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59-675: Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England . It had a population of 25,328 in the 2011 census, rising to 28,416 in the 2021 census, an increase of 12.19%. This makes Bushey the second most populated town in Hertsmere. Bushey Heath is a large neighbourhood south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow reaching elevations of 165 metres (541 ft) above sea level. Bushey

118-451: A council-controlled company. Hertsmere is also the location for BBC Elstree Centre , the site of EastEnders , Holby City , and formerly the home to Top of the Pops , before its move to BBC TV Centre. The area was also home to other TV and film studios , including MGM , until this was demolished for residential development, and is now an area called Studio Way. Hertfordshire has

177-538: A friend who lived in Bushey in 1873, and returned to rent a pair of cottages and a studio near Melbourne Road. He founded Herkomer's Art School at Bushey in 1883, which, in its 21-year life, attracted some 500 students to the area, including the miniaturist Elsie Higgins . Some of those students stayed after establishing their own studios. Their paintings are on display in the Bushey Museum . A street, Herkomer Road,

236-512: A majority of the seats on the council since 1999. Whilst the Conservatives were still the largest party on the council, a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition formed to take control of the council instead. Labour group leader Jeremy Newmark became leader of the council and Liberal Democrat group leader Paul Richards became deputy leader of the council. The first elections to Hertsmere District Council were held in 1973, initially acting as

295-401: A number of stages before it can become law. In theory, this allows the bill's provisions to be debated in detail, and for amendments to the original bill to also be introduced, debated, and agreed to. In bicameral parliaments, a bill that has been approved by the chamber into which it was introduced then sends the bill to the other chamber. Broadly speaking, each chamber must separately agree to

354-466: A private member's bill). In Australia, the bill passes through the following stages: In Canada, the bill passes through the following stages: The committee considers each clause of the bill, and may make amendments to it. Significant amendments may be made at the committee stage. In some cases, whole groups of clauses are inserted or removed. However, if the Government holds a majority, almost all

413-426: A railway and up to 500 ft above sea level with beautiful and broad views made the area attractive for housing developers. The 19th and 20th centuries marked the time of most change in Bushey, especially between 1860 and 1960. The population rose 28-fold within 200 years, from 856 in 1801, to just under 24,000 today. The expansion was for many reasons, one of the main ones being due to the boom in industry caused by

472-413: A shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Hertsmere, and is usually held by a different councillor each year. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1999 have been: Following the 2023 election

531-541: A small agricultural village named 'Bissei' (which later became 'Biss(h)e' and then 'Bisheye' during the 12th century). However, chance archaeological findings of Stone Age tools provide evidence that the area was inhabited as far back as the Palaeolithic period. The town also has links to the Roman occupation of Britain , with the main road running through it being Roman; sites of possible Roman villas being unearthed in

590-590: A specific chamber. For example, bills imposing a tax , or involving public expenditure , are introduced into the House of Commons in the United Kingdom, Canada's House of Commons , Lok Sabha of India and Ireland's Dáil as a matter of law. Conversely, bills proposed by the Law Commission and consolidation bills traditionally start in the House of Lords . Once introduced, a bill must go through

649-403: A two-tier structure of local government, with the ten district councils (including Hertsmere Borough Council) providing district-level services, and Hertfordshire County Council providing county-level services. In some areas there is an additional third tier of civil parishes . The council went under no overall control at the 2023 election . Prior to that election the Conservatives had held

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708-485: Is Oliver Dowden of the Conservative Party , who served as deputy Prime Minister from 2023 to 2024. Until 2024 , the constituency was coterminous with the district, but since the boundary changes which took effect at that election, this has no longer been the case. All but one of the wards in Hertsmere district still belong to the constituency of the same name, but Bushey North ward in Hertsmere district

767-686: Is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire , England. Its council is based in Borehamwood . Other settlements in the borough include Bushey , Elstree , Radlett and Potters Bar . The borough contains several film studios , including Elstree Studios and the BBC Elstree Centre at Borehamwood. The borough borders Three Rivers , Watford , St Albans , and Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire and

