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Julie Cooper (politician)

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Julie Elizabeth Cooper (born 20 June 1960) is a British Labour Party politician, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley. [1]

32 relations: All-women shortlist, Andy Burnham, Backbencher, Blackburn, Borough of Burnley, Burnley, Burnley (UK Parliament constituency), Burnley Borough Council election, 2012, Cameron–Clegg coalition, Ed Miliband, Education in England, Filibuster, Gordon Birtwistle, Gordon Brown, Health in the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Jeremy Corbyn, Kitty Ussher, Labour Party (UK), Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015, Liberal Democrats (UK), Maiden speech, Member of parliament, National Executive Committee, Philip Davies, Private member's bill, Secret ballot, Tom Watson (Labour politician), Unemployment in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom general election, 2010, United Kingdom general election, 2015, United Kingdom government austerity programme.

All-women shortlist

The use of all-women shortlists (AWS) is a positive action practice intended to increase the proportion of female Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom, allowing only women to stand in particular constituencies for a particular political party.

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Andy Burnham

Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British Labour politician who has been serving as the Mayor of Greater Manchester since May 2017.

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Backbencher

In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP) or a legislator who holds no governmental office and is not a frontbench spokesperson in the Opposition, being instead simply a member of the "rank and file".

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Blackburn

Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England.

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Borough of Burnley

The Borough of Burnley is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a non-metropolitan district and borough.

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Burnley

Burnley is a market town in Lancashire, England, with a population of 73,021.

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Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)

Burnley is a constituency centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire, which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Julie Cooper of the Labour Party.

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Burnley Borough Council election, 2012

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 3 May 2012.

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Cameron–Clegg coalition

David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed the Cameron–Clegg coalition after the former was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010.

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Ed Miliband

Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party as well as Leader of the Opposition between 2010 and 2015.

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Education in England

Education in England is overseen by the United Kingdom's Department for Education.

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Filibuster

A filibuster is a political procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal.

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Gordon Birtwistle

Gordon Birtwistle (born 6 September 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former MP.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Health in the United Kingdom

Health in the United Kingdom refers to the overall health of the population of the United Kingdom.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949).

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Kitty Ussher

Katharine Anne Ussher (born 18 March 1971) is a British economist and former Labour Party politician who is now Managing Director of She is also a member of the Financial Services Consumer Panel, a member of TheCityUK's Independent Economists' Panel, and has associate arrangements with a number of London-based think tanks.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015

The 2015 Labour Party leadership election was won by Jeremy Corbyn with a landslide victory.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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Maiden speech

A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected or appointed member of a legislature or parliament.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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National Executive Committee

The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the governing body of the UK Labour Party, setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development.

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Philip Davies

Philip Andrew Davies (born 5 January 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire.

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Private member's bill

A private member's bill in a parliamentary system of government is a bill (proposed law) introduced into a legislature by a legislator who is not acting on behalf of the executive branch.

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Secret ballot

The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum is anonymous, forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote buying.

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Tom Watson (Labour politician)

Thomas Anthony Watson (born 8 January 1967) is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in September 2015.

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Unemployment in the United Kingdom

Unemployment in the United Kingdom is measured by the Office for National Statistics and in the three months to May 2017 the headline unemployment rate stood at 4.5%, or 1.49 million people.

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2015

The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom government austerity programme

The United Kingdom government austerity programme is a fiscal policy undertaken in response to the Great Recession.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Cooper_(politician)

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