Sentences with phrase «years as a councillor»

She worked as a parliamentary researcher for Network Rail and spent four years as a councillor in Southwark before entering the Commons in 2010 and quickly becoming parliamentary private secretary to Gordon Brown.

To complete an unsatisfactory day for the Tories, the party's leader, Rob Garnham, was ousted after 18 years as a councillor.

Not exact matches

In Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo, four - term MLA Guy Boutilier, who crossed the floor to the Wildrose in 2010 after sitting for 12 years as a Progressive Conservative MLA, was unseated by municipal councillor Mike Allen.

While Councillor Leibovici spoke about continuing along the current path laid by the mayor, she gave little explanation as to what she would do to build upon the ambitious past nine years.

However, his bid was unsuccessful as councillors voted overwhelmingly to approve more than $ 67,000 in funding for 13 LGBTI programs for the upcoming year.

«Over these years, we've been getting nowhere as councillors,» she says.

Friends point out the two are genuine friends who go back many years to their days as Conservative councillors.

He lost his seat to Labour's Imran Hussain in 2015, five years after first winning election, but returned as a Lib Dem councillor in Bradford last year.

After University he was elected Councillor in Islington, North London, and in 1997 he won the constituency of Enfield Southgate, for which he served as MP for eight years.

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.

Seems like you've jumped into the space I left on April 6th when I resigned This was after 46 years membership (28 as a Labour councillor) and the LP's National Merit Award in 2008.

Since then Andrew has served the local area as a Councillor for some years.

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».

Khan was chair of the Civil Liberties group Liberty for three years and served as a local councillor in Wandsworth.

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.

In 2002 he was elected as Councillor for Westbury - on - Trym on Bristol City Council, a position he held for 8 years.

Jowell had been elected to the Commons as MP for Dulwich (later Dulwich and West Norwood), in 1992, only two years before Blair's election as leader, but she had previously acquired 15 years of political expertise as a Labour councillor.

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.

All I know is that in 11 years of being a local councillor, it became increasingly difficult for us as a planning authority to get the houses built that we knew we needed.

Asked for his highlights, Towler suggested it was a toss - up between the Margate beach incident, the Ukip councillor who blamed flooding on gay marriage and the revelation that a Ukip local government candidate had worked as a porn star for 40 years.

Karen, a Labour councillor 16 years his junior, posted photos of herself wearing low cut tops, and became known as «the Selfie Queen».

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.

Mark's previous political experience includes eight years as an elected councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (1994 - 2002) and he stood as the Conservative candidate in Enfield North in 1997.

«For the last 30 years, I have represented the good people of Bristol South, first as a councillor for Windmill Hill and then as the MP for Bristol South.

Biography: I have been National Young Conservative Vice-Chairman, CPC Regional Chairman, a Borough Councillor and Group Leader as well as a County Councillor and was M.P. for Luton East then Luton South for 18 years.

In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, as opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year in three out of the four years.

David Cameron's Conservatives are making good progress from a low base, but should remember the lesson of last year's Ealing Southall by - election fiasco where, as Sunny Hundal of the Pickled Politics blog notes: «The Tory modernisers got sucked into the worst of communal politics», securing the bloc defection of five Sikh Labour councillors but not the voters they claimed to speak for.

Cllr Mike Katz, a Labour councillor in Kilburn Ward in Camden, has been deselected from standing as a Labour candidate in the council elections next year.

Hancock resigned the parliamentary party whip last year but was still sitting as a Lib Dem local councillor.

«After eight years as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East and six years as a local councillor, I know just how important it is we ensure everyone has access to a high - quality and affordable public transport network, with safe cycling routes across the capital.

A former district councillor, she became MP for South Northamptonshire in 2010 and - after serving as a junior Treasury minister and as a member of the Treasury select committee - she was made a junior minister in the energy and climate change department in May last year.

There were no elections held in the Hednesford Green Heath or Rawnsley wards as those wards elect only two councillors in the other two years of the election cycle.

8 years as an elected local councillor in both opposition and control (I was also Mayor with the casting vote when Labour was evenly balanced with the LibDems)

Councillor Brenda Dacres, who stood unsuccessfully to be Lewisham mayor earlier this year, said she was motivated to stand by the Windrush scandal, as a single mother whose parents were from the Windrush generation.

As Liverpool Council is elected in thirds, councillors elected in the 2006 elections defend their seats this year, and the vote share changes are compared on that basis.

«I have always enjoyed serving my local community, spending four years as a special constable in the Cheshire police and 10 years as a local councillor.

Many people who are councillors in marginal areas, or have previously been in that position, know enough of history, or are old enough recall the 1980's, maybe they blame council election defeats of 1982, and the general elections on the Falklands, maybe they take credit for Andrew Mckintosh winning the GLC for livingstone in 1981, maybe they feel we lost in 1979 as it wasn't left wing enough, But they voted Corbyn and won't accept that we will lose by a mile in 2020 with him, even if we get half as any votes in the council elections over the next 3 years, as before, Various things can be done, Blue labour needs to work with Labour first, like compass before them, anti neo liberalism, felt Blair lost his way after his first 6 years, Yes progress has a large following and ability of resources, but since 2007 it's been redundant

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

Calderdale councillor Susan Press (Lab, Todmorden) said: «When the former Education Minister Michael Gove visited Calder High some years ago he described it as one of the worst schools he had ever seen.

Turin is an exemplary case, where investments in the cultural sector over recent years have led to a return quantified as 1.7 billion euro, equal to more than 4 % of this area's GDP (source: national conference of councillors for culture).

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.

Dennis is honoured to have been elected as a councillor and looks forward to serving the residents of Port Hardy for the next four years.

Now in his 80s, Bronco worked in the coal mines in his youth and still serves as a village councillor after a 30 - year stint as mayor.