors.

Or as Chief Councillor Rea said at the same press conference: «In recent years something has happened in our oceans.

Councillor Eileen Lintill, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Wellbeing and Community Services at Chichester District Council, says: «It is really exciting that more information about the Bosham Head is being uncovered, including new speculation as to who it may depict.

With two daughters currently in The Three Rivers Learning Trust, I am delighted to have been appointed as an Academy Councillor at Newminster Middle School.

It is a special Handbook aimed at helping each School Councillor work as part of a team to assist their School Council be the best channel possible for Pupil Voice within their school.

Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, added: «Jet2.com's plans to launch five new in - bound services from Spain at very competitive prices next year is yet more great news for tourism in Glasgow and serves as a clear vote of confidence in Glasgow Airport and in the attractiveness of the city's fantastic cultural credentials.

While environmental campaigners hailed this as a major victory, the threat of an appeal has been looming in the background ever since; councillors were advised at the time that their rulings would likely be subject to appeal.

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[19] Professor Mullan went on to observe that the notion of allowing a councillor to participate in a debate about proposed sanctions against himself or herself should not be viewed as a conflict of interest and that Council should not be absolved of the obligation to extend procedural fairness simply because the Integrity Commissioner might have given procedural fairness at the reporting stage.

In Ottawa, Peter Harder, formerly a senior policy advisor at Dentons Canada LLP, was sworn in as a privy councillor in the Senate

Mr Timpson met parents, councillors and professionals involved in the Bromley and Bexley trial at the Phoenix Centre, which has a hydro pool, as well as medical rooms and a gym.