Sentences with phrase «labour vote in this constituency»

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Goodwin analysed Labour constituencies with the lowest majorities where over 50 % voted Leave in the EU referendum, and where Ukip are already in second place, or a close third, to come up with his list of 20 target seats.

The Survation poll commissioned by Unite union found the Lib Dems are on just 23 % behind Labour on 33 % in the seat, when voters were asked about their constituency vote.

But three Labour MPs in constituencies that voted Leave are also preparing to take the same action.

How many Conservative voters in these constituencies will consider lending their votes to UKIP having seen that Labour can be beaten locally for the first time in decades?

In key constituencies, the perceived risks of a Labour government to economic stability undoubtedly shored up the Conservative vote.

The Liberal Democrats» vote has fallen by half in constituencies where Labour are their main challengers, according to my latest round of polling in marginal seats.

My survey of 1,000 residents of the constituency, completed on Thursday, found that when asked which party they would vote for in a general election tomorrow, 42 % named the Conservatives, 28 % Labour and 19 % UKIP: a 14 - point Tory lead.

There's a fair bunch of people who will either vote Labour or LibDem, depending on which one looks most leftmost (and likely to get in in their constituency), but who would never vote Tory, certainly not after Thatcher.

Which brings me to my favourite part of this result: the strongest Green list vote we've seen since this polling sequence began, indicating a Green group five times larger than that which currently sits at Holyrood, primarily because Labour would no longer be so substantially under - represented in the constituencies.

Even though they have been given a free vote by their anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, many Labour MPs will feel pressure from their constituency parties and local left - wing activists not to vote in the same lobby as the Tories.

Respondents were asked for whom they would vote if they thought that only Labour and the SNP had a realistic chance of winning in their constituency, and similarly what they would do if the contest locally were between the SNP and the Conservatives, and the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.

[43] In the fourth and final stage of the redistribution of votes after three candidates had been eliminated, Ed Miliband led in the trade unions and affiliated organisations section of the electoral college (19.93 % of the total to David's 13.40 %), but in both the MPs and MEPs section (15.52 % to 17.81 %), and Constituency Labour Party section (15.20 % to 18.14 %), came seconIn the fourth and final stage of the redistribution of votes after three candidates had been eliminated, Ed Miliband led in the trade unions and affiliated organisations section of the electoral college (19.93 % of the total to David's 13.40 %), but in both the MPs and MEPs section (15.52 % to 17.81 %), and Constituency Labour Party section (15.20 % to 18.14 %), came seconin the trade unions and affiliated organisations section of the electoral college (19.93 % of the total to David's 13.40 %), but in both the MPs and MEPs section (15.52 % to 17.81 %), and Constituency Labour Party section (15.20 % to 18.14 %), came seconin both the MPs and MEPs section (15.52 % to 17.81 %), and Constituency Labour Party section (15.20 % to 18.14 %), came second.

Since last month's poll, in the constituency vote the SNP were up one per cent to 53, Labour were also up one to 22, the Tories remain on 16 and the Liberal Democrats down one on six.

Labour MPs representing metropolitan constituencies may want to adopt an anti-Brexit stance, but MPs for constituencies in the North and Midlands which voted Leave will be keen to reflect local opinion.

Of those who said they would vote UKIP in the standard question, 8 % said they would vote Conservative when it came to their own constituency, 5 % said Labour and 5 % said they did not know what they would do.

It was only when people were asked how they would vote in their own constituency that Labour's lead reasserted itself: six points in Rother Valley, five points in Plymouth Moor View, three points in Dudley North and one point in Great Grimsby.

Labour have continued to win seats in their core constituencies because the majority of their old supporters refuse to vote for other parties but those are slowly dying off.

For those living in constituencies where Labour and the Liberal Democrats are expected to share first and second place, tactical voting by Conservative supporters in favour of the Lib Dems increases the chances that another Con - Lib coalition would have a majority.

He demanded union party members should be given the right to choose Labour candidates in constituencies, have an «equal say» in the election of the party leader and the «right to a level playing field in the party where their views and votes count as much» as other party members.

Few would query the proposition that constituency Labour party groups should have a voice in how their parliamentary representatives cast their votes, but what has caused very considerable ill - feeling has been widespread suspicion that Momentum, a recently - formed group of Corbyn supporters, orchestrated a campaign to pull MPs into line — with the threat of deselection if they failed to do so.

The SNP's Martyn Day effectively reversed the Labour and SNP position in the Westminster constituency last year, winning 52 % of the vote (Labour's Michael Connarty had won 50 % to the SNP's 25 % in 2010), so Angela has something of an uphill battle to defeat Fiona.

The company put Labour at 18 % on the constituency vote and 17 % on the list — these represent the party's lowest ever tallies in a Survation poll and places them just a point ahead of the Conservatives on the constituency vote and a point behind on the list.

He will rely on his ability to win the constituency seat which he easily won Falkirk West in 2011, with 55 % of the vote — 20 % more than his Labour opponent.

Sandra White, an SNP MSP since 1999 took this constituency seat from Labour in 2011, increasing the SNP share of the vote by 14 %, with a lead of 882 votes.

In Wales, Labour came first, with 29 of the 60 seats and a 33 per cent vote share in the constituency seats and regionIn Wales, Labour came first, with 29 of the 60 seats and a 33 per cent vote share in the constituency seats and regionin the constituency seats and regions.

