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The Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group is a socialist political party based in the Blaenau Gwent area of South Wales. This is a list of political parties in the United Kingdom. ...
Blaenau Gwent is a county borough and parliamentary constituency in South Wales. ...
Approximate extent of South Wales South Wales (Welsh: ) is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. ...
The group was formed in the aftermath of the election to the House of Commons of Peter Law as an independent Member of Parliament, beating the official Labour candidate. Peter Law stood against the controversial decision to impose an all-woman shortlist on the safe Labour seat. His victory was one of only two independent successes at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, the other being Dr Richard Taylor (although George Galloway was also elected for RESPECT). The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Peter John Law (1 April 1948 – 25 April 2006) was a Welsh politician. ...
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The BGPVG formed to ensure a continuing independent presence in the constituency, which was considered a more pressing need following the death of Peter Law in April 2006. Two by-elections were required as Peter Law represented the seat at Westminster and as a member of the National Assembly for Wales. The Blaenau Gwent by-elections, 2006 were held on 29 June and resulted in two victories for the Party, with Dai Davies, Peter Law's former election agent, winning the Westminster seat and Law's widow Trish Law taking the Welsh Assembly seat, although neither candidate formally stood as a BGPVG candidate on the ballot papers (Davies stood as an independent and Law used no party description). The National Assembly for Wales (Welsh: ) is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. ...
Two by-elections are to be held for the constituency of Blaenau Gwent in Wales following the death of Member of Parliament and Assembly Member Peter Law on April 25, 2006. ...
David Clifford Davies, some times known as Dai Davies, (born November 26, 1959) is the Independent MP for Blaenau Gwent. ...
Patricia Trish Law is the Independent AM for Blaenau Gwent. ...
It was registered as a Political Party with the Electoral Commission on Jan 30th 2007 under the simple name of People's Voice. This has resulted in claims of hypocrisy from critics of People's Voice,[citation needed] who point to their 2006 by-election claim of being "above party politics".[1]
The leader of People's Voice is Dai Davies. It is not apparent whether Trish Law has a role in the leadership of People's Voice.
In March 2007, People's Voice signalled their aims to expand in to other constituencies with Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Islwyn, Newport East, Swansea and Blackpool all being mentioned.[2] (The group threatened to stand in Islwyn in protest against a drug rehabilitation centre.) However, in the nominations for the Assembly Election of May 3rd 2007, Trish Law is defending her seat as an independent, while there is a People's Voice candidate just in Torfaen. Law was successful in retaining her seat, but the Group made no gains. Torfaen is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. ...
The 2007 National Assembly election was the third general election to the National Assembly for Wales and took place on Thursday 3 May, the same day as local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election. ...
See also
Peter John Law (1 April 1948 – 25 April 2006) was a Welsh politician. ...
David Clifford Davies, some times known as Dai Davies, (born November 26, 1959) is the Independent MP for Blaenau Gwent. ...
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