19-687: Brian Harrison may refer to: Brian Harrison (Conservative politician) (1921–2011), Australian-born British Conservative politician Brian Harrison (historian) (born 1937), editor of Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and professor Brian Harrison (Labour politician) , councillor in Old Moat, Manchester, England Brian Harrison (Texas politician) (born c. 1983), political appointee in G. W. Bush and Trump administrations Brian Harrison (theologian) (born 1945), Australian-born Roman Catholic priest and theologian [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
38-499: A councillor on Lexden and Winstree Rural District Council in Essex . He was also High Sheriff of Essex in 1979 and a deputy lieutenant of the county. Harrison was elected in the 1955 general election as member of parliament (MP) for Maldon and served until he stood down in February 1974 general election . He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Hare while Hare
57-594: A five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 , Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation , then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 1981 any MP sentenced to over
76-469: A member of Parliament is to do what they think in their faithful and disinterested judgement is right and necessary for the honour and safety of Great Britain. The second duty is to their constituents, of whom they are the representative but not the delegate. Burke's famous declaration on this subject is well known. It is only in the third place that their duty to party organisation or programme takes rank. All these three loyalties should be observed, but there
95-496: A person must be at least 18 years old and be a citizen of the UK , a Commonwealth nation, or Ireland . A person is not required to be registered to vote, nor are there any restrictions regarding where a candidate is a resident. The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 outlaws the holders of various positions from being MPs. These include civil servants , regular police officers (but not special constables ), regular members of
114-572: A prison sentence of a year or more. People in respect of whom a bankruptcy restrictions order has effect are disqualified from (existing) membership of the House of Commons (details differ slightly in different countries). Members are not permitted to resign their seats. In practice, however, they always can. Should a member wish to resign from the Commons , they may request appointment to one of two ceremonial Crown offices: that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of
133-507: A squad. Harrison returned to Australia from 1950 to 1951 and studied immigration and development. As a descendant of Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison he inherited Copford Hall , and became Lord of the manor of Copford in Essex , England where he then settled to become a farmer and estate manager. He became London director of the Commercial Bank of Australia in January 1966. He served as
152-498: A year in jail automatically vacates their seat. For certain types of lesser acts of wrongdoing, the Recall of MPs Act 2015 mandates that a recall petition be opened; if signed by more than 10% of registered voters within the constituency, the seat is vacated. In the past, only male adult property owners could stand for Parliament. In 1918, women acquired the right to stand for Parliament , and to vote. To be eligible to stand as an MP,
171-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brian Harrison (Conservative politician) (Alastair) Brian Clarke Harrison DL (3 October 1921 – 21 August 2011) was a British Conservative politician. Harrison was born in 1921 in Melbourne, Australia . He was the son of the soldier and politician Eric Harrison . He was educated at Geelong Grammar School and during World War II served in
190-414: Is no doubt of the order in which they stand under any healthy manifestation of democracy. Theoretically, contemporary MPs are considered to have two duties, or three if they belong to a political party. Their primary responsibility is to act in the national interest. They must also act in the interests of their constituents, where this does not override their primary responsibility. Finally, if they belong to
209-641: The Australian Army from 1940 and as a volunteer with the Australian Independent Companies (Commandos) in Halmahera and Borneo . After the war he was at Trinity College, Cambridge . He rowed for Cambridge in the record-breaking crew in the 1948 Boat Race . Most of the crew rowed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics ; Harrison did not participate in the Games as Australia did not enter
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#1732848153621228-629: The Senedd (Welsh Parliament) or the Northern Ireland Assembly are also ineligible for the Commons according to the Wales and Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts respectively, passed in 2014 (but members of the Scottish Parliament are eligible). People who are bankrupt cannot stand to be MPs. The Representation of the People Act 1981 excludes persons who are currently serving
247-702: The United Kingdom , a member of Parliament ( MP ) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons , the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on
266-573: The armed forces (but not reservists), and some judges . Members of the House of Lords were not permitted to hold Commons seats until the passing of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 , which allows retired or resigned members of the House of Lords to stand or re-stand as MPs. Members of legislatures outside of the Commonwealth are excluded, with the exemption of the Irish legislature . Additionally, members of
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304-568: The Chiltern Hundreds , or that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead . These offices are sinecures (that is, they involve no actual duties); they exist solely to permit the "resignation" of members of the House of Commons. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible for making the appointment, and, by convention, never refuses to do so when asked by a member who desires to leave
323-523: The House of Commons. Members of Parliament are entitled to use the post-nominal initials MP. MPs are referred to as "honourable" as a courtesy only during debates in the House of Commons (e.g., "the honourable member for ..."), or if they are the children of peers below the rank of marquess ("the honourable [first name] [surname]"). Those who are members of the Privy Council use the form The Right Honourable ( The Rt Hon. ) Name MP. The first duty of
342-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Harrison&oldid=1057256431 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
361-515: Was Minister of State for the Colonies between 1955 and 1956, Secretary of State for War from 1956 to 1958 and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1958 to 1960. Harrison died in Colchester on 21 August 2011 aged 89 following a short illness. This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in
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