Sentences with phrase «election they gained significant»

But at the General Election they gained significant votes but failed to make a Parliamentary breakthrough.

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The map above shows where far - right parties have made significant gains in state and regional elections in Europe since January 2015.

Since the beginning of this election campaign, polls have shown the Wildrose Party in a position to make significant gains across Calgary and Southern Alberta, putting many Tory incumbents and rookie candidates at risk of defeat.

However, the chances of her party gaining significant support in the election tailed off when the Tokyo governor confirmed her reluctance to stand for parliament herself, increasing uncertainty about the opposition's strategy.

After a divisive PC leadership race and a surprise win in the Calgary - Elbow by - election, it looked as if the Liberals led by Edmonton MLA Kevin Taft were about to build significant gains after their Calgary breakthrough in the 2004 election.

The Liberal Party had hoped to make significant gains in this election, but won only 9 seats and 26 percent of the vote.

But the most significant political grouping here (in terms of support levels) would be the Independents and Others; a grouping that too would be well poised to make massive seat gains should these support levels be replicated at the next general election.

The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37.

Adrian Kavanagh, 1st June 2011 The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

That reluctance could ultimately mean that Schroeder could gain the Conservative line in November, and pose a significant threat in the general election, as did Griffin in 1977 when he won with just the Conservative line.

Labour did make some significant gains in the local elections, most notably in London and other big cities.

With Republicans poised to make significant gains at the gubernatorial level this fall, Barbour will almost certainly emerge with momentum after the November elections — momentum that he may seek to channel into a presidential exploratory bid.

If you take an overall view of Labour's performance they seem to be holding their own, but not making any significant advance — of the 164 local by - elections so far this year (up to August 11th) Labour have made a net gain of 2 seats.

Ed Miliband's most significant gain in support since the last election has come from former Lib Dem voters switching over to, or going back to, Labour.

The Connecticut House Republican caucus made significant gains this election, narrowing the Democratic majority to 79 - 72.

And at a time when Republicans anticipate significant gains in House and Senate elections, there is also fresh evidence of the challenges facing the GOP.

«Already, the UK's focus on the election had reduced consumer traffic at retail stores, and earlier in the month Waterstones» chief executive James Daunt had warned employees in an email that leaving the EU would result in a «significant retail downturn'that would «reverse much of the hard - won gain of the last few years.»