During the leadership contest Ms May ruled out an early general election, saying that not holding one would create stability during Brexit negotiations.
Not exact matches
Her reputation as a conciliator
was part of her appeal
during the 2013
leadership contest, a skill she
's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.
It
is pennies compared to the $ 1.8 million raised by Jim Prentice
during the Progressive Conservative
leadership race, but in the world of the Alberta NDP
leadership contest, the money
is flowing.
He became one of Mr. Prentice's campaign co-chairs
during his party's 2014 PC
leadership contest and
was rewarded with an appointment as Minister of Infrastructure, a position he held until the 2015 re-election.
During his party's now regular
leadership contests he
is prominent to the point o ubiquity and then he disappears from national view.
One example of an MP who does do this
is Jon Cruddas, who carved himself a constituency
during the deputy
leadership contest,
is courted heavily before tight votes, argues, but almost always votes loyally.
It
was telling
during the recent Labour
leadership contest that Corbyn's media operation improved markedly, thanks largely to the involvement of these younger, savvier operators.
Ed Miliband's union problems aren't eased by the endorsements he received
during the
leadership contest.
In her speech
during the Conservative
leadership contest in the summer May also sounded even more radical than Labour's 2015 manifesto when she pledged: «We
're going to have not just consumers represented on company boards, but employees as well.»
For many on the left, excluded from influence
during the Blair years, a
leadership contest is an opportunity to make their case.
Blogs do best when they cover subjects whose minutiae
are ignored by the mainstream media, as
was true on the right
during the 2005 Conservative
leadership contest, and more recently the coverage of selections for individual parliamentary seats.
Perhaps more importantly, there
is a scramble now to sign people up to pay # 25
during a 48 - hour window starting on Monday to become registered supporters and have a say in the coming
leadership contest.
During the deputy
leadership contest, his slogan
was «campaigner, defender, unifier».
Michael Gove
is widely believed to have stabbed Johnson in the back
during last year's Tory
leadership contest.
I
was weirdly fortunate to end up on the same train as Ed Miliband
during the
leadership contest.
Their differences over issues such as tax, grammar schools and defence spending
are hardly a secret, having
been extensively aired
during the
leadership contest.
During the
leadership contest, we
were told that it would come after the
leadership contest.
He recalls a tale of Brown getting accidently locked in a loo
during their heated face - to - face talks about the
leadership in 1994 and reveals he shouted through the door: «Withdraw from the
contest or I
'm leaving you in there.»
The discussions between Farron, who had said
during the Lib Dem
leadership contest that he hoped Clegg would take on a «very high - profile» role in the parliamentary party,
are understood to have
been friendly.
During the subsequent Party
leadership contest he
was urged by Airey Neave to vote for Margaret Thatcher but he
is thought to have favoured Willie Whitelaw.
She
's obviously going to get humiliated
during the
leadership contest and, everyone knows, Corbyn
is going to win again by a country mile.
In fact
during the
leadership contest, many told me that they would vote conservative if Ken
was leader.
During the Tory
leadership contest of 2005, it
was Fox who talked about Britain having a «broken society» and the need to address mental health as much as physical health.
During the Labour
leadership contest last year, the authors say Mr Balls
was furious when Mr Miliband got secret phone numbers of key union leaders and persuaded Unite to back him, not his rival.
The Islington North MP voted to leave the European Economic Community in 1975 and
was lukewarm in his support for voting for Remain
during the Labour
leadership contest.
Former Liberal Senator and powerbroker Nick Minchin, an outspoken climate science denier,
was key to Abbott gaining enough support to oust leader Malcolm Turnbull
during a bitter
leadership contest in 2009.