826-534: Is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form Bissei . Although there has been some debate, modern, scholarly commentary has concluded that the name originated as a compound of the Old English words bysc ('bush, thicket') and hæg ('enclosure'). Thus it once meant 'enclosure made of bushes'. The first written record of Bushey is its entry in the Domesday Book of 1086, which describes

885-625: Is instead now part of Watford constituency, whose current MP is Matt Turmaine of the Labour Party . All but one of the wards in Hertsmere constituency are part of Hertsmere district, but the seat now also includes the Northaw & Cuffley ward from Welwyn Hatfield district. In 2003, the Borough Council started to present a small number of Civic Awards to people who live or work in Hertsmere 'in recognition of work undertaken for

944-401: Is known as a bill . In other words, a bill is a proposed law that needs to be discussed in the parliament before it can become a law. In territories with a Westminster system , most bills that have any possibility of becoming law are introduced into parliament by the government. This will usually happen following the publication of a " white paper ", setting out the issues and the way in which

1003-607: Is more usually used as a village hall today, with occasional exhibitions such as one in September 2006 by students from the Chelsea College of Art . Bushey Film Studios in Melbourne Road were originally built by Hubert Herkomer and operated between 1913 and 1985. For much of its existence the studios focused on low-budget productions. There are two Jewish cemeteries , Old and New Cemeteries, both active, serving

1062-551: Is no parish or town council in Bushey, which has been an unparished area since 1974. Historically, Bushey was a parish in the hundred of Dacorum . Bushey was included in the Watford Poor Law Union from 1835. When the Watford Local Board of Health was established in 1850, its territory included a part of the parish of Bushey where the urban area of Watford crossed the parish boundary. Under

1121-500: Is now the Centennial Park Industrial Estate ( 51°38′24″N 0°18′31″W  /  51.639954°N 0.308561°W  / 51.639954; -0.308561 ). Bushey Heath station would have been located at the intersection of Elstree Road and Northwestern Avenue ( 51°38′33″N 0°19′12″W  /  51.64245°N 0.3200°W  / 51.64245; -0.3200 ). Conceptual plans existed in

1180-609: Is presented to the Governor General , who gives it royal assent . Although the Governor General can refuse to assent a bill, this power has never been exercised. Bills being reviewed by Parliament are assigned numbers: 2 to 200 for government bills, 201 to 1000 for private member's bills , and 1001 up for private bills . They are preceded by C- if they originate in the House of Commons, or S- if they originate in

1239-604: The Bushey Festival and quarter marathon, held each July, and the Horticultural Society's flower and produce show. Being located near several film studios at Elstree and Borehamwood , Bushey and Bushey Heath frequently feature as backdrops for many film and TV shows. Most notable is a bus scene in the Cannon and Ball film, and in the 1957 film Lucky Jim . Several historic buildings in Bushey, notably

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1298-805: The Local Government Act 1894 the Watford Local Board became Watford Urban District , and parishes that straddled urban district boundaries were divided. Bushey parish was therefore split with effect from 4 December 1894 into two parishes: "Bushey Urban" for the part of the parish within Watford Urban District and "Bushey Rural" for the remainder. Bushey Urban did not have its own parish council, being governed directly by Watford Urban District Council. Bushey Rural Parish Council held its first meeting on 2 January 1895 at Merry Hill School, with Edward Fithian being appointed

1357-607: The Second World War . This same Green Belt legislation was also partly responsible for the abandonment of the pre-war Edgware to Bushey Heath extension as part of the Northern Heights programme of the Northern line underground railway. The Metropolitan Green Belt put great restrictions on new development, and the plan had been to use the new railway to stimulate new housing around the new route; without

1416-660: The United Kingdom , with Jews comprising one in seven residents (the area with the highest Jewish population being the London Borough of Barnet). In the 2021 census Hertsmere overtook Barnet to become the most Jewish local authority area, with Jews comprising one in every six residents. Jews form a plurality of the population in two wards of the borough, Bushey Heath and Elstree. 51°40′N 0°16′W  /  51.66°N 0.27°W  / 51.66; -0.27 Act of Parliament A draft act of parliament

