Sentences with phrase «british parliamentary elections»

Labour supporters react as Paul Sweeney (not pictured) is announced as the new MP for Glasgow North East for the British Parliamentary Elections at the Emirates Arena

The following books by F. W. S. Craig contain a treasure trove of data about British parliamentary election results:

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For those unfamiliar with Westminster systems, most parliamentary votes are, as the British say, subject to the party whip: that is, members are expected to vote with the party leadership and are subject to severe retribution (such as being «de-certified» as a party - supported candidate at the next election) if they resist the whip.

A parliamentary colleague kindly emailed me after my election as Speaker drawing a parallel with the start of the championships in SW19 - «British player wins on fi rst day of Wimbledon!»

He adds: «That is the proudest moment of the British people — a parliamentary election.»

While by - elections are often used as protest votes against governments and have lower than usual turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications for British politics.

London (CNN) British Prime Minister Theresa May has failed to win a parliamentary majority in the UK election, leaving the country with what's known as a «hung parliament.»

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

Despite some of the strange vox - pops that happened in the run - up to the election where the phrase kept coming out of people's mouths, the British population also did not develop a passion for the relatively obscure concept of parliamentary sovereignty.

He would like to thank the directors of the British Election Study for making Wave 3 of the pre-election panel survey data available and the directors of the European Parliamentary Election Study 2014 (ZA5160) for making the data cited in this article available

A report from think tank British Future has suggested that the «ethnic minority vote» cost the Conservatives a parliamentary majority in the last general election.

Some German youths are looking to British Eurosceptic leader Nigel Farage for inspiration in the lead - up to the European parliamentary elections on 25 May.

Readers may like to know that the Australian Labor Party - a sister Party of British Labour with a very similar history and values to our own - has rules which insist on mandatory re-selection for all Federal MPs before each Federal Parliamentary election.

Officials said: «We estimate that not holding European Parliamentary elections will save British taxpayers at least # 109 million next year.

The British Conservatives, who have pledged to leave the EPP after the elections, are likely to struggle in their efforts to satisfy parliamentary rules which demand that political groups must be formed of MEPs from seven of more countries.

British Transport police (BTP) have asked the Tory party to disclose the full report on the bullying inquiry, which was launched after allegations were made against the former election aide and failed parliamentary candidate Mark Clarke.

Less than a month out from the EU parliamentary elections and polls are showing either disenchantment or downright disinterest in the European project among the British public.

Five days later, the death of an independent Republican Member of Parliament meant there would be an election for the British parliamentary seat of Fermanagh and South Tyrone.

A British parliamentary committee on Tuesday summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on fake news as authorities step up efforts to determine whether data has been improperly used to influence elections.

A British parliamentary committee is summoning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on fake news as authorities step up efforts to determine whether data has been improperly used to influence elections.

Zambia has a British Style parliamentary democracy, elections are held every five years and the presidency is limited by the constitution to stay for two five - year terms.