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Antony Marlow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Antony (Tony) Rivers Marlow (born 17 June 1940), is a British Conservative former Member of Parliament (MP). Marlow gained Northampton North in the 1979 election, defeating Labour MP Maureen Colquhoun. Marlow himself lost the seat in the 1997 election to Labour's Sally Keeble. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Marlow   (111 words)

The Westmorland Gazette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Lake District National Park Authority member Maureen Colquhoun, who has proposed the idea, said enough cash might be generated for the authority to form its own housing association, or buy properties which could then be rented out in perpetuity at affordable levels. Miss Colquhoun said she was not talking about someone building an extension to his or her home, but rather those building a house or houses that they would sell for profit. Miss Colquhoun, who would like a decision to be reached by January next year, said that the Audit Commission had already highlighted the issue in a report earlier this year. www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=532453   (503 words)

Angela Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia She gained the distinction of becoming British Parliament's first - and thus far only - openly lesbian member by coming out in September 1997 in an interview with The Observer. [2] Maureen Colquhoun, another lesbian MP, did not declare her sexuality until after she left parliament [3]. She was joined in the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election by her identical twin sister, Maria Eagle, thus probably becoming the first set of twins to sit in the House, but certainly the first set of twin sisters. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angela_Eagle   (334 words)

Cumbria News Release The issue was referred to the committee after Secretary of State appointed member Maureen Colquhoun raised the topic at the authority's annual meeting in July. At the time she claimed low flying aircraft polluted the national park environment, shattered the peace and terrified residents and visitors. Maureen told the committee that low flying jet aircraft had destroyed the tranquillity of the National Park for far too long. www.thecumbriadirectory.com /News/News_Release.php?id=152   (563 words)

Freemasons Fight Back (from The Westmorland Gazette) The original proposalwas put forward by authority member Maureen Colquhoun, and was agreed by13 votes to 11. Ms Colquhoun said the move had been supported by amajority of members of the authority. She said there was aperception, which was wrong, that Freemasons were granted planningpermission by the authority more easily than other people. www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk /archive/display.var.242468.0.freemasons_fight_back.php   (395 words)

Page 25   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) The seat was being defended by Maureen Colquhoun, a real old firebrand left winger who had irritated both local and national party beyond endurance. Part of this (at least as far as the local party was concerned) was due to their reprehensible small-mindedness when she 'came out' as a lesbian. Maureen in defeat was rather nice - daffily defiant, refusing to admit disappointment or discouragement at the way the national trend was turning. intranet.westminster.org.uk /publications/elizabethan/magazine/1997/p25.htm   (4576 words)

Printer Friendly Format - News Shopper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) LDNPA member and former Labour MP Maureen Colquhoun called for a ban on jets flying low over the national park at the annual meeting of the authority on Tuesday. Ms Colquhoun urged fellow members of the LDNPA to support her motion, which asked the Government to ban the planes from the Lake District's skies. Ms Colquhoun called Mr Thornton's decision to postpone the debate "a nonsense" and afterwards said she was disappointed the discussion did not go ahead. www.newsshopper.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=612048   (451 words)

Gay and Lesbian Humanist – Born of Mary The author Maureen Duffy agrees to be our President and gives her first address at the March meeting at Conway Hall. Our Gay Pride meeting is addressed by out lesbian and former Labour MP Maureen Colquhoun who says that Britain’s gay population "must begin showing signs of political muscle if it is to survive in a society which looks like becoming more and more hostile". Maureen Duffy is one of the speakers at the Terrence Higgins Trust candlelight gathering in London’s Jubilee Gardens. www.galha.org /glh/141/galha.html   (1811 words)

thePeerage.com - Helen Buchanan and others She married Captain Sir Ivar Iain Colquhoun, 8th Bt. He is the son of Captain Sir Ivar Iain Colquhoun, 8th Bt. He is the son of William Humble David Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley and Maureen Swanson. www.thepeerage.com /p2901.htm   (431 words)

The Cumberland News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) LOW flying will continue in the Lake District, despite a call by former Labour MP Maureen Colquhoun for it to be banned. The RAF needs to use the Lake District to keep pilots in peak condition for flying in war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan, Lake District National Park Authority members were told this week. The issue was referred to the committee after secretary of state-appointed member Ms Colquhoun raised the topic at the annual meeting in July. www.cumberland-news.co.uk /news/viewarticle.aspx?id=276523   (217 words)

Scotsman.com News - Opinion - Columnists - Hands up if you think the Lib Dems have lost the plot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) The prevailing wisdom has it that it is only men and women of Hughes' generation who still can find their careers crumble on the question of their sexuality. The days of the Tatchell witch-hunt, and the destruction of Maureen Colquhoun, the former Labour MP for Northampton, whose political career ended in the 1970s when she became the first leading politician of her age to openly declare being gay, are long gone. The venomous days which consigned politicians such as Maureen Colquhoun to the dustbin and set ablaze by-elections such as that in Bermondsey may be past, but a thought lingers over Hughes' 23-year-old decision to deny his sexual preferences: maybe he is still right. news.scotsman.com /columnists.cfm?id=144282006   (1907 words)

