Sentences with phrase «conservative election expenses»

But, on the evening of the count an exasperated Nigel Farage, interviewed by Channel 4 News political correspondent Michael Crick, raised the first concerns about Conservative election expenses — which, he suggested, might have breached the # 100,000 limit for campaign spending in a byelection.

Not exact matches

When it was all over, the tally of alleged wrongdoing cited here today, assigned to one party or another, included unpaid taxes (NDP), abusing election laws (Conservatives), improperly taking money from charities (Liberals), improperly claimed expenses (Liberals), illegal campaign debts (Liberals), illegal political donations (NDP), flouting Hill security (NDP), a potentially illegal cheque (Conservatives), secrecy (Conservatives) and sabotaging the committee to select the parliamentary budget officer (Conservatives).

First, it will lift the threat of possible by - elections that could be triggered by the ongoing police investigation into allegations that the Conservative Party systematically over-spent in the 2015 election and far exceeded legal restrictions on election expenses in more than 10 seats.

Since our first forecast combining different indicators of the election outcome last week, the Conservatives and particularly Labour have edged up in the polls at the expense of UKIP and the Liberal Democrats.

By comparison with the last county council elections in 2009 it does look like UKIP gains were at the expense of the Conservatives.

David Cameron will hope questions about his handling of the Maria Miller expenses row will not overshadow the launch of the Conservatives campaign for next month's European elections.

The Conservative party has been at the centre of an election expenses scandal for over a year.

Compared with the result of the elections in 2009, Labour and UKIP have gained ground at the expense of the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and BNP:

Fiscally conservative groups including Unshackle Upstate argue against public financing for elections as nothing more than «labor's latest effort to enhance their political influence at the expense of taxpayers.»

The press as kingmaker!The Daily Mail swung the 1924 election for the Tories by publishing the forged Zinoviev letter.The use by «The Telegraph» of purloined discs on MPs expenses was more damaging to Labour than the conservatives because it discredited parliament, differential voting did the rest.

McGovern was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Wirral South in December 2009, following Ben Chapman's decision to stand down at the next election for family reasons following adverse publicity in The Daily Telegraph over the expenses scandal, and subsequently won the seat in the 2010 general election, defeating the Conservative candidate, Jeff Clarke, by 531 votes.

The Electoral Commission has not yet stated in public if it will widen its inquiries as the Conservatives have asked, but the Labour MP Cat Smith is being investigated over her election expenses return.

The decline of the two - party system has been happening for years - in 1951, 97 per cent of the electorate voted either Labour or Conservative; in the last election, that was below 70 per cent - but the MPs» expenses scandal has put the final boot into politics as we've known it.

The big story since the election has been the holding up of the Conservative vote, while Labour has benefited at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.

Democrats are having a laugh at the expense of the conservative, anti-abortion Chiaroscuro PAC, which sent out a mailer attacking Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk that featured some erroneous information — including the wrong date for the upcoming election.

Conservative chairman Patrick McLoughlin appears to be feeling the pressure as his party has been fined a record # 70,000 for breaking election expenses rules.

The Conservative MP who announced last night he would stand down at the next election after allegations over his parliamentary expense claims, made the right decision, David Cameron saidtoday.

After Sir Peter's expenses claims were made public Conservative leader David Cameron had warned him he faced the removal of the party whip if he did not announce that he would stand down at the next election.

«Dianne Hayter, chairman of Labour's National Executive Committee, said: «We do not believe a parliamentary by - election should be held at taxpayers» expense to resolve tensions at the top of the Conservative Party... She claimed that Mr Davis had done a deal with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said last week that his party would not contest the by - election, and never intended to put his seat at risk.»

Meanwhile, an opinion poll commissioned by former Tory deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft in the 40 most marginal Tory - held seats suggests that Labour remains on course for a comfortable overall majority at the next election — not because the party itself is gaining ground, but because Ukip has tripled its share of the vote, mainly at the expense of the Conservatives.

A cabinet minister has said he has «every reason to suppose» the Conservatives properly reported their 2015 general election expenses amid allegations the party breached campaign spending rules.

A Conservative candidate facing charges over his 2015 General Election expenses has denied he did anything wrong.

[5][6] Three of the Conservative gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped to four seats on the council, [5][6] with the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews in Eynsham and Cassington being one of those who were defeated at the election.

Since the election Labour have risen from 30 % to around about 40 % in the polls, the majority of this increase being at the expense of the collapsing Liberal Democrat vote (there is a small amount of churn between Labour and the Conservatives, but no great shift.

Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and SNP leader, has claimed that May called the snap election in part because she feared that numerous MPs would be prosecuted for fraud over their election expenses and implied the Conservatives may have «bought» the last election.

Farage, who is fielding a record 2,000 candidates in May's local elections, told the Observer that his party, traditionally strongest in the south, was building support in the north by the week — at the expense of the Conservatives.

A Conservative party spokeswoman said Sturgeon's claims, linked to expenses costs for its 2015 election battlebus, were misplaced and ill - founded.

Speaking at the Scottish TUC conference in Aviemore, Sturgeon implied the Conservatives may have «bought» the last election, referring to a police investigation into the party's election expenses in the 2015 campaign.

One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained overall control of the Council, gaining seven seats at the expense of the Conservative group.

The election debates gave the Liberal Democrats by - election status, and disrupted an already disjointed Tory campaign The Conservatives stopped losing on the economy but they didn't develop a strong or consistent economic message The Big Society agenda is an exciting governing philosophy but it should never have been put at the heart of the Tory election campaign No party ran a campaign responsive to the seismic impact of the expenses scandal - and to the prevailing mood of disillusion with Westminster politics

Passholders include former Conservative minister Jonathan Aitken, who was jailed in 1999 for perjury and perverting the course of justice, as well as several ex-MPs who left the House in the 2010 election following the expenses scandal.

Newark Council chief exec confirms to #C4News that Notts police have asked to see Conservative by - election expense declaration and returns

The pledge comes the same day as the Rochester by - election, in which the right - wing UK Independence Party (UKIP) is expected to win at the Conservatives» expense.

The 31 charges against Duffy are the latest development in a long - running expenses scandal that has hurt support for Harper's right - leaning Conservative government ahead of an election scheduled for October 2015.