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  Leominster - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Leominster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Leominster is named after Leominster in Herefordshire, England, but the pronunciation is different.
The US Leominster is pronounced ‘Lemonster’, the English one ‘Lemster’.
The US pioneer and folk hero Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was born here in 1774; Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated in June.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Leominster   (161 words)

  
 Leominster (UK) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Leominster (UK)
Leominster has wide streets and some fine old timbered houses.
Leominster was represented by members of Parliament as early as 1295.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Leominster+(UK)   (167 words)

  
 Leominster: Information from Answers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Leominster is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency consists of northern Herefordshire and a small part of north-west Worcestershire, having been defined when the two were joined in Hereford and Worcester.
Leominster is to be radically altered to become North Herefordshire.
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 Leominster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leominster (pronounced [ˈlɛmstə]) is a market town at grid reference SO496590 in Herefordshire, England.
From 1974 to 1996, Leominster served as the administrative centre for the former local government district of Leominster and remains the centre of Leominster parliamentary constituency which covers northern Herefordshire as well as a small part of north-west Worcestershire.
The town shares a friendly rivalry with Hereford, though the two are united by their shared rivarly with Ross-on-Wye and its environs, referred to jokingly as 'South of the River'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leominster   (349 words)

  
 Parliamentary Elections - Herefordshire Council
Their membership ceases only on their death, the dissolution of Parliament, them becoming disqualified for membership, or their expulsion from the House.
Once Parliament has been formally dissolved, the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery issues Writs of Election for each Constituency and the timetable commences.
If there is no MP the Constituency matters are handled by a Member of the same party in a neighbouring Constituency.
www.herefordshire.gov.uk /council_gov_democracy/elections/22300.asp   (357 words)

  
 Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football
This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament, as at the 2005 general election.
Constituency boundaries are subject to regular review by an independent Boundary Commission, usually once every 10 to 15 years, to keep the electorate of each constituency as close to the national average as is reasonably possible.
Today, constituencies in England are mostly subdivisions of local authorities, with each constituency being comprised of a number of whole wards.
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 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 30 Jul 1997 (pt 6)
Leominster, in the county of Hereford, has 700 sq miles of rural land with two and a half traffic lights.
All showed a tremendous commitment to the constituencies that they now represent and a determination to fight for their constituents.
If all the Labour Members of Parliament from Wales who oppose democratic devolution and all those with serious reservations about specific parts of the policy are combined, they total just six--six out of 34--and only half that number are totally opposed to the creation of a Welsh Assembly.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970730/debtext/70730-06.htm   (1646 words)

  
 Richard Bacon MP - Member of Parliament for South Norfolk
Indeed, my constituency was heavily affected by classical swine fever.
If we were to approach the risk management of imported diseases and related health and safety issues in the same way that manufacturers approach safety in their plants, we would have what are known as hazard analysis critical control points, or HACCPs.
Imports are an obvious critical point of entry for disease into UK agriculture, but when introducing the Bill, the Government did not, despite the recommendations of the Devon inquiry, which my hon.
www.richardbacon.org.uk /speeches/diseased_meat_imports.htm   (1244 words)

  
 Four years in 40 words (continued) | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
The landmark event in this parliament was the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales.
Conservative, South Suffolk My proudest achievement in the current parliament is to have successfully highlighted the plight of agriculture and the countryside and raised the profile of rural issues in political terms.
Conservative, North West Hampshire In 1998, my constituents in Newton Common got a letter, out of the blue, from a property company that had acquired the common and were using a loophole in the law to demand up to £20,000 from each householder.
www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,471044,00.html   (2401 words)

  
 Ancestry.co.uk - Records of British Elections
In the election of 1831, the last before passage of the first reform bill in 1832, a limited and prosperous electorate returned 70% of the members of Parliament from the area south of that line.
One tiny constituency, Old Sarum, had one voter; and Manchester, with a population over 160,000, was not yet recognized as a borough.
After the Napoleonic Wars, in difficult economic times, public unrest was largely directed at the need for parliamentary reform to voter qualifications and the distribution of constituencies.
www.ancestry.co.uk /learn/library/article.aspx?article=8707   (1034 words)

  
 Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wyre Forest is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The boundaries of the Wyre Forest constituency almost exactly follow those of the identically-named Wyre Forest district, and the Boundary Commission has recommended that for subsequent elections the few remaining differences be removed.
The Wyre Forest constituency was first fought under its present name in the 1983 general election, having succeeded the old Kidderminster seat, and was won for the Conservatives by Esmond Bulmer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (304 words)

  
 Defra, UK - Flood Management - UK Parliament, House of Commons 2003-04 Session: Questions
This is an attempt to Index Questions asked by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons during the 2003-04 Session which relate to Flood Management.
It may not be fully comprehensive - the definitive source of information on the World Wide Web remains the UK Parliament website which has a full search facility and other indices.
what discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues in the Netherlands on similarities between the approaches taken in the UK and in the Netherlands to (a) the protection of the coastline, (b) the use of soft defences in coastal protection, (c) managed retreat and (d) managed realignment; and if she will make a statement.
www.defra.gov.uk /environ/fcd/parliament/pq2003-04.htm   (4236 words)