Lake District National Park Authority - News Article Jan Darrall and Maureen Colquhoun, were both appointed by the Secretary of State in 1998 and will cease to be members at the end of March. At yesterday’s annual Budget Meeting, the LDNPA Chairman David Thornton, said he wanted to express his thanks while the two members were still with their Authority colleagues, for what would effectively be the last time. Ms Darrall had made a major contribution to the National Park planning process, while Ms Colquhoun had always played a vital questioning role. www.lake-district.gov.uk /gtga_np_news-article.htm?newsid=3341   (197 words)

barrow in furness, barrow news sport, ulverston news sport, lake district news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) A MOTION calling for military aircraft to be banned from flying over the Lake District has been overwhelmingly rejected by national park bosses. Maureen Colquhoun, member of the Lake District National Park Authority tabled the motion for the LDNPA to lobby the Government "to end low flying jet aircraft in this National Park thus restoring and upholding one of our core purposes - quiet enjoyment." But delegates at the LDNPA's Policy and Overview Committee meeting today voted to reject Ms Colquhoun's motion by 10 votes to two. www.nwemail.co.uk /news/viewarticle.aspx?id=275315   (207 words)

The Westmorland Gazette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) The United States Air Force is banned from flying lower than 500 feet, while German aircraft are cleared to 1,000 feet and all other foreign aircraft to 2,000 feet. Details of Wycombe Warrior were released less than a month after Lake District National Park Authority member Maureen Colquhoun told a meeting of the authority's policy and overview committee that the "peace and tranquillity" of the Lakes was being damaged by low flying military aircraft. However, her motion calling for a ban on low flying was defeated by ten votes to two and the authority was told it was powerless to control the airspace above the national park. www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=629061   (415 words)

BBC NEWS | England | Cumbria | Lakes low fly ban call rejected Lake District National Park Authority member Maureen Colquhoun said low flying was incompatible with the peace and quiet of the area. After a lengthy debate Authority members rejected by 10 votes to two a motion urging the government to restrict jet aircraft in the area. Ms Colquhoun said the low-flying went against the Authority's core policy of "quiet enjoyment". news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cumbria/4175880.stm   (259 words)

politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Should Labour choose its leader the US way? I assurred her I wasnt, and she proceeded to tell me about her partner Maureen Colquhoun, who I think she had just had a row with. Maureen Coloqhoun had views on immigration that would perhaps not endear her to the current Labour establishment. It is hereby determined that Our Trusty and well beloved peer, the noble, the third Viscount Thurso and sixth Baronet of Ulbster, known commonly as John Thurso shall receive the acclaimation of the Jacobite Court of Holyrood Palace for his campaign as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats. politicalbetting.com /index.php/archives/2006/03/08/should-labour-choose-its-leader-the-us-way   (7064 words)

News & Star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) A motion calling for an end to low flying over the National Park was deferred, despite pressure by Secretary of State-appointed member and former Labour MP Maureen Colquhoun who said the planes could be a “terrifying” experience for residents and visitors. Ms Colquhoun chose the authority’s annual meeting in Kendal to table the special motion. New chairman, David Thornton said the motion should be deferred to the Policy and Overview Committee so that background facts could be obtained and the MOD could be represented. www.newsandstar.co.uk /news/viewarticle.aspx?id=260423   (240 words)

Preventive medicine: volume I: first report from the Expenditure Committee together with the minutes of evidence taken ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Preventive medicine: volume I: first report from the Expenditure Committee together with the minutes of evidence taken before the Social Services and Employment Sub-committee in sessions 1975-76 and 1976-77, appendices and index Colquhoun, Ms Maureen; Cook, Robin F.; Corbett, Robin; English, Michael; Fookes, Miss Janet; Garrett, Ted; Goodhart, Philip; Hardy, Peter; Hooley, Frank; Jones, Arthur; Lawrence, Ivan; Marshall, Dr Edmund; Moonman, Eric; Rodgers, Sir John; Short, Mrs Renee; Sims, Roger; Ward, Michael; Winterton, Nicholas This report is volume I of a three volume report. www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1974/ref2155.html   (317 words)

Tygo Search - Colquhoun When Dr. Colquhoun, senior public health dental officer in New Zealand, published his report showin chanans 1603 (Feb) Glenfruin Dunbs Alasdair MacGregor of Glenstrae bt Colquhoun of Luss 1639 (14 Feb) Turriff Aberdeens Marquis of Huntly v Covenanters. In 1592, the clan was accused of slaying the Colquhoun of Luss and were outlawed. www.tygo.com /search/?s=Colquhoun&pg=4   (377 words)

Telegraph | News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) It has been embarrassing for them and it has not been great publicity for the park." Maureen Colquhoun, an authority member and former Labour MP, said: "The authority lost its way because we did not remember that the park is not just a tourist board." Mick Casey, a spokesman for the authority, said it had balanced its budget this year, but faced a funding shortfall in the years ahead. www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/08/nlake08.xml   (387 words)

