Sentences with phrase «labour kept the seat»

Labour kept the seat with ease, but the rise of UKIP and the Greens the previous year saw them both turn in very creditible performances of 18 % and 11 % respectively.

Not exact matches

Under plans drawn up by Labour, various London MPs would see their seats carved up in order to keep Corbyn's Islington North constituency intact.

If he keeps his seat then Lewis is fancied by many Labour supporters to be the next leader, with Guardian columnist Owen Jones among his key supporters.

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Labour ministers, said Mr Shapps, «should not be raiding the taxpayers» pockets to try to keep their own seats.»

For a seat that Labour had hoped to keep, Pursglove won Corby relatively comfortably in May 2015.

By the time Jeremy Corbyn's safe seat of Islington North declares, if things are really good - or really bad - he'll have inkling of whether he gets to keep his other job, as Labour leader.

In a supplementary question to 326 members in Liberal Democrat - held seats / councils we asked; «Do you agree that «a vote for the Liberal Democrats could produce a hung parliament and keep Labour in power» is the best line of attack in Lib / Con marginals?»

In contrast to Lib Dem voters, when Labour voters in such seats were asked about tactical voting were still far more likely to vote Lib Dem to keep out the Tories than vice-versa.

The party will also struggle to keep its vote up at a general election where Labour voters know that every seat is vital.

On paper, Labour should be able to keep the seat with no problems.

In fact a whopping 22 % of Labour voters in those marginal seats said they were willing to vote for the Lib Dems to keep David Cameron out of No 10.

Some cabinet ministers hope that Gordon Brown could defy the disaster of Labour coming third in the share of the vote by joining forces with the Liberal Democrats in a «progressive alliance» to keep the Tories out of power even though Mr Cameron might have won more seats and votes than Labour.

Were the Labour party to split there would be some clear practical advantages for the faction that was left in control of the Labour party — they would keep the Labour party's assets and property, their campaigning data and arguably much of the «Short money» (state funding for opposition parties based largely on votes and seats won at the previous election).

By the end, when it became clear there was no such thing as a «soft» SNP voter, our campaign in Scotland narrowed its focus to an appeal to Conservative and Labour supporters to vote tactically in Liberal Democrat seats to keep the SNP out.

Instead, let's put the Commons numbers under a magnifying glass, and begin by assuming, sadly, that Labour will win the coming Corby by - election and keep the other seats it won in 2010.

The Conservatives had hoped to win control of the council from Labour, but Labour emerged with an increased number of seats and kept their majority.

These two won't win any seats under first past the post but could take sufficient votes to keep Labour in if in a Marginal, remember Crawley and Harlow to name but two in 2005 where Labour held on by their fingernails and the UKIP vote was far higher than their majority.

[3] 35 of the 39 councillors who sought election were re-elected, with the Liberal Democrats taking 10 seats, independents 5 seats and Labour kept the 2 seats they had been defending.

If GB is replaced by DM the latter may indeed have the support of New Labour Party MPs desperate to keep their seats; but, in the short pre-election honeymoon that follows it will be unlikely that a new platform, personalized to the new leader, could emerge.

The results saw Labour just keep a majority on the council with 52 of the 99 seats.

As only a third of the seats were being elected the Labour party was guaranteed to keep its majority on the council.

When Labour MPs have digested the local and Euro elections, they will realise that «they don't have a hope in hell» of keeping their seats without a change of leadership.

The Labour leader (right today) kept his seat when Mr Javid made his challenge but shadow home secretary Diane Abbott (centre) intervened to insist Labour opposed the abuse

The Labour leader kept his seat when Mr Javid made his challenge but shadow home secretary Diane Abbott intervened to insist Labour opposed the abuse.

In Wrexham, another seat where Ukip stood down, it appears Labour and the Tories equally benefited from Ukip's former voters, keeping the seat Labour despite its high leave profile.

The speculation was as detailed as it was impossible to confirm: exploratory talks had already been had with Nick Clegg over the possibility of a post-election deal; Clegg had delivered what the plotters wanted to hear: he could work with Labour, but not with Brown; in the event that Labour came third in the poll of votes, but with enough seats to form a coalition government and keep the Tories out, Brown would have to go — and quickly.

The party «s then leader, Nick Griffin, contested the seat in 2010 but a concerted effort by the Labour party kept the BNP in third place and wiped them off the local council.

He added: «In Wales, Plaid Cymru will keep its existing seats but Labour will lose over a third of its seats to the Tories.»