Sentences with phrase «labour party candidates»

[3] Most seats only had Conservative and Labour party candidates, with no Liberal Democrats standing in the election.

Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) barred five MPs from standing as official Labour Party candidates at the 2010 general election in the wake of the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal.

The facts are that the Labour Party was set up by the Trade Union Movement to act as their political representatives in Parliament, and they FUNDED Labour Party candidates — and continue to FUND a lot of Labour Party MPs today.

They added that Labour - affiliated trade unions similarly express a preference for certain Labour Party candidates and MPs.

But on these constituency - estimate figures outlined in these analyses Labour Party candidates would find themselves polling below candidates from Sinn Fein, the Socialist Party, the Workers and Unemployed Action Group or the People Before Profit Alliance, or left - leaning independents, in a number of constituencies.

That said, there were some good individual performances by Labour Party candidates which offer some hopes of renewal for the party.

In the 2016 Assembly elections, eight members of the party ran for election under the name of the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee, as the Labour Party NEC had refused to allow candidates to stand as official Labour Party candidates.

Ed Miliband will announce a drive to recruit business people as Labour Party candidates today.

When it comes the election next year, I will, as a Labour Party member in Tower Hamlets, campaign for Labour Party candidates.

From 1989 until 1991 Angela was the constituency party secretary for Peckham in South London before being selected as the Labour Party candidate for the constituency of Wallasey.

Brian Clough had been asked to stand as a Labour Party candidate twice, once in a Conservative safe - seat in Richmond, Surrey and the other time in Moss Side, Manchester.

Niall McNelis is expected to be selected as the Labour Party candidate.

John Pratt will be the Labour Party candidate for this constituency, having defeated Brendan Byrne in a vote at the party selection convention on 1st December 2017.

As reported by the KFM Radio website (22nd September 2017), for Dail deputy, Emmet Stagg, was selected to be the Labour Party candidate for this constituency at a selection convention on 22nd September 2017.

Sen. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Dublin Bay North constituency at a selection convention in Donnycarney on 27th June 2017.

In January 2014, Griffin was chosen as the Scottish Labour Party candidate for the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Scottish Parliament seat at the 2016 election.

But as a general principle, it would be nuts to allow the supporters of other parties to choose a Labour party candidate, for reasons that ought not to need explanation.

«We are delighted to have a local candidate of Andy's calibre to fight and challenge Labour for Bolton South East and we all look forward to working with him to give the residents a real and credible alternative to the Labour Party candidate.»

Mark Wall was selected as the Labour Party candidate to contest this constituency on 10th September 2017.

Primaries are of two kinds — open (whereby anyone on the electoral register can have a vote to selecta Labour party candidate), and closed (whereby only party members or supporters can have a vote).

McGovern was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Wirral South in December 2009, following Ben Chapman's decision to stand down at the next election for family reasons following adverse publicity in The Daily Telegraph over the expenses scandal, and subsequently won the seat in the 2010 general election, defeating the Conservative candidate, Jeff Clarke, by 531 votes.

Green joined the Labour Party in 1990 and stood unsuccessfully in the 1997 General Election as the Labour Party candidate for the Greater London constituency of Cities of London and Westminster.

This backfired somewhat when Hussain was selected as the official Labour Party candidate for the neighbouring constituency of Bradford East, standing against Liberal Democrat MP David Ward.

Labour Party Candidate Gareth Snell answers five questions ahead of the Stoke Central by - election.

The withdrawal of evidence and complaints of wrongdoing in the selection of a Labour party candidate in Falkirk, is «inexplicable», the current Falkirk MP has said.

«I want to let you know that an expected family situation has forced me to reflect long and hard on whether to put myself forward for consideration to be selected as the next labour party candidate in the Lewisham East by - election,» she said.

She was a Labour Party candidate in the Scottish Parliament Elections in 1999 on the West of Scotland list.

However, in the 1992 general election he lost his seat to the Labour Party candidate, Mike O'Brien, and was thus forced to vacate his ministerial roles.

A Labour party spokeswoman said: «The NEC has not endorsed Mandy Richards as the Labour Party candidate for Worcester.»

Following a period as shadow minister for transport, following the 1997 general election, she was appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state (a junior minister) in the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, [27] with responsibility for London Transport, a post from which she resigned in 1999 before an unsuccessful attempt to be nominated as the Labour Party candidate for the election of the first Mayor of London in 2000.

Not exact matches

Unlike Khan, who significantly outperformed the Labour party in his own constituency during the mayoral election, Goldsmith did only about as well as a generic Conservative candidate.

McDonnell has previously accused Smith of «blackmailing» Labour members with warnings of a party split, and today he repeated his description of the challenger as the «disunity candidate».

Momentum would not come from his deputy, Mr Osborn continued, claiming the deputy candidates represent an «abandonment» of the centre ground within the Labour party.

But while Corbyn's triumph has been welcomed by many Labour party members and supporters keen to see a broad debate, many others would have preferred to see the anti-austerity candidate staying on the sidelines.

Both Corbyn and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell have said they will not seek to interfere, arguing that it is up to party members in Leeds Central to decide who Labour's candidate should be.

Embarrassing headlines appear to have prompted the resignation of the Conservative party's next treasurer, as Labour treasurer candidate John Prescott warns his party is «on the verge of bankruptcy».

The (UK) Labour party has had a lot of anti-semitism issues in the news recently, including an mural which included caricatures of two Jewish bankers, two separate council candidates posting holocaust denial content, and a former London mayor making repeated revisionist statements about Nazi Germany (though he doesn't deny that the holocaust happened).

It seems rather more plausible to me to say that where the Liberal Party failed to recognise its own enlightened self - interest was in failing to do more to hug close the labour movement and perhaps Labour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive alllabour movement and perhaps Labour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive allLabour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive allLabour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive allLabour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive alliance.

Both Labour MPs seeking to challenge Jeremy Corbyn claim they are the «unity candidate» able to bring a divided party back together.

«Donations to the Labour party buy votes at your conference, candidates and MPs in this House and pay for the votes that gave him his job,» Cameron replied.

«Ken Livingstone is far from perfect, but we know from his last time as mayor that we can work with him to make positive changes in a way that would be impossible with either Boris Johnson or many other senior Labour politicians,» Green party mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said.

Rumbling on in the background is another example of the Labour Party making life difficult for itself, with accusations of anti-Semitism in local candidates seeing Corbyn face pressure to act.

Another of Labour's would - be Birmingham mayoral candidates has spoken out against moves by the party's «high command» to bar sitting MPs from standing.

(A lesson the party may learn loud and clear next year should Tory candidate Andy Street — a former John Lewis chief — defeat the Labour non-entity standing to be Mayor of the West Midlands).

It comes as a handful of lobbyists have also been selected as Conservative candidates in seats that the party hopes to steal off Labour.

«The Labour party has an opportunity for the first time in the process of selecting its candidate to go beyond just those who are signed up members to those who want to make a small contribution.

The leadership, like Ferguson, believe that «Labour members won't forgive mayoral candidates who put their ambition before the party».

What I don't really see is how the Labour party holding three pilots in this Parliament, or even selecting all of its candidates in some form of primary at the next election or the time after would make any really significant difference to arguments for or against first - past - the - post, the Alternative Vote, AV +, AMS, STV and various hybrids thereof.

That would test candidates» wider campaigning experience, broader appeal AND bring outsiders into Labour party processes which is healthy.

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.