Sentences with phrase «dem votes in the constituency»

Correlation between the estimated Remain vote in a constituency and the proportion of petitioners from such constituencies is extremely high (r = 0.93).

Remember, there are no truly safe seats: no candidate in the last election got more than half of all the potential votes in their constituency.

The person who gets the largest number of votes in each constituency (or ward) becomes the MP (or councillor).

In the UK, voters vote in constituencies and votes are then translated into seats on the basis of a first - past - the - post system.

[37] The party received 0.9 % of the vote on the regional list, and between 2.2 % and 2.7 % of the vote in the constituencies and failed to have any members elected.

In the 2015 general election they won 0.2 % of the vote in the constituency of Monmouth, while Plaid Cymru achieved 3.9 % of the vote.

Miles Briggs on the other hand is very likely to take a regional seat even if he fails to win votes in the constituency as the Conservatives have placed him second on the list, behind Ruth Davidson.

Plaintiff again states that in order to fully participate in this year's general elections, she must find and deposit with the 1st Defendant an amount of GHC2, 800,000.00 of which fees and or deposit of fees would be confiscated to the State should Plaintiff failed to secure at least 25 % of the presidential votes and 12.5 % votes in each constituency parliamentary votes in the general elections.

Voters put a cross on a ballot paper next to their favoured candidate and the candidate with the most votes in the constituency wins.

An incumbent Labour or SNP MSP, on average, managed to win some three per cent more of the vote in their constituency than on the list.

The single vote was not cast by Taylor - Dawson, as she was not registered to vote in that constituency.

The more advertising the monitors noticed, the fewer people voted in that constituency (see graph).

He has a large personal vote in his constituency, and I've met people from other, neighbouring constituencies who have been helped by him when their own MP didn't want to know.

He noted that if the Party fails to act on the petition brought before it, not only will they go to court but the Party is likely to lose both the Presidential and Parliamentary votes in the constituency.

Even if you require people to show some ID, you don't want them to be able to vote in several places, you need to know exactly how many people could vote in a constituency, check they are eligible to vote in that constituency, etc..

Under the current system, many MPs are elected on a minority of the overall vote in their constituency.

He won 52 % of the vote in his constituency in the general election and was a vocal opponent of the coalition's tripling of tuition fees.

GMB general secretary Paul Kenny pointed out that Conservatives failed to secure 40 % support of those who voted in the 2010 general election, while only 15 Tory MPs had the backing of 40 % of those entitled to vote in their constituencies.

He won 52 % of the vote in his constituency in the general election and was a vocal opponent of the coalition's tripling of tuition fees, one of the policies that most damaged the Lib Dems.

According to him, some security personnel who are expected to vote in his constituency have strangely...

One of the officers who could not cast his ballot at the polling station told Citi News» Jonas Nyabor that he had been informed by colleagues he could cast his ballot within the constituency since he works within the constituency although he originally votes in another constituency.

The party won such small shares of the votes in some constituencies that they failed to register the minimum 5 % threshold needed to hold onto theior # 500 deposit.

Why do people still turn out in numbers to vote in constituencies where the result is not in real question?

I don't need some partial poll to tell me how people actually voted in my constituency, where as it happens the Liberal Democrats increased our majority.»

He was a man who liked to be liked, and succeeded at it, but although he had a sizeable personal vote in his constituency, he failed sufficiently to contain the radical Militant left in Accrington, which weakened him politically.

I thought the disproportionately high Remain vote in this constituency was partly due to the fact that the two relatively popular Tory incumbents in the 2 seats — Heidi Allen and Lucy Frazer — had both endorsed Remain although this result challenges both of those notions

In the said letter which was addressed to the NPP's Director of Elections, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, the PNC candidate pledged to support the NPP in the Builsa South constituency to increase its vote in the constituency so that the NPP would also in return help him retain his seat.

