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  Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackburn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency encompasses the town of Blackburn in the North West of England.
The electoral wards in the Blackburn seat to be fought at the next UK general election in either 2009 or 2010 are entirely within the district of Blackburn with Darwen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (356 words)

  
 Parliament in 2001, Part One, January to 30 October, National Campaign for Firework Safety   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In two incidents in my constituency at the weekend, a cat and a dog were severely injured by gangs of thugs who were using fireworks as weapons, firing them at the animals.
David Crausby (Bolton, North-East): I have a 78-year-old constituent who was constantly bombarded, until she was forced to ask the council to move her.
Members could give instances of their constituents being subjected to intolerable fear and persecution because of the illegal use of fireworks by youngsters.
www.angelfire.com /co3/NCFS/parl/2001part1.html   (5529 words)

  
 Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liverpool Walton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool.
The grounds of both Liverpool F.C. Anfield) and Everton F.C. Goodison Park) are situated in the constituency.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liverpool_Walton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (237 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Programmes | BBC Parliament | Prime Minister's Questions
Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East, Labour) pointed out the absence of a BNP candidate in his constituency and called for the electorate to rid the country of racism.
Jim Sheridan (West Renfrewshire) raised the matter of redundancies in the UK in the light of moves abroad for cheap labour.
The prime minister acknowledged the importance of the concern and said the secretary of state for health was attending to it.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/programmes/bbc_parliament/3790615.stm   (956 words)

  
 GordonPrenticeMP.com : Pendle's campaigning Labour MP
In April 1612, the so called Pendle witches were taken from local villages to Lancaster Castle and kept in the dungeons until August that year.
Pendle Hill dominates the landscape and is surrounded by many charming villages and hamlets.
Pendle has more people working in manufacturing industry than almost any other constituency in the UK.
www.gordonprenticemp.com /text_adv.cgi?id=tc   (509 words)

  
 Pendle Borough Council - Member of Parliament - MP for Pendle
Gordon Prentice has been Member of Parliament for Pendle since 1992 when he won the seat from the Conservatives.
With so much outstanding countryside in and around Pendle, it became a longstanding personal ambition of his to see the land opened up to the people.
The constituency office is open to personal callers Monday to Friday from 10am to 12.30pm.
www.pendle.gov.uk /mp   (338 words)

  
 Australian PM And London Blasts Of 7-7 And 7-21
Many of those caught up in the events were my constituents, heading to work in the City and the west end.
I spent four hours or so this morning at the Royal London hospital in my constituency where the medical > staff are toiling, without a break, to deal with the casualties who are being brought in in their scores-perhaps, by now, in their hundreds.
I refer to the fire station at Bethnal Green in my constituency and the fire station in the King's Cross-Euston area-the two places where the fire services are stretched almost to breaking point in dealing with the consequences of this morning's events.
www.rense.com /general67/dwlf.htm   (2449 words)

  
 Yorkshire CND - Commons Debate Following Missile Defence Statement - 15/1/03
But we must not forget that what drives the threat against the UK is not the deployment of missile defences, but those states of concern who develop or acquire weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.
Full support for UK partnership with the United States on missile defence will not only enhance the opportunities for the British defence industry but is clearly vital for our national security.
Friend's constituency and discussed those issues with his constituents, I am pretty sure on which side of the line they would fall, because I suspect that they are not greatly dissimilar to my own.
cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/bmd/mddebate.htm   (8409 words)

  
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They stood candidates in several Northern Ireland constituencies in the 1992 general election, but their strongest prospect was expected to be North Down.
In the run-up to UK local elections on Thursday 4 May, Conservative Party leader William Hague caused further controversy over immigration.
Originally a member of the Conservative Party, he contested the constituency of Pendle for the Referendum Party at the 1997 General Election, narrowly losing his deposit.
www.lycos.com /info/conservative-party-uk--miscellaneous.html   (412 words)

  
 Pendle Borough Council - A-Z of services, Local MPs and MEPs - general information
Members of Parliament (MPs) are elected in the General Election, held generally every five years or so.
Each MP serves in the House of Commons, representing his or her constituency.  Further information on Pendle's MP is at www.pendle.gov.uk/mp
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by you in the European Elections and serve for up to five years.
www.pendle.gov.uk /pid/687   (206 words)

  
 Yorkshire CND - Ann Cryer’s speech in the House of Commons - 18/1/00
But for the activities of the UK peace movement and similar groups throughout Europe and the rest of the world, including the United States, the US might have supported its foreign policy--particularly in Vietnam--by using nuclear weapons.
Last September, I went to Pakistan with four colleagues on a self-financed trip: we saw the appalling conditions in which the vast majority of people there live and visited hospitals and schools where facilities are appalling.
I also have first-hand experience from my advice surgeries, in which I talk to constituents who are some of the poorest people in Keighley, which is not a wealthy area.
cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/acryer.htm   (1156 words)

  
 THE AUSSIE DIGGER FORUM
Prime Minister John Howard told Parliament on March 13, 2003, that it was "inherently dangerous" for Iraq to have such weapons and it was in Australia's interest that it have "taken from her her chemical and biological weapons".
In June 2003, a report by UK intelligence agency MI6 and British biological warfare experts who inspected the two trailers concluded they were for the production of hydrogen to fill artillery balloons.
John Howard admitted in his address to Parliament on March 18, 2003, in which he announced he had agreed to a US request to use force, that he would have preferred a new resolution authorising military action.
pub23.bravenet.com /forum/1925085003/show/417093   (13279 words)

  
 Islam in UK and Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As he gets more and more alienated from UK society and its values, someone suggests to him that he should go to Pakistan and learn to be a better Muslim.
The education budget for England and Wales for 2005/6 is £52 billions for a UK population of 60 millions.
The estimates of the Muslim population of the UK vary, but it is generally estimated at between 1.6 and 1.8 millions.
www.eurolegal.org /isterbrit/isterbrit201.htm   (12827 words)