1475-479: The 1903 Act of Parliament for an Edgware to Watford railway that would have seen the railway extended at a later date though Bushey village and on to Watford market, but even less came of that than the partially completed Edgware to Bushey Heath stretch. In the 1830s, the London and Birmingham Railway cut through the area between London and Watford though it did not initially serve Bushey. The railway passes to

1534-500: The 1960s additions to the site having been demolished. Many of The Avengers episodes include location shots around the Bushey area, and the latter half of the Confessions of a Driving Instructor is entirely shot on the roads between Elstree and Bushey, finishing in the car dump at 'Bushey Breakers'. Pupils from local schools including Bushey Hall and Bushey Meads have taken part as extras in productions such as My Dad's

1593-670: The Irish Parliament, the Oireachtas , bills pass through the following stages. Bills may be initiated in either the Dáil or the Seanad, and must pass both houses. In New Zealand, the bill passes through the following stages: A draft piece of legislation is called a bill ; when this is passed by Parliament it becomes an act and part of statute law. There are two types of bill and act, public and private . Public acts apply to

1652-618: The Prime Minister . Warren Lake, a duck pond on Bushey Heath, was restored in 1992 after falling into a poor state of repair. In 2021, Jews formed a plurality of the population in Bushey Heath ward. A majority (192 of 342) of those who came under 'Other' were Jains . The area contains a mix of primary schools and linked infants and junior schools (see schools in Bushey ). The state secondary schools are Queens' School , Bushey Meads School and The Grange Academy , of which

1711-647: The Senate. For example, Bill C-250 was a private member's bill introduced in the House. Bills C-1 and S-1 are pro forma bills, and are introduced at the beginning of each session in order to assert the right of each Chamber to manage its own affairs. They are introduced and read a first time, and then are dropped from the Order Paper . In the Parliament of India , every bill passes through following stages before it becomes an Act of Parliament of India : In

1770-412: The amendments which are agreed to in committee will have been tabled by the Government to correct deficiencies in the bill or to enact changes to policy made since the bill was introduced (or, in some cases, to import material which was not ready when the bill was presented). The debate on each stage is actually debate on a specific motion. For the first reading, there is no debate. For the second reading,

1829-471: The area; and a Roman tessellated pavement was discovered near Chiltern Avenue. Bushey Heath's story begins in the Napoleonic Wars during a large food shortage. To help solve the problem, the government awarded the waste land to the east of Bushey to Bushey landowners to be used as farming; the land was more generally known as Bushey Common. Whilst the original aim was to produce food, being close to

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1888-473: The benefit of residents of the Borough'. Faith in Hertsmere (2021) The borough contains five parishes: Four of the parishes have parish councils , with Hertsmere Meriden instead having only a parish meeting. Bushey and Potters Bar are unparished areas , being directly administered by Hertsmere Borough Council. The 2011 census showed that Hertsmere was the second most Jewish local authority area in

1947-589: The building was used as hardcore for Bovingdon Airfield , and much of the woodwork and carvings from the castle were burnt. In 2014 the surviving remnant of Lululaund was converted into luxury apartments. Sir Hubert is mainly remembered as an artist today, but in his time he was a polymath, becoming involved in some of the earliest film productions in Europe, and starting a series of races and time trials for cars in Germany. In 1904 Herkomer closed his school and sold

2006-524: The building. The school was re-opened in 1905 on the same site by the artist Lucy Kemp-Welch as the Bushey School of Painting. In 1912 Herkomer bought back the school building and demolished it. A rose garden was laid out on the site to a design by T.H. Mawson . It is listed grade II on the Register of Parks and Gardens . There is a gallery named after Kemp-Welch close to the village church. It

2065-423: The calendar year, with the first act passed being chapter 1, and so on. In the United Kingdom, legislation has referenced by year and chapter number since 1963 ( Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962 ). Each act is numbered consecutively based on the date it received royal assent, for example the 43rd act passed in 1980 would be 1980 chapter 43. The full reference includes the (short) title and would be

2124-539: The composition of the council is as follows: The next election is due to be held in 2027. The council inherited offices at Rudolph Road in Bushey, Darkes Lane in Potters Bar, and Shenley Road in Borehamwood from its predecessor authorities. A new building, called Hertsmere Civic Offices, was built in 1975–1976 on Elstree Way in Borehamwood to serve as the council's principal offices and meeting place. Since