Not exact matches

The party expects to own the constituencies that will rally to the progressive theme: specifically women and youth; and, overall, the majority of the 60 per cent who bothered to vote in the last election.

With only 30 candidates nominated in 87 constituencies, most viewers tuning in to the televised debate will not have the option of voting for an Alberta Party candidate on Election Day.

Less extreme cases took place across central and southern Alberta, where Wildrose candidates were elected in long - time Tory voting constituencies.

This is not the first time the PCs have decided to appoint a candidate in this constituency rather than allow members to vote for a candidate through an open nomination contest.

Ms. Notley was first elected as the MLA for this constituency in 2008, earning 49 % of the vote.

Only in three rural constituencies did these two parties earn at least 11 % of the vote (New Democrats Mandy Melnyk in Athabasca - Sturgeon - Redwater and Bruce Hinkley in Wetaskiwin - Camrose and Liberal Pete Helfrich in Banff - Cochrane.

Mr. Kenney's supporters swept the first delegate selection meeting held in the Edmonton - Ellerslie constituency, electing 15 delegates for the 2017 PC leadership vote.

In a recent blog post, former Edmonton PC MLA and cabinet minister David King asked «Should Albertans vote for a P.C. candidate, in any constituency, and elect a cog in a machine that is running amuck?&raquIn a recent blog post, former Edmonton PC MLA and cabinet minister David King asked «Should Albertans vote for a P.C. candidate, in any constituency, and elect a cog in a machine that is running amuck?&raquin any constituency, and elect a cog in a machine that is running amuck?&raquin a machine that is running amuck?»

The most stunning change from previous election is the significant drop in support for Alison Redford «s Progressive Conservatives in rural central and southern Alberta rural constituencies, which have given the PCs large majority votes in most elections over the past 40 years.

Ms. Stratton ran in this constituency in the 2008 election under the Green Party banner, earning 395 votes.

The average voting population of a constituency in Calgary and Edmonton is more than 33,000 voters.

The Alberta Liberal is the only real progressive alternative considering total vote plurality in the last election and considering the number of constituencies that were second place for ALP.

If the thresholds for the drag - along are set at a level where various stockholder constituencies are protected against transactions that are not economically beneficial to them, the drag - along provision serves a good housekeeping function to make sure that minority shareholders vote in favor of the transaction.

The coalition of black churches in urban communities can no longer be counted on for block Democratic votes, and despite the president's pleas, he may find that his most loyal constituency will not be able to bring significant wins to the Democratic column come Tuesday.

Veteran Israeli politicians expect the Obama administration to give Israel an ultimatum later this year to make peace with the Palestinian Authority» that is, with a political entity that is kept alive on the West Bank by an American - trained militia and the Israeli Army, and that is headed by a prime minister, Salam Fayyad, whose party won 2 percent of the vote in the last elections and who faces a constituency two - thirds of which tells pollsters that it doesn't want any deal with a Jewish state.

Which address would they be registered at and in which constituency should their vote be counted for?

There are 650 constituencies (geographical area that each individually vote for an MP) in the UK.

In the time leading up to the election, party members voted for who would represent their party in their constituencIn the time leading up to the election, party members voted for who would represent their party in their constituencin their constituency.

In a one - on - one - interview, the former Trades Minister refuted assertions that, he has no «constituency» in NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national electionIn a one - on - one - interview, the former Trades Minister refuted assertions that, he has no «constituency» in NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national electionin NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national elections.

«I think Brexit provides some opportunities, but I represent a constituency where nearly 70 % of people voted to Leave and I have a responsibility to make sure their voices are heard in that debate,» says Jarvis.

If the Lords will cause a problem in the Commons, it's nothing compared the fierce passions dredged up by the parliamentary voting system and constituencies bill.

The deputy prime minister told reporters he would instruct his MPs to vote against the constituency boundary review in retaliation for Tory MPs» refusal to support House of Lords reform.

Nick Griffin came sixth in his North West constituency, receiving just two per cent of total votes.