  
 A Logical Voice: November 2004
The UK charity, Medact has said according to this article, that the effects of the invasion and occupation of Iraq have created an atmosphere where Iraqs health service is in meltdown.
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has warned the British and American governments that their actions in Iraq must not breach international humanitarian law.
In an interview broadcast today on BBC Radio 4, the MP who will be quitting his seat at the next general election said of his constituency work "It's 22 years of the same cases, but just the faces and the people changing.
logicvoice.blogspot.com /2004_11_01_logicvoice_archive.html   (8829 words)

  
 The OFFICIAL Pure Pwnage forums > Britain to buy new nuclear deterrent
BRITAIN is to have a new generation of nuclear submarines and missiles after a promise by Gordon Brown yesterday to replace the Trident deterrent if and when he becomes Prime Minister.
But the Chancellor was told that he was upsetting his natural allies in the party and the unions after using a City speech to make his most important non-economic policy pledge so far.
In remarks that will please the the Armed Forces and the US Government, Mr Brown was trying to show that, as Labour leader, he would not lurch to the Left or be soft on defence.
www.purepwnage.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t27659.html   (1629 words)

  
 NWBO - North West England Brussels Office
Blackburn born Sajjad Karim is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) (UK Liberal Democrats).
Gary Titley is a member of the Party for European Socialists (UK Labour) and has been an MEP since 1989 when he was elected to the former Greater Manchester West Euro Constituency.
Party of European Socialists (UK Labour/Co-op) MEP Terry Wynn has been an MEP since 1989 when he was elected for the former Merseyside East constituency.
www.nwbo.be /region/meps.php   (555 words)

  
 Gareth's Help Page [2]
Although there were some workhouses before this date, in 1723 an Act of Parliament authorised parish officials to set up workhouses in their parishes, with the agreement of the majority of parishioners.
In 1918 the franchise was extended to all male adults[over 21] resident in the constituency.
The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist church which in 1907 in England was amalgamated with the United Methodist Free Churches and the Methodist New Connexion, to form the United Methodist Church, then in 1932 merged into the Methodist Church.
home.clara.net /tirbach/hicks3.html   (17898 words)

  
 Members of Parliament 2005 -
There is also a list in alphabetic order of MPs' names.
Click on the constituency name for the election result.
Click on the MP's name to send an email to that MP (please use this facility responsibly).
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/mps.htm   (142 words)

  
 Voting Record — Gordon Prentice MP, Pendle — 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=Pendle   (1056 words)

  
 A Logical Voice: 03 April 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Valerie Davey became the constituency's first Labour MP in 1997, displacing former Conservative minister William Waldegrave, now Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, who held the seat since 1979.
If you remember, perhaps you'll also remember that Woodward was parachuted in by Blair's lot to a "safe Labour" seat, which in 1997 saw the Labour Party candidate returned to parliament with a majority of almost 24,000 (and a 69% share of the vote).
He highlighted his concerns about elections in North- East Lancashire recently when he asked the Government in the House of Lords to invite international observers to check on the probity of the coming General Election, particularly in constituencies such as Pendle, Burnley and Blackburn where allegations of postal voting abuse have been rife.
logicvoice.blogspot.com /2005_04_03_logicvoice_archive.html   (6173 words)

  
 British Politics - Labour Party Leadership Elections (1994)
Labour will win by being the party of democratic renewal: demolishing unaccountable quangos, devolving power to the nations and regions of Britain and providing a Bill of Rights.
I know from my own Sedgefield constituency that a mass membership party drawing on the talents of unions and constituency members can be a reality.
We must work together for a Labour Government driven by change, underpinned by conviction, confident in its beliefs and strong enough to defeat this decaying Tory philosophy, not just for a Parliament but for a generation.
www.australianpolitics.com /uk/labour/94-leadership-pamphlet.shtml   (1513 words)

  
 Kitty Ussher MP, Burnley (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
My constituents would welcome the opportunity that such a debate would provide to hear the views of all Opposition Front-Bench spokespeople, especially those of the Liberal Democrats given that it is councillors from their party in my constituency, Mozaquir Ali and Manzoor Hussein,...”
He will be aware that MB Aerospace in my constituency restructured and closed its pension scheme in 2003.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/kitty_ussher/burnley   (552 words)

  
 Zinda 24 December 2004
Half a million of these are expected to join their countrymen(women) on 30 January to elect a 275-member assembly that will appoint a government and draft a constitution.
The largest Iraqi population in the United States are Christian and are affiliated with the Assyrian and Chaldean churches.
Five of these 10 seats could be assigned to the Christians and the remaining five to the Shabaks and other smaller groups in Iraq.
www.zindamagazine.com /html/archives/2004/12.24.04/index_fri.htm   (13057 words)

  
 Pendle (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 This United Kingdom constituency article is a stub.
Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in the North West
This page was last modified 05:41, 12 November 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pendle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (196 words)

  
 Farm Grants (Pendle): 10 Jan 2005: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This details, for each scheme, the number of claimants, the total value of payments and the average value of payment.
Pendle constituency payments for EAGGF 2004: 16 October 2003 to 15 October 2004—Payment to vendors within Pendle constituency postcode listing
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www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2005-01-10a.205009.h   (122 words)

  
 UK Parliament - alcm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Links to e-mail and websites are also given where available.
A selective biography is provided by Dod’s Parliamentary Communications for each Member of Parliament.
* Indicates a new Member, + indicates Member has previous service but not in the last Parliament.
www.parliament.uk /directories/hciolists/alcm.cfm   (114 words)

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