Sentences with phrase «conservatives lose seats»

The Conservatives lost a seat to the Liberal Democrats, meanwhile Labour gained one from the Liberal Democrats.

The Conservatives lost seats to Labour, but maintained their total of 28 by winning two seats that had been held by independents.

Mr Johnson admitted it would be a «a disappointment» if the Conservatives lose the seat, but insisted the party would «fight again» for the seat at next year's general election.

Not exact matches

Given that the opinion polls at the moment have a small Conservative lead and given that four years ago when most of the seats were up for grabs there was a small Labour lead, if indeed the Labour party is gaining ground in London it must be losing ground somewhere else.

In this case, the Progressive Conservatives were reduced to two seats and lost official party status, permanently changing the political landscape in this country.

One jubilant Lib Dem said the result meant a range of seats lost to the Conservatives last year were now back in play.

He lost his bid to replace Harris as party leader in 2002, his seat in the 2003 provincial election, his bid for the leadership of the Conservative party in 2004 and his first attempt to win a federal seat later the same year.

The party lost a by - election earlier this month to the Conservatives for a Toronto seat that had long been held by the Liberals.

And a new Forum Research poll taken since Saturday's election call gives the Conservatives 41 per cent, Liberals 24 per cent and NDP 19 per cent — suggesting a seat count in which the Tories win 19 new seats for a majority with 162 seats, the Liberals lose 17 to 61, the Bloc rises by seven to 51 and the NDP drops two to 24.

The 2012 G.O.P. presidential nominee, running for an open Senate seat, faced conservatives who disliked his ideological swerving, and a fear among hard - right activists that they were losing power.

He went on to represent Welwyn Hatfi eld as the Conservative MP from 1987 until he lost his seat at the 1997 general election.

Manchester East 1906In the space of two months, Conservative Arthur Balfour not only lost his office as prime minister, he also lost his parliamentary seat.

Bath 1992Although Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten could celebrate an astonishing party general election victory in 1992, he lost his own seat to Lib Dem candidate Don Foster who won with a majority of 3,768.

Seat changes: Labour gain one seat / Ukip gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one Seat changes: Labour gain one seat / Ukip gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat / Ukip gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seatseat

The Conservatives lost a staggering 28 seats, with the Lib Dems picking up no fewer than 24 to seize control of the council.

Seat changes: Ukip gain one seat / Labour gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one Seat changes: Ukip gain one seat / Labour gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat / Labour gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seatseat

Although this could increase the Conservative majority from 12 to around 40, plenty of Conservatives would lose their seats as well.

By contrast, 26 per cent of Conservative votes in 2015 were in seats that the party lost.

As Chris Hanretty explained last week, the British Election Study shows that Labour support is weakening and Conservative support strengthening in Labour's own seats relative to other seats - in other words, the Tories are disproportionately gaining ground, and Labour losing ground, where it hurts Labour most.

If that's true, Republicans would still be favored, since 1) the president's party usually loses seats in a midterm, and 2) older, more - conservative voters tend to actually show up (then of course, there's the gerrymandering).

In the key marginal of Thanet South in Kent, the Conservative party are set to lose the seat to Labour with Ukip coming a close second, according to the first of eight new constituency polls.

Angus Robertson, SNP Westminster leader, has lost his seat to the Conservatives.

There is a precedent in a UK - style electoral system: In the 1989 provincial election in Alberta, Canada, the Progressive Conservative party won a majority while its leader, Don Getty, lost his own seat.

Well the mandate she's got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes and lost confidence.

Her words were greeted with derision bordering on fury, not least by senior Conservative MPs who told her she must be more contrite and express sympathy for colleagues who had lost their seats.

The Cumbrian semi-rural seat of Copeland was seized by the Conservatives — the first time the main opposition party has lost a seat it was defending in a byelection since 1982.

The seats lost by the Lib Dems to the Conservatives helped to boost the overall proportion of women, while the seats lost by Labour to the SNP and especially to the Conservatives had the opposite effect.

If the Conservatives win most seats and most votes, as Thorpe said to Heath in 74, «it may not be clear who was won this election — it is very clear who has lost it.»

«I'm concerned — and I think other conservatives are concerned — that we could lose a large portion of our congressional delegation if everybody jumps in to go after the Senate seat,» she said in an interview.

By comparison with a tally of 331 seats in 2015, the Conservatives lost 27 seats to Labour and 5 to the Liberal Democrats.

Jim Knight - Labour The work and pensions secretary became another high - profile casualty when he lost his seat of Dorset South with a 9.3 per cent swing to the Conservatives.

Bill Rammell - Labour The armed forces minister also lost his seat of Harlow to the Conservatives after a swing of 5.9 per cent.

Meanwhile the Conservatives are projected to lose their one seat in Scotland, while the Liberal Democrats would be down from 11 to just one seat on these calculations.

Evan Harris - Liberal Democrat Dr Evan Harris lost his seat of Oxford West and Abingdon to the Conservatives by just 176 votes - a major hit for the Lib Dems in a constituency with a large student population.

My study of the most marginal seats the Lib Dems were defending against Labour and the Conservatives, published in June, found the party on course to lose most of its most vulnerable seats, with a few notable exceptions.

The lack of any net advantage elsewhere means the Conservatives can afford to lose no more than 23 seats to Labour if they are to remain the largest party.

By contrast, 26 % of Conservative votes in 2015 were in seats that the party lost.

The Lib Dems will lose all but one of their south west seats to the conservatives and here in wales it will be an almost total wipeout for labour with the nationalists and conservatives taking the seats!

On this basis alone we should expect both Labour and the Lib Dems to lose substantial numbers of council seats while the Conservatives should make gains from their 3 - point recovery.

And assuming Republicans lose seats next year — with swing - district moderates the first to fall — the conservatives will have even more leverage over GOP leadership in the coming Congress.

I recall the 1995 local elections, in which the Conservative Party lost over 2000 seats to Labour and the Lib - Dems, and were nearly forced to third place.

Imagine if the Conservative Party would gain a majority, but the PM would lose her seat.

It now appears Saland is likely to lose his seat to Democrat Terry Gipson, thanks to the vote - splitting candidacy of Neil Di Carlo on the Conservative line.

Provided the Conservatives can indeed win the biggest share of seats (and they'll probably lose a few — but only a few — to UKIP, so will get a bit less than they might otherwise), then they'll get the first opportunity to put together a coalition, or at least a working minority government.

We begin our tour in London, in three seats that illustrate the complicated dynamics of this election: Bermondsey & Old Southwark, which the Liberal Democrats are aiming to take back from Labour; Twickenham, now a Tory seat which is under threat from the Lib Dems; and Brentford & Isleworth which, if Labour lose it to the Conservatives, will have changed hands three elections running.

We need to appeal to people, and I would note that in these results, while I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who've worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England, a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative council, a place where I launched our local election campaign.»

The model predicts that Labour would lose seats in the following constituencies — with most of these losses being made to the Conservatives, but with losses also predicted to be made at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party (see below):

So an unchanged CON - LAB lead increases the number of seats for the Conservatives which raises the question, what does the CON - LAB lead need to be for them to lose seats and their majority?

Hoffman's weak haul is one factor piquing Republican interest in Matt Doheny, a businessman who's raised more than $ 500,000 since announcing for the seat — he lost the nomination to Scozzafava and bowed out while Hoffman stayed in the race as a Conservative Party candidate.

Even if the Conservatives pick up most of the seats UKIP lose, a potentially bigger question is where the former UKIP vote goes in places where they did well last time but did not win.