2183-507: The fact that it straddles the historic county boundary between Middlesex and Hertfordshire. The name is reflected in the council's coat of arms , which shows a hart upon the battlements of a boundary wall. The district was awarded borough status on 15 April 1977, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. The borough was originally in the Metropolitan Police District , despite being outside

2242-582: The first chairman of the parish council. The parish of Bushey Rural was included in the Watford Rural District . On 1 April 1906 the parish of Bushey Rural was renamed "Bushey" and was made an urban district, independent of the Watford Rural District. To avoid confusion, the separate parish of "Bushey Urban" within Watford Urban District was renamed " Oxhey " on the same day. The first meeting of Bushey Urban District Council

2301-820: The first two generally do well in comparison with other schools in the county. Bushey is also the site of the famous Purcell School , a school for young musicians well known for turning out many successful musicians. It was formerly the Royal Caledonian School . There are also two private girls' schools, St. Hilda's and St Margaret's in the area. Hubert Herkomer was a poor immigrant from Bavaria , who grew up in Southampton and studied art in London before moving to Bushey in 1874. His painting and portraits earned him fame and fortune, and he died in 1914 as Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA CVO . Herkomer had visited

2360-475: The following stages: There are special procedures for emergency bills, member's bills (similar to private member's bills in the UK Parliament), committee bills, and private bills. In Singapore, the bill passes through these certain stages before becoming into an Act of Parliament. Acts passed by the Parliament of England did not originally have titles, and could only be formally cited by reference to

2419-416: The last boundary changes in 2019, the council comprises 39 councillors elected from 16 wards , each of which returns either two or three councillors. Elections for the whole council are held every four years. The borough's 16 wards are: Prior to 1983 , the borough was included in the parliamentary constituency of Hertfordshire South . In 1983 the constituency was renamed Hertsmere , whose current MP

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2478-496: The modern Greater London boundaries. It was transferred to Hertfordshire Constabulary in 2000. Hertsmere is the location of Elstree Film and TV Studios , which produces such shows as Strictly Come Dancing , Who Wants To Be A Millionaire , Dancing on Ice , and was the location for the Big Brother house. The studios were bought by Hertsmere Borough Council in 1996 and are now operated via Elstree Film Studios Limited,

2537-559: The motion is "That this bill be now read a second time and be referred to [name of committee]" and for third reading "That this bill be now read a third time and pass." In the Committee stage, each clause is called and motions for amendments to these clauses, or that the clause stand part of the bill are made. In the Report stage, the debate is on the motions for specific amendments. Once a bill has passed both Houses in an identical form, it

2596-532: The new housing the route was deemed no longer viable. However, as work was advanced at the onset of war, the depot was completed for use as bomber manufacture, and following the Second World War and Green Belt coming into force, it was converted into the Aldenham bus depot (of Cliff Richard 's Summer Holiday fame), which it remained until 1985, when it became derelict. It was redeveloped in 1996 and

2655-506: The north west of the town and crosses Bushey Arches Viaduct , an original feature dating from 1837. The highest point in the historic county of Middlesex was in Bushey Heath on the border between Hertfordshire and Middlesex at the junction of the A4140 and the A409. At 153 m (502 ft) above sea level, the grid reference was TQ 152937. The lack of farming in Bushey Heath meant that it

2714-578: The north-west London Jewish communities. In 2018 an extension was built to provide for 50 further years of interment covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) of new landscaping and including prayer halls, offices and mortuary. Bushey has been twinned with German town Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria ( Southern Germany ) for its historical link. To Landsberg belonged the native village, Waal, of artist Herkomer detailed above. The towns retain links for mayoral duties and school exchange trips. Hertsmere Hertsmere

2773-613: The old Royal Masonic School for Boys , later the International University, in the Avenue, have been used in films over a long period of time, including Nuns on the Run , Out of Bounds , Children of Men and Harry Potter . It has also been the set for several television comedy series, including Monty Python's Flying Circus and Little Britain . This site is currently being redeveloped for residential usage, with

