{"id":98767,"date":"2017-01-16T10:46:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T10:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=98767&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=98767"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:40:37","slug":"political-updates-16th-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-16th-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 16th January 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99277 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\" alt=\"Political-Updates-Logo-3\" width=\"760\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-705x264.png 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-450x169.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-500x188.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This week&#8217;s\u00a0Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div   class='hr hr-full hr-no-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96460 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Commons-Logo.png\" alt=\"house-of-commons-logo\" width=\"86\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tristram Hunt<\/strong> (LAB) MP has announced he will be resigning his <strong>Stoke-on-Trent Central<\/strong> seat. He won the seat in 2015 with a majority of 5,179.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Copeland by-election<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Labour Party<\/strong> has put together an all-female shortlist for the by-election: Rachel Holliday, Gillian Troughton and Barbara Cannon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Hanson <\/strong>councillor on <strong>Cockermouth<\/strong> Town Council, has been selected by the <strong>Liberal Democrats<\/strong> to contest the election.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Select Committees<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regulatory Reform<\/strong>: Andrew Percy (CON) and Christopher Pincher (CON) left; Stephen McPartland (CON) and Mark Menzies (CON) joined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finance<\/strong>: Jake Berry (CON) left; Stephen McPartland (CON) joined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Administration<\/strong>: James Gray\u00a0(CON) left; Mary Robinson (CON) joined.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96461 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Lords-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"house-of-lords-logo\" width=\"107\" height=\"105\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord Lyell<\/strong> passed away on 10 January. As a hereditary peer there will be a by-election to choose another hereditary peer to fill his seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord Carlile of Berriew<\/strong> has left the Liberal Democrats, and will now sit as a Non-affiliate peer in the Lords.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"scottish-parliament-logo\" width=\"120\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Scottish Parliament<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A number of committees have changed their names to reflect expansions\u00a0in their scope:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Finance and Constitution Committee<\/strong> &#8211; formerly the Finance Committee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Audit and Post-Legislative and Scrutiny Committee<\/strong>&#8211; formerly Public Audit Committee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee<\/strong> &#8211; formerly\u00a0the European and External Relations Committee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equalities and Human Rights Committee<\/strong> &#8211; formerly the Equal Opportunities Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Cross Party Groups<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brexit &#8211; Alex Neil (Convener)<\/li>\n<li>Improving Scotlans&#8217;s Health: 2021 and Beyond &#8211; Jenny Marra (Co-Convener) and Kenneth Gibson (Co-Convener)<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear Disarmament &#8211; Bill Kidd (Convener)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-96463 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\" alt=\"northern-ireland-assembly-logo\" width=\"121\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Northern Ireland Assembly<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin McGuinness\u00a0<\/strong>resigned his position as Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. As a result of the First and Deputy Ministers being a joint office,\u00a0<strong>Arlene Foster\u00a0<\/strong>is no longer First Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Today, <strong>Monday 16th January<\/strong>\u00a0is the deadline for Sinn Fein and the DUP to come to an agreement and each nominate a First and Deputy First Minister, otherwise the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will call an election for the Assembly.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Local Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Katherine Fairclough\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed Chief Executive of <strong>Cumbria County Council<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\" alt=\"european-parliament-logo\" width=\"198\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This week the Members of the European Parliament will be based in Strasbourg for a Plenary Session.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, <strong>Tuesday 17th January<\/strong>, Members of the European Parliament will vote in the election for the President of the Parliament. The final list of candidates is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eleonora Forenza &#8211; European United Left-Nordic Green Left Group<\/li>\n<li>Jean Lambert &#8211; Group of the Greens\/European Free Alliance<\/li>\n<li>Gianni Pittella &#8211; Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Group<\/li>\n<li>Laurentiu Rebega &#8211; Europe of Nations and Freedom Group<\/li>\n<li>Helga Stevens &#8211; European Conservatives and Reformists Group<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Tajani &#8211; European People&#8217;s Party Group<\/li>\n<li>Guy Verhofstadt\u00a0 &#8211; Group of Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On <strong>9<\/strong><strong>th January<\/strong> the <strong>Movimento 5 Stelle\u00a0<\/strong>had its bid to join the <strong>ALDE<\/strong> group rejected, and so will remain in the\u00a0<strong>EFDD\u00a0<\/strong>Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>What&#8217;s happening in\u00a02017?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A &#8216;week is a long time in politics&#8217;, but there are <em>some<\/em> things we can expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>17th January &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>European Parliament Presidency election.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TBC &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Copeland by-election<\/li>\n<li><strong>TBC &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Liverpool, Walton by-election<\/li>\n<li><strong>TBC &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Leigh by-election<\/li>\n<li><strong>TBC\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Stoke-on-Trent by-election<\/li>\n<li><strong>8th March &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Spring Budget<\/li>\n<li><strong>17th &#8211; 18th March &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Conservative Party Spring Conference<\/li>\n<li><strong>17th &#8211; 19th March &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Liberal Democrat Spring Conference<\/li>\n<li><strong>March &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>expected triggering of Article 50<\/li>\n<li><strong>4th May &#8211;<\/strong> Local Elections (England, Wales, and Scotland)<\/li>\n<li><strong>4th May &#8211; \u00a0<\/strong>Metro Mayor elections: Greater Manchester, West Midlands, Liverpool, Sheffield City Region, West of England and Tees Valley.<\/li>\n<li><strong>May\u00a0<\/strong>(date tbc) &#8211; State Opening of Parliament and Queen&#8217;s Speech<\/li>\n<li><strong>16th &#8211; 20th Sept &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong> Liberal Democrat Party Conference<\/li>\n<li><strong>24th &#8211; 27th Sept &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Labour Party Conference<\/li>\n<li><strong>1st &#8211; 4th Oct &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Conservative Party Conference<\/li>\n<li><strong>13th &#8211; 15th Oct &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Scottish National Party Conference<\/li>\n<li><strong>TBC &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Autumn Budget<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government: local, devolved, national and, supranational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":99279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7341],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98767"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124365,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98767\/revisions\/124365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}