Category: MAJOR, Rt Hon Sir John, KG CH (fmr. Tory PM)
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Lord Howe of Aberavon (1926-2015) – RIP
11th October 2015I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of former Conservative Chancellor, Lord Howe of Aberavon, at the age of 88. Geoffrey Howe was Margaret Thatcher’s longest-serving Cabinet minister and was one of the primary authors of her government’s economic revolution. Although best remembers as Mrs Thatcher’s first chancellor, he was also the second…
- Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985
- BIFFEN, John, Lord, PC DL (late Tory Peer)
- Bow Group
- BRITTAN of SPENNITHORNE, Leon, Lord, PC QC (late Tory peer)
- BROOKS, Dr Edwin
- BUTLER of SAFFRON WALDEN, R. A., Lord, KG CH (late Tory peer)
- CAMILLA, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, GCVO
- CARRINGTON, Peter, 6th Lord, KG GCMG CH MC (late Tory peer)
- Centre for Policy Studies
- Community Charge (Poll Tax)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- Economy
- Employment Act (1980)
- Euro (European Single Currency)
- Europe
- Exchange Rate Mechanism
- FOOT, Rt Hon Michael, FRSL (late Labour MP)
- GILMOUR of CRAIGMILLAR, Iain, Lord (late Tory peer)
- Government
- GREY of FALLODEN, Edward, 1st Viscount, KG (late Liberal Foreign Secretary)
- HEAD, Anthony (actor)
- HEALEY, Dennis, Lord, CH MBE FRSL (late Labour Chancellor)
- HEATH, Rt Hon Sir Edward, KG MBE (late Tory PM)
- HESELTINE, Michael Lord, CH (Tory peer)
- Hong Kong
- HOSKYNS, Sir John
- House of Lords
- House of Lords Reform Act (2014)
- HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)
- HOWE of ABERAVON, Geoffrey, Lord, CH QC (late Tory Chancellor)
- HOWE of IDLICOTE, Elspeth, Baroness, CBE (Tory peer)
- HOWE, B. Edward
- Industrial Relations Act (1971)
- INGHAM, Sir Bernard
- Iron Lady, The (film)
- JENKINS, Sir Simon, FSA FRSL (journalist)
- JOSEPH, Keith, Lord, CH (late Tory peer)
- KAUFMAN, Rt Hon Sir Gerald (late Labour MP)
- LAMONT of LERWICK, Norman, Lord (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- LAWSON of BLABY, Nigel, Lord (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- LILLEY, Peter, Lord (Tory peer)
- MacDONALD, Rt Hon Ramsay (late Labour PM)
- MACLEOD, Rt Hon Iain (late Tory MP)
- MAJOR, Rt Hon Sir John, KG CH (fmr. Tory PM)
- OAKSHOTT, Hendrie, Lord (late Tory peer)
- Office of Fair Trading
- Parliament, Houses of
- POWELL of BAYSWATER, Charles, Lord, KCMG OBE (Tory peer)
- PRIOR, Jim, Lord (late Tory peer)
- QUEEN, HM The
- REIGATE, John, Lord (Sir John Vaughan-Morgan) (late Tory peer)
- Right Approach to the Economy, The
- SHAND, P. Morton
- SHULTZ, Prof George P
- ST JOHN of FAWSLEY, Norman, Lord, FRSL (Sir Norman St John-Stevas) (late Tory peer)
- STOCKTON, Harold, 1st Earl of, OM FRS (Harold Macmillan) (late Tory PM)
- STRAUSS, Norman
- STREEP, Meryl (actress)
- TEBBIT, Norman, Lord, CH (Tory peer)
- THATCHER, Margaret, Baroness, LG OM (late Tory PM)
- THORNEYCROFT, Peter, Lord, CH (late Tory peer)
- WALTERS, Prof Sir Alan
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Elections 2015: The Aftermath
14th May 2015Believe it or not, it has taken me about a week to recover from Polling Day. I have never fought a General Election campaign before – in 2010, I stayed up with a friend and watched the result coming in on the telly – so to do so as an agent, running an MP’s re-election campaign,…
- AKER, Tim (fmr UKIP Thurrock cllr & MEP)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- BARON, John, MP (Tory MP for Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Sporting Village
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)
- BOBBIN, Ald. Keith (fmr. Labour cllr for Pitsea NW)
- BUCKLEY, Christopher
- BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- BUCKLEY, Sylvia (late Tory cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- COKER, Mark (Tory candidate)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- DOYLE-PRICE, Jackie, MP (Tory MP for Thurrock)
- DWYER, Ian (Tory candidate)
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Tory MP for Rayleigh & Wickford)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- HARRIS, Rebecca, MP (Tory MP for Castle Point)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HORGAN, Stephen (late Tory cllr for Billericay West)
- HYDE, Jilly (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- LUDER, Ian, CBE (UKIP PPC for South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MAJOR, Rt Hon Sir John, KG CH (fmr. Tory PM)
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Tory MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)
- MUNYAMBU, Daniel (fmr. Ind cllr for Vange)
- Post-election analysis
- QUINCE, Will, MP (Tory MP for Colchester)
- RACKLEY, Pat (fmr. Ind Labour cllr for St Martin's)
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- RUSSELL, Sir Bob (fmr. Lib Dem MP for Colchester)
- SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- STEPHENS, Nicole (formerly Schrader, Tory candidate)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- WATERS, Anne Marie (UKIP candidate)