|
Catharine Letitia Hoey, known as Kate Hoey (born 21 June 1946, Belfast) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She has been the Member of Parliament for Vauxhall since a by-election in 1989. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...
Vauxhall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ...
is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
Stuart Holland is a British Labour politician and academic. ...
For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ...
is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Northern Ireland County: District: Belfast UK Parliament: Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Belfast West European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 posttown = Belfast Postal District(s): BT1-BT17, BT29 (part of), BT58 Area: 115 km² Population (2001) Website: www. ...
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ...
The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland. ...
is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Northern Ireland County: District: Belfast UK Parliament: Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Belfast West European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 posttown = Belfast Postal District(s): BT1-BT17, BT29 (part of), BT58 Area: 115 km² Population (2001) Website: www. ...
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...
Vauxhall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
Background Hoey studied at Belfast Royal Academy. While attending the Ulster College of Physical Education she joined the International Marxist Group, one of the few people with an Ulster Unionist background to do so in the 1960s.[1] (Although some claim the Spartacist League, while others claim the Left Opposition of the International Socialists which became Workers Power). After relocating to England, Hoey graduated in economics from the City of London College. She was a senior lecturer at Kingsway College from 1976 to 1985, during which time she left the International Marxist Group. Belfast Royal Academy is the oldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland[1]. It is a co-educational, non-denominational voluntary grammar school situated in north Belfast. ...
The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland. ...
The International Marxist Group (IMG) was a Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom between 1964 and 1987. ...
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ...
Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ...
London Guildhall University was previously called the City of London Polytechnic before the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 changed its status to a university. ...
Kingsway College is a high school with a Seventh-day Adventist environment which encourages personal spiritual commitment and fosters academic excellence, physical fitness, sensitive service, and growth in employment and social skills. ...
Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...
Sport Hoey is known for her longstanding interest in sport. She was Northern Ireland High Jump Champion and worked for football clubs including Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea and Brentford, as an Educational Advisor. Prior to entering Parliament she was educational adviser to Arsenal Football Club from 1985 to 1989. Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ...
A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. is a North London association football team, also known by the nickname Spurs. ...
Queens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherds Bush, London. ...
Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ...
A founder member of the London Northern Ireland Supporters' Club, Hoey took part in a St Patrick's Day parade in London with Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez.[2] St. ...
First international Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest win Ireland (IFA) 7 - 0 Wales (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 1 February 1930) Biggest defeat Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1958) Best result Quarterfinals, 1958 European Championship Appearances none...
Lawrence Philip Sanchez (born October 22, 1959 in London, England) is a former Northern Irish football player, who is the current manager of Fulham. ...
Politics She was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1998 to 1999, and Minister for Sport in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2001. She campaigned against London's candidacy for the 2012 Olympics but has actively promoted sport in schools and is involved in gun politics in the UK. The current handgun ban affects training and participation in international shooting competitions. Hoey has been involved in the issues of affordable housing, top-up tuition fees, foundation trust hospitals and provision for pensioners. The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ...
In the United Kingdom government, the Minister for Sport and Tourism is a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, with responsibility for sport and tourism in England. ...
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the British government. ...
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...
Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ...
The United Kingdom has some of the strictest gun legislation in the world. ...
The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns (see Archery for more information on shooting sports that make use of bows and arrows). ...
Affordable housing is a dwelling where the total housing costs are affordable to those living in that housing unit. ...
Top-up fees (not their official name) are a new way of charging tuition to undergraduate and PGCE students who study at universities in the United Kingdom from the 2006-2007 academic year onwards. ...
An NHS Foundation Trust, or commonly called a foundation hospital, is a public benefit corporation which is authorised to provide goods and services for the purposes of the National Health Service in England under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. ...
As far as we can tell from the hugely informative Little Britain pensioners are disgusting people who piss all over the floor. ...
Hoey quite often rebels against her party.[3] She has voted against government policy on the war in Iraq, foundation hospitals, university tuition and top-up fees, ID cards and extended detention without trial. There have been three conflicts in the late 20th century and early 21st century called Gulf War, all of which refer to conflicts in the Persian Gulf region: Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) (aka First Gulf War). ...
Identity cards in Britain Main article: British national identity card. ...
The existence of the British Telecom Tower was covered by the Official Secrets Act (and therefore officially secret) until the mid 1990s. It was finally "confirmed" by Kate Hoey on 19 February 1993: "Hon. Members have given examples of seemingly trivial information that remains officially secret. An example that has not been mentioned, but which is so trivial that it is worth mentioning, is the absence of the British Telecom tower from Ordnance Survey maps. I hope that I am covered by parliamentary privilege when I reveal that the British Telecom tower does exist and that its address is 60 Cleveland Street, London."[4] The BT Tower is a tall cylindrical building in London, England. ...
Official Secrets Act warning sign, Foulness. ...
is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
Part of an Ordnance Survey map at 1 inch to the mile scale from 1945 Ordnance Survey (OS) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. ...
Hoey opposes her party's allegedly racist ban on membership from Northern Ireland, which is slowly being changed under legislation against racism.[5] Racism is a belief or concept that inherent differences between people, in particular those upon which the concept of race is based, determine cultural or individual achievement, and may involve the idea that ones self-identified race or ethnic group or others race or ethnic group is superior. ...
Other interests Hoey is known for her fight against the Labour Government's plans to ban fox hunting in the UK, a rare position among Labour MPs,[6][7] A fox hunt Fox hunting is a form of hunting for foxes using a pack of scent hounds. ...
On the 22nd of July 2005, Ms Hoey was named the new chairman of the Countryside Alliance (the main pro-hunting group in the UK). She said the appointment was a "great honour and a great challenge". The Alliance's headquarters are in Ms Hoey's Vauxhall constituency.[8] The Countryside Alliance. ...
Hoey has been a trustee of charity The Outward Bound Trust since October 2002.[9] The word trustee is a legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary. ...
Government and Parliamentary positions - Backbencher (2001 - present)
- Junior minister, department of culture, media and sport (1999 - 2001)
- Junior minister, home office (1998 - 1999)
- PPS to Frank Field, Department of Social Security (1997 - 1998)
- Opposition spokesperson, citizen's charter and women (1992 - 1993)
A backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. ...
A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ...
The Right Honourable Frank Ernest Field (born July 16, 1942, London) is a British politician, and Labour MP for Birkenhead. ...
The Department of Social Security (DSS) was until 2001 a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. ...
References - ^ The Guardian
- ^ BBC News
- ^ The Public Whip website
- ^ Hansard text.
- ^ The Times Online
- ^ The Telegraph
- ^ Hansard text
- ^ Western Mail & Echo
- ^ Outward Bound website
External links |
Feeds |
Contact