Sentences with phrase «time as councillor»

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

Though Pursglove was frequently made aware of his age during his time as a councillor, he insists that his parliamentary colleagues have in no way approached him in a patronising or condescending manner.

Blackman, like the rest of our MPs, says she is «very rarely» made aware of her age, a fact that diverges from her time as a councillor.

Wragg, a chum of Pursglove's, did not have a similar enlightenment, though his time as a councillor gave him a taste for elected office.

Not exact matches

Elected three times as an Edmonton City Councillor, Amarjeet Sohi became the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods on October 19th 2015 and was named Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.

As a Councillor in Tower Hamlets I can also say I am not aware of anything yet that contradicts Times original reports in private or public1

An honorary life member of Redhill Cycling Club, Peter has competed in road races and time trials, as well as serving as a committee member, event organiser, divisional councillor, divisional committee member and national councillor.

In a Sunday Times article, Mr Phillips referred to a High Court case being taken by the National Secular Society and an atheist former councillor challenging the holding of prayers in local council meetings as «nonsense on stilts», and said human rights legislation was undermined by using it to settle «parochial disputes».

It has been a challenging transition and represents a «huge switch» — Blackman was able to balance childcare and her role as a councillor while her partner was in full time work — but she says there are some perks.

During her time as a local Councillor, she held positions as Chair of Licensing and Executive Member for Schools.

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.

Green councillors will be elected for the first time in Essex, Cornwall and Surrey, the party leader has claimed as she predicted a rise in numbers overall in the May 2 local elections across English shire counties.

But there was fury from Labour figures as the party still lost councillors - the first time in recent memory that's happened in a leader's first year - despite opposing «the most right - wing Tory government ever».

Personally, I couldn't care less what a councillor or a Labour member gets up to in their spare time as long as they're not hurting anyone, but I'm told that not everyone agrees.

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.

Labour is braced to lose as many as 500 councillors in the forthcoming local election, as even Tony Blair concedes the party are facing a «tough time» mid-term.

There might even be a case for breathing a bit of life back into London's Lib Dems, represented by the long - time former Southwalk councillor Caroline Pidgeon, who are, in the country's most liberal city, just as moribund as everywhere else.

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.

Ali Miraj has served as a Councillor, is a two - time parliamentary candidate and was a Board Member of two of the Conservative Party's policy commissions.

Earlier this month, Ealing councillors voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to stop the anti-abortion groups from protesting outside a Marie Stopes clinic in the borough, including potentially using a time - limited public space protection order (PSPO), normally used to prevent antisocial behaviour such as street drinking.

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.

For the first time in history, we are adopting explicit Codes of Conduct to govern the politicians who seek to serve as mayors and city councillors.

In Kaur v Institute of Legal Executives [2011] EWCA Civ 1168, Marc Beaumont was rebuffed several times by the lower Courts, but eventually persuaded the English Court of Appeal that it was unlawful for ILEX Councillors and its Vice President to sit as a disciplinary tribunal when ILEX was also the prosecutor.