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2017 British motorcycle Grand Prix. 2017 English cricket season. 2017 in British television. 2017 in British music. 2017 in British radio. UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Events from the year 2017 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Sapphire Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II .
1 February – MPs back the European Union Bill by 498 votes to 114, with 47 Labour rebels voting against. 3 February –. The government publishes a white paper setting out its Brexit plans. [6] The 2017 Copeland by-election is held. Conservative candidate Trudy Harrison gains the seat from Labour, the first gain for a governing party in a by ...
The 2017 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2017. Local elections were held across Great Britain, with elections to 35 English local authorities and all councils in Scotland and Wales. Newly created combined authority mayors were directly elected in six areas of England: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater ...
Prior to the attack, the UK Threat Level for terrorism in the country was listed at "severe", meaning an attack was "highly likely". [2] [3] There had not been a killing at the Palace of Westminster since the assassination of Airey Neave by the Irish National Liberation Army in 1979, which took place close to New Palace Yard, during the Northern Ireland conflict. [4]
BBC News reports casting is currently under way for the role. Maxine Mawhinney presents her final bulletin on BBC News alongside Simon McCoy after 21 years with BBC News. Balliol College, Oxford wins the 2016–17 series of University Challenge, beating Wolfson College, Cambridge 190–140. 11
The results of the 2017 general election indicate the tilting of Britain's political axis, which reflects long-term trends. [425] Looking at information of constituency-level voting in England between 2005 and 2017, patterns of voting confirm the relevance of identifying new categories of social class alongside traditional political divides. [425]
41.9%. 7.8%. Swing. 4.4%. 10.3%. 0.4%. A map of English parliamentary constituencies. *Seat figure does not include Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets. The 2017 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday 8 June 2017 across 533 constituencies ...
8 June 2017. ( 2017-06-08) 2019 →. All 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. 326 seats needed for a majority. Turnout. 68.7%. Party. Leader.