In 2007 Livingston and Edinburgh East were part of the SNP growth in constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer voteIn 2007 Livingston and Edinburgh East were part of the SNP growth in constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer votein constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer votes.

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.

In a package of moves hailed by Miliband's team as the most significant since John Smith's «one member one vote» shakeup in the early 1990s, the Labour party is set to introduce a code of conduct for prospective parliamentary candidates, strict spending limits and standard constituency agreements with trade unionIn a package of moves hailed by Miliband's team as the most significant since John Smith's «one member one vote» shakeup in the early 1990s, the Labour party is set to introduce a code of conduct for prospective parliamentary candidates, strict spending limits and standard constituency agreements with trade unionin the early 1990s, the Labour party is set to introduce a code of conduct for prospective parliamentary candidates, strict spending limits and standard constituency agreements with trade unions.

Crosby's realisation that Lib Dem seats could be taken and that voters in those constituencies were persuadable, especially when the polls indicated a Labour majority supported by the SNP, to vote Conservative.

-- and this played a key role in enabling Labour to hang on to constituency votes and seats that it might otherwise have lost.

An incumbent Labour or SNP MSP, on average, managed to win some three per cent more of the vote in their constituency than on the list.

Plaid Cymru say the plans are motivated by «self interest», and certainly Labour did win 70 % of the constituency seats in May with 42 % of the vote (60 % with 32 % of the vote in 2007).

In yesterday's vote, the double change — AV and fewer, larger, constituencies — had hurt both Labour and the Lib Dems.

Once they have said yes to their union, they can be contacted by Labour to become an affiliated supporter with a vote in leadership elections and a right to attend constituency meetings.

Labour activists put in a frantic last push to get out the vote in hundreds of make - or - break constituencies in a bid to get Jeremy Corbyn into No10 - and it seems to have had an effect, with the exit poll predicting no overall majority for the Conservatives.

In an election where many constituencies only had Labour and Tory candidates standing, the vote shares of the big two are naturally going to be much larger than in an election where every constituency had a Lib Dem and the vast majority had some assortment of Ukippers, Greens, BNP, English Democrats, Socialists, and God knows who else as welIn an election where many constituencies only had Labour and Tory candidates standing, the vote shares of the big two are naturally going to be much larger than in an election where every constituency had a Lib Dem and the vast majority had some assortment of Ukippers, Greens, BNP, English Democrats, Socialists, and God knows who else as welin an election where every constituency had a Lib Dem and the vast majority had some assortment of Ukippers, Greens, BNP, English Democrats, Socialists, and God knows who else as well.

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.

The best result at the constituency, or electoral area, level for Labour in the 2014 Local Elections came in Athy, where Labour won 27.0 % of the first preference votes and took two of the six seats in that electoral area.

However, outcomes in those constituencies in which Oakeshott has donated money to will not just depend on Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green supporters coming out to vote for their desired party.

Labour - supporting trade unions are quietly affiliating scores of branches to the party — allowing those branches a vote on party positions — in key constituencies in a bid to influence future reselection battles, the Guardian has learned.

Despite shock gains in 2015 — the party picked up the Gower constituency, which had been under Labour control for 100 years, by just 27 votes — the Welsh Conservatives have continued their historical trend of performing considerably worse in Wales than in England.

(If we look at the 1987 case study — we see Labour won 6.5 % of the vote in the 1987 General Election and won 12 seats, but it is also worth noting that they did not contest nine constituencies in that election, whereas their 7 % national vote is being distributed across all forty constituencies in this analysis, as with the most recent general elections in which Labour has contested all constituencies.

Pritchard was first elected to parliament for The Wrekin constituency in 2005, defeating Peter Bradley, the incumbent Labour MP, by just 942 votes although this represented a 5.4 % swing from Labour to Conservative.

In the 2010 general election, the Labour vote generally held up better in constituencies with a large proportion of Muslim voterIn the 2010 general election, the Labour vote generally held up better in constituencies with a large proportion of Muslim voterin constituencies with a large proportion of Muslim voters.

You can't assume that anyone voting against Labour and for Lib Dem in any particular constituency with a Labour / Lib - Dem in 1st and 2nd wouldn't have preferred the Tories if they knew their vote would have been counted in this way.

In the constituencies surveyed, Labour lead the voting intention poll, at 38 %, three point ahead of the Tories at 35 % with the Lib Dems in third at 21 In the constituencies surveyed, Labour lead the voting intention poll, at 38 %, three point ahead of the Tories at 35 % with the Lib Dems in third at 21 in third at 21 %.

Labour «troublemakers», in particular, have outraged Lords ministers with their partisan tactics - including the filibustering of the parliamentary voting system and constituencies bill, which came close to derailing the government's plans for next month's electoral reform referendum.

By contrast, Labour has dropped one point in the constituency vote and now stands at five points behind the SNP on 29 per cent.

Chippenham constituency's Wilfred Emmanuel - Jones is quoted in David Matthews» piece:» «The Labour Party has had the black vote for over 50 years and what have they done with it?

Had the centre - left vote not been split between Lab / Lib / Green, a majority should have been possible in 2010 (certainly Labour would have held my constituency).