  
 Telegraph | News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
News articles from the UK and abroad - The Telegraph's online newspaper has the latest UK business news, UK countryside news, UK education news, UK technology news and weather news for the UK.
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Identified as a prime target by the Liberal Democrats, who needed a swing of just 2.17 per cent, Haltemprice and Howden stays in the hands of shadow home secretary David Davies, with a 10 per cent increase in his majority.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=EL2005RES&grid=P9&xml=/ElectionFeed/356-leominster.xml   (524 words)

  
 United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1997-: English Counties part 2
O'Brien was opposed to UK membership of the European Union.
Anscomb was opposed to the construction of the Newbury bypass through the constituency.
He was opposed to opencast mining and landfill developments in the constituency.
www.election.demon.co.uk /1997EC2.html   (788 words)

  
 BBC News | UK Politics | Former Tory defects to Labour
Mr Temple-Morris, who represents the Herefordshire seat of Leominster, has been sitting as an independent Conservative in the Commons since he left the party last November.
John Stone, chairman of the Leominster Conservative Association, said he too was not surprised by the defection.
He said many of the 22,000 who had voted for the MP at the last General Election would be disappointed that the constituency had fallen to Labour "by default".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/116818.stm   (580 words)

  
 Bill Wiggin MP, Leominster (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
If the Government still doubt the strong feeling against the cuts, I hope that they will pay particular attention to the flotilla that is planned to pass by Parliament in January.
Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/bill_wiggin/leominster   (533 words)

  
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Virtually every constituency in the country approved of Canada's stand - from teenagers to senior citizens, men and women, urban and rural dwellers, and a majority of respondents in every single province.
Their case took on added urgency after China's parliament adopted a law on March 14 authorizing the use of force if necessary to stop Taiwan from seceding from the mainland.
Russia's two houses of parliament voted this month to ratify the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, which requires a nuclear operator to pay damages for an accident.
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 Members of Parliament   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
There are two parliamentary constituencies within the Wyre Forest District Council area.
The Wyre Forest constituency covers the majority of the District Council area, however the Leominster constituency covers area of the west including Far Forest and Rock.
If you are not sure which constituency you live in, use the constituency locator
www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk /wfdc_html/policy/mp.htm   (104 words)

  
 City of Hereford
With an area of 1,516 square miles (3,927 square km), it was divided into nine districts; Bromsgrove, Leominster, Malvern Hills, Redditch, South Herefordshire, Wychavon, Wyre Forest and the cities of Hereford and Worcester (the county seat).
The new Herefordshire Council incorporates the former district councils of South Herefordshire, Leominster and Hereford City.
Voters also chose a Liberal Democrat, Mr Paul Keetch, to serve in Parliament for the constituency of Hereford.
www.herefordwebpages.co.uk /herefor2.shtml   (1186 words)

  
 Bill Wiggin, Leominster - HearFromYourMP.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The MP for this constituency is Bill Wiggin, Conservative.
To discover everything you could possibly want to know about what your MP gets up to in Parliament, see their page on our sister site TheyWorkForYou.
Constituents have left no comments on this MP's message.
www.hearfromyourmp.com /view/13191   (109 words)

  
 Conservative Party - Profile
He is committed to improving the quality of life in every way possible for everyone living in Leominster constituency, and in Wales.
Bill raises in Parliament the many issues on which the government have consistently failed, speaking out on both the local and national issues that matter to constituents.
He is determined to fight for the very best for Leominster constituency, both on national issues such as cleaner hospitals, more police, lower taxes, controlled immigration and school discipline, and local issues such as safer roads, more hospital beds, and a fair deal for people who live and work in the countryside.
www.conservatives.com /tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4823   (602 words)

  
 Defra, UK - Flood Management - UK Parliament, House of Commons 2005-06 Session: Questions
This is an attempt to Index Questions asked by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons during the 2005-06 Session which relate to Flood Management.
what discussions she has had with the Treasury on setting a figure of 4.5 mm a year for sea level rise over the next 100 years for every tidal location in the UK as the basis for developing flood management strategies and shoreline management plans.
how much central Government funding has been made available for the improvement of flood defences, broken down by London constituency, in each year since 1995; what plans she has to provide additional funding; and if she will make a statement.
www.defra.gov.uk /environ/fcd/parliament/pq2005-06.htm   (4698 words)

  
 mainframe career advice
In the UK a house has multiple floor levels with stairs (and/or other means of ascending) and a bungalow is a single-floored dwelling place.
Some of the Brits may have heard of http://www.billwiggin.com/ the Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Shadow Minister for the Environment, and Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Leominster.
Memory and IO capacity of p5 595 seem to be high enough to keep ahead also on data intensive load.
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 LeominsterConservatives.co.uk
My name is Bill Wiggin and I am the Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Leominster.
This covers the market towns of Leominster, Ledbury, Kington,Tenbury Wells and Bromyard, as well as the beautiful surrounding countryside.
There are more than 230 scheduled so if you want to see where I am going to be please look on the surgeries page or contact Leominster Conservatives who will be pleased to help.
www.billwiggin.com /lc/index.php   (127 words)

  
 Voting Record — MPs for Leominster — The Public Whip
Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).
This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.
This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same).
www.publicwhip.org.uk /mp.php?mpc=Leominster   (445 words)

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