Sentences with phrase «leave voting constituency»

«As a Remain - supporting MP representing a heavily Leave voting constituency, I am in a bit of a predicament,» he said.

Not exact matches

With 80.2 percent of those casting ballots voting to enter the 21st century and admit women, that leaves some 20 percent of the constituency still dragging their knuckles about entering the 21st century.

For the leavers, it makes sense to have Ukip appeal to their traditional supporters while Vote Leave reaches out a different constituency.

«I think Brexit provides some opportunities, but I represent a constituency where nearly 70 % of people voted to Leave and I have a responsibility to make sure their voices are heard in that debate,» says Jarvis.

«My constituency voted two - thirds to leave,» she says.

In constituencies where over 60 % of the population had voted Leave, the swing, of 0.8 %, was in the Tories» direction.

While UKIP has few / no MPs it is not unreasonable to say that they have taken votes away from the Conservative party in recent years and potential UKIP voters are seen by many as key in some marginal constituencies especially in «working class» areas where many voters are socially to the right and economically to the left.

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.

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

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.

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.

Approximately 161 Labour - held constituencies voted to Leave the EU, while only 70 voted to Remain, and C1 C2 DE (lower middle - class and working - class) voters all delivered majorities for Leave.

The MPs - who make up nearly two - thirds of the parliamentary Labour party - all represent constituencies which voted Leave at last week's EU referendum.

With 94 % of Labour MPs having campaigned to remain yet two thirds of the party's constituencies voting to leave, a different leader could have done little else.

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).

The Socialist Party's Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (catchy) got a vote about half, nationally, what left - wing Labour MP John McDonnell got in his one constