Sentences with phrase «conservatives in a hung parliament»

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«I absolutely believe that if we'd have had that election that Gordon Brown would no longer have been prime minister and that the Conservatives would have been the largest party in a hung parliament.»

The Conservatives are on course to be the largest party in a hung parliament, according to an analysis of online search terms.

The current endeavor by Tory backbenchers to repeal the Act is based on a simple calculation — most forecasts predict that the 2015 general elections will result in another hung Parliament, in which the joint seat share of the two dominant parties, Labour and the Conservatives, will be eroded even further.

It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be held within the time frame of the article 50 negotiations and not be left to verbal assurances — not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative party by next autumn, nor indeed where the balance of power might be in any future government or hung parliament.

Mr Cable admitted it would be «difficult to work with the Conservatives or Labour» in the event of a hung Parliament, but added that it was the Liberal Democrat's mindset to show «we can work with other parties in the national interest».

And now we have a more explicit outlining of an emerging new Tory constitutional doctrine in an extraordinary Guardian report on Tuesday — based on anonymous briefings from «senior shadow Cabinet members» — that the Conservatives intend to mount a partisan attack on existing constitutional conventions, and the Cabinet Secretary's protocols for handling a hung Parliament, even though a primary motivation for these has been to protect the Monarchy from being dragged into party political controversy.

Fabian Soc gen sec Sunder Katwala on conservatives «plan to seize power in a hung parliament», sparks talk of #torycoup http://bit.ly/aDUzTU

As Peter Kellner shows on page 28, although the Conservatives are at present on course to win a clear majority, the next election may well produce no clear victor; but hung parliaments come in various forms.

If the Conservatives were merely the biggest party in rump UK, but lacked a majority — i.e. rump UK would also have a hung parliament — the Liberal Democrats could switch sides after the departure of the Scots, and remain in power.

The hung parliament of 2010 produced a Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition but after the Lib Dems» unhappy experience in office — and with neither Labour nor the Conservatives prepared to form a coalition with the resurgent SNP — the UK may be heading for a minority government.

Today, however, the new leader showed little enthusiasm for working with the Conservatives, with all parties facing a possible hung parliament in 2009 or 2010.

Clegg's comments — seen by many as a hint that he might even work with the Tories rather than Labour in the event of a hung parliament — came as the Conservatives outlined their flagship education policy.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

The Conservatives win the most seats, but fail to secure an overall Commons majority in an election result that produces Britain's first hung parliament for 36 years.

Some of those in the crowd said before the speech they thought the idea of an outright Labour win was unlikely but most said they were hopeful of a hung parliament, or at worst a very small Conservative majority.

[124] Some of the opinion polls had shown a 20 - point Conservative lead over Labour before the election was called, but this lead had narrowed by the day of the 2017 general election, which resulted in a hung parliament.

The 1992 general election was widely tipped to result in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority, but in the event the Conservatives were returned to power, though with a much reduced majority of 21.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the tracks Michael Gove has become the first senior Conservative to rule out any kind of deal with Ukip in the event of another hung Parliament.

Nick Clegg undermined the prospect of a Conservative - Lib Dem coalition in a hung parliament, by turning his electoral sights on David Cameron's party.

Assuming the recent trends observed for both Labour and the Conservatives are real, and assuming they continue more or less unchanged until the election (admittedly a big if, but bear with me) then the outcome is still likely to be a hung parliament, albeit with the Conservatives in a much stronger position.

Most voters in Labour - held constituencies want the SNP to help Labour rather than the Conservatives in the event of a hung parliament.

As I am sure my hon. Friend would expect, I will be campaigning to ensure that the next Parliament is not a hung Parliament, but one in which we have a majority Conservative Government.

On an equal amount of votes — 34.5 % a piece — the Conservatives would have almost fifty seats more than Labour, Labour would need to have a lead of about four points over the Conservatives just to get the most seats in a hung Parliament.

She continued that her preference and the Prime Minister's preference in a hung Parliament was for a minority Conservative government.

However, the result was a hung parliament, in which the number of Conservative seats fell from 330 to 317, prompting her to broker a confidence and supply deal with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to support her minority government.

However, last week's results suggest that neither the Conservatives nor Labour made a definitive breakthrough in urban Britain — and that another hung parliament could again be on the cards at the next general election.

The election resulted in a hung parliament, no single party having an overall majority in the House of Commons, the Conservatives having the most seats but 20 short of a majority.

Yet, despite this, the likeliest outcome remains a much messier hung parliament than in 2010, and an easier path out of the morass for Labour than the Conservatives.

A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times puts the Conservatives in reach of a workable Commons majority after struggling to rise above 40 per cent - and the difficulties of a hung parliament - in recent polls.

Tonight's remarkable exit poll figures predicts the Conservatives will be the largest party in a hung parliament, with 316 seats to Labour's 239.

[157] Under the constitution governing what happens in the event of a hung parliament, Brown remained temporarily as Prime Minister, [158] while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives entered into talks aimed at forming a coalition government.

At the election, Labour lost 91 seats in the House of Commons, but the Conservatives failed to achieve an overall majority, resulting in the first hung parliament since 1974.

The 2010 election delivered a hung parliament and gave the third party a direct share in national office in the form of the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition.

The election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party winning the largest number of seats.

In May 2015, with polls pointing to a hung Parliament in the run up to the 2015 general election, the Bow Group chairman, Ben Harris - Quinney, called on voters in marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not wiIn May 2015, with polls pointing to a hung Parliament in the run up to the 2015 general election, the Bow Group chairman, Ben Harris - Quinney, called on voters in marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not wiin the run up to the 2015 general election, the Bow Group chairman, Ben Harris - Quinney, called on voters in marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not wiin marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not win.

Published polls in the lead up had the election as neck and neck and it was almost a certainty there would be another hung parliament but the Conservatives won on the night with a clear majority.

As discussed above, we currently find little robust evidence that attitudes towards the SNP and expectations about a hung parliament resulted in gains for the Conservatives from Ukip or in vote losses for Labour from former Lib Dems.

The election ended in Britain's first hung parliament since 1974, but Cameron still became prime minister of the country within days as the Conservatives formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

In February 1974 — the last instance of a hung parliament following a general election — Labour won 301 seats and the Conservatives 297, but the then Tory prime minister, Edward Heath, remained at Downing Street until the Monday after the election as he tried to form an alliance with the Liberals.

The Conservatives won the most seats in last week's general election, but not enough to secure an overall Commons majority, resulting in a hung Parliament.

Salmond reiterated SNP policy not to enter a UK coalition government led by the Conservatives in the event of a hung parliament.

Plaid Cymru would not make a deal with the Conservatives in the event of a hung parliament, Leanne Wood confirms.

The last general election in 2010 ended in a hung parliament, with the Conservatives the largest party.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Hung parliament, LibDem - Tory relations, Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Conservative Party, The big picture, The Coalition, The Conservative Right Permalink Comments (39)

The joint BBC / ITV / Sky exit poll, taken at dozens of polling stations across the UK, and announced as the real polls closed, predicted a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives just short of an overall majority and the Lib Dems not doing much better than they had in 2005.

However, we now have a hung Parliament with a minority Conservative government, and a strengthened Labour party which is the most pro-access to justice in recent memory.