Sentences with phrase «labour strong hold»

Does require the UKIP vote to go to Torries plus defection from Labour to Both the Torries and the LIb Dems and prehaps a low turnout in the Labour strong hold heavily BME wards.

Not exact matches

Jason McCartney, who took the three - way marginal Colne Valley off Labour while simultaneously holding off a strong (if negative) challenge from the local Lib Dems, says his team got the campaigning habit as early as October 2007.

Labour did well in London, winning Hammersmith and Fulham, David Cameron's favourite council, and overturning a Conservative hold on Croydon despite a strong track record by the party in the area.

McMahon also secured a 10,835 majority over UKIP's John Bickley, who was tipped as Labour's strongest contender for the so - called Labour «safe seat» which Labour has held for the last 45 years.

Such an effect might also see Labour move back towards the vast majority of BME candidates in high minority population seats — ie less Parmjit Dhanda / Ashok Kumar examples of representing areas with low BME populations — but one difference between Labour and the other parties is that Labour does hold such seats, and so the effect of very strong local preferences in the other parties would be stronger.

Can those marginal Labour constituency MSPs hold on or will the national level swings in public opinion bode too strong?

Almond Valley is another seat with a strong Labour background (the Westminster constituency was held by Robin Cook until his death), and with little interest in voting for the Liberal Democrats or the Conservatives.

A strong Liberal Democrat leader whom he admired was a powerful source of pressure on the Prime Minister to live up to Labour's pre-election commitment - in the Cook Mclennan agreement - to hold a referendum on electoral reform within the lifetime of this Parliament.

This has culminated in the absurdist spectacle of a strong, hard - working Labour candidate in Rochester and Strood, which was held by Labour until 2010, being ignored by party HQ so that Ukip can give David Cameron a bloody nose.

«I think the most powerful argument for Labour in this election - because of the way the polls are, and the way the opinion polls are and the leadership issue - the most powerful argument for Labour is to say it's important for our democracy that the Government is held to account and needs a strong opposition.»

Whenever brief sparks of passion threatened to take hold - as in a strong diatribe against «these Labour politicians» - there was always a section on something depressing to follow it.

Mrs May also held big leads over the Labour leader on who was a strong leader (42 % gap), who was good on the world stage (37 % gap), and competence (31 %).

Writing in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, he argued the emphasis on the crisis of debt having a «strong hold over government policy» was no accident - and warned Labour needs to do more to combat it.

But despite the strong attacks from Green and Labour members Mr Johnson held court with admirable ease, swiping away objections with long - winded witticisms and sly retorts.

Mr Ashworth holds one of three shadow cabinet seats on the powerful 35 - strong body that will be pivotal for Labour's future.

I am a strong grassroots campaigner — in the 1998 local elections Labour held control of the council because we won back a Lib Dem seat by three votes after a relentless campaign in my ward (Jeremy Corbyn and Stephen Twigg know the work involved)

«We should hold on to as many seats as possible and use our strong presence in the Commons to influence a smaller Labour majority.

Assuming SNP support holds strong, Curtice reckons Labour will need to lead the Tories by over 12 % in 2020 to form a government.

While Labour managed to take control of Plymouth, the party failed to build a stronger hold in London, missing out on target seats such as Barnet, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon and Kensington.