2832-426: The parliamentary session in which they were passed, with each individual act being identified by year and chapter number. Descriptive titles began to be added to the enrolled acts by the official clerks, as a reference aid; over time, titles came to be included within the text of each bill. Since the mid-nineteenth century, it has also become common practice for acts to have a short title , as a convenient alternative to

2891-630: The pass, parties of travellers and merchants would form at the Boot Inn at Edgware and the Three Crowns at Bushey Heath so they did not have to venture through the pass alone. Although one of the highwaymen responsible for the attacks is rumoured to have been the notorious Dick Turpin , evidence suggests that he was in fact more active in the region of Essex . Bushey has two tiers of local government, at district and county level: Hertsmere Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council . There

2950-401: The proposed new law is intended to deal with them. A bill may also be introduced into parliament without formal government backing; this is known as a private member's bill . In territories with a multicameral parliament, most bills may be first introduced in any chamber. However, certain types of legislation are required, either by constitutional convention or by law, to be introduced into

3009-559: The railway in the early 20th century. A result was that many new jobs were created in and around Watford , and in the early 1920s, Bushey's first council houses were built. More housing was later built for the service families working in defence organisations in Stanmore and Northwood . The expansion eventually died down because much of the land in and around Bushey was protected under the Metropolitan Green Belt after

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3068-477: The same version of the bill. Finally, the approved bill receives assent; in most territories this is merely a formality and is often a function exercised by the head of state . In some countries, such as in France, Belgium, Luxembourg , Spain and Portugal, the term for a bill differs depending on whether it is initiated by the government (when it is known as a "draft"), or by the parliament (a "proposition", i.e.,

3127-477: The sometimes lengthy main titles. The Short Titles Act 1892 , and its replacement the Short Titles Act 1896 , gave short titles to many acts which previously lacked them. The numerical citation of acts has also changed over time. The original method was based on the regnal year (or years) in which the relevant parliamentary session met. This has been replaced in most territories by simple reference to

3186-486: The three north London boroughs of Harrow , Barnet and Enfield . Hertsmere is located mainly within the M25 Motorway . Hertsmere was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering the whole area of three former districts and a single parish from a fourth district, which were all abolished at the same time: The Potters Bar Urban District (which coincided with the parish of South Mimms )

3245-621: The whole of the UK or a number of its constituent countries – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Private acts are local and personal in their effect, giving special powers to bodies such as local authorities or making exceptions to the law in particular geographic areas. In the United Kingdom Parliament, each bill passes through the following stages: In the Scottish Parliament, bills pass through

3304-478: Was a heavily wooded area up to the 18th century; this, added to the lack of street lighting and police, meant that Bushey Heath's history is full of tales of thieves, highwaymen and even murder. According to Grant Longman's Robberies on Bushey Heath , the road from Bushey Heath to Stanmore is said to be where the highwaymen lurked, ready to raid the dozen or so caravans that passed through Bushey Heath daily, carrying money from trade in London. Before venturing through

3363-556: Was held on 16 April 1906 at Merry Hill School, with Richard Prowse being appointed the first chairman. The council built itself new offices and a fire station on Rudolph Road in Bushey, which were completed in 1909. Bushey Urban District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 , becoming part of the district of Hertsmere on 1 April 1974. No successor parish was created for Bushey, and so it became an unparished area. The council's former offices on Rudolph Road later became Bushey Museum & Art Gallery . Local events include

3422-423: Was historically part of Middlesex , but had been transferred to Hertfordshire on 1 April 1965 when Greater London was created and Middlesex County Council abolished. The name "Hertsmere" was coined for the new district by combining the common abbreviation of Hertfordshire ("Herts") with "mere", an archaic word for a boundary, referencing the area's location on Hertfordshire's border with Greater London and also

3481-399: Was named in his memory. At around 1888, he built Lululaund ( 51°38′38″N 0°21′38″W  /  51.643908°N 0.36065°W  / 51.643908; -0.36065 ), a 'Bavarian castle', which was named after his second wife Lulu Griffiths. After being married for only a year she died. Lululaund dominated the Bushey skyline until 1939 when it was almost entirely demolished; a lot of

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