House of Commons Hansard Debates for 23 Jun 1997 (pt 11) Many new women Members of Parliament have said with pride that they are the first women to represent their constituencies in Parliament. I take even greater pride in saying that I am not the first woman Member of Parliament to represent my constituency: the first Member for Northampton, North was Maureen Colquhoun in 1974. Before her, there was only one Northampton seat, which was represented for some years by Margaret Bondfield--a Labour Member of Parliament and the first woman from any political party to achieve Cabinet rank. www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970623/debtext/70623-11.htm   (2307 words)

Telegraph | Expat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Some of the authority's 25 members said the rangers had not been properly consulted. One, Maureen Colquhoun, a former Labour MP, told the meeting: "We should never accept political correctness." She added later: "We tend to say all the right things and do all the wrong things. www.telegraph.co.uk /global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2005/01/05/nwalk05.xml   (383 words)

Observer | A brave and candid stance from a courageous politician Just 18 years earlier the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police would have dispatched officers immediately to Smith's home address to break down the door and start sniffing the bedsheets. Just six years earlier, Northampton MP Maureen Colquhoun had been hounded from office after lurid newspaper reports that she had 'moved in' with another woman. The frisson throughout the Labour party following Smith's announcement was felt immediately. observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5115607-102279,00.html   (631 words)

Reed Kerr Family - pafg61 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) John COLQUHOUN [Parents] was born on 24 Dec 1874 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Euphemia Williamson BROWN [Parents] died in 1966 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. She married John COLQUHOUN in 1903 in Minmi, NSW, Australia. www.users.bigpond.com /kevinreed/pafg61.htm   (234 words)

The Westmorland Gazette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) If members opted to scrap the walks and the events, the brochure would be published but would list events held in the national park and organised by other organisations. LDNPA member Maureen Colquhoun, who said she did not want to lose the events programme, commented: "It's part of the gross inefficiency existing within the authority at the moment, that matters are put before members that are sometimes not fully and properly thought out, and this events booklet is one of those." However, Mick Casey stressed the original decision to scrap the walks had been taken by members who had a full briefing and background papers. www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=565022   (450 words)

Knitting Circle Maureen Colquhoun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Matthew Parris, (1995), "Great Parliamentary Scandals", "Maureen Colquehoun - 1979: Undaunted", pages 234-239. I still feel rotten about what I did to Keith. But when you are in love - and I'm passionately in love with Babs - nothing else matters." Maureen Colquhoun in Woman's Own, 16th. myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/maureencolquhoun.html   (271 words)

Amazon.ca: Portraits to the Wall: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Two less famous subjects, Catherina Linck and Catherina Muhlhahn, are unambiguous because they were tried for sodomy in early-eighteenth-century Saxony; Collis makes their case the occasion to recap the history of European laws regarding lesbians. Other subjects are England's Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill, Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerl"f, organic gardening innovator Eve Balfour, member of Parliament Maureen Colquhoun, Anglo-Irish antivivisectionist Frances Power Cobb, and Edy Craig, daughter of the famous English actress Ellen Terry. Be the first person to review this item. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0304328537   (319 words)

Education Image Gallery Search results John Wayne Bobbitt testifying in court in Manassass, Virginia, against his estranged wife, Lorena, during her trial for cutting off his penis. Protesters led by former Labour minister Maureen Colquhoun gather outside the Old Bailey to protest against the judge's and media's distinction b... A policeman carrying out a breathalyser (Alcometer) test on a young woman outside the Home Office. edina.ac.uk /eig/support/demo_trails/Crime_and_Deviance.shtml   (172 words)

Guardian Unlimited Politics | Comment | Celebrity politics doesn't get my vote His private secretary, now Mrs Christine Hamilton, stood tearfully behind him on the steps of the court.) Labour MP Maureen Colquhoun, on the other hand, lost her seat after falling out furiously with a traffic warden in a car park in her Northampton constituency. But she was also reported - horror of horrors - to have left her husband for a woman at the time. politics.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,9115,1224722,00.html   (1067 words)

Troops Out Movement - Campaigns - Oliver's Army - Chapter 9 When TOM members were stopped and questioned visiting Ireland, the first question they were usually asked was: ‘How many Labour MPs are supporting you now?’ Thankfully, some in the Labour party were not afraid to speak out. In early 1976, nine Labour MPs: Andrew Bennett, Sydney Bidwell, Maureen Colquhoun, Martin Flannery, Tom Litterick, Eddie Loyden, Joan Maynard, Ron Thomas and Stan Thorne wrote a letter to The Times, proposing ‘Steps to Peace’ on Ireland: What the Government has done, and continues to do, is to underwrite the perpetuation of the Northern Ireland state as it was set up in 1921. www.troopsoutmovement.com /oliversarmychap9.htm   (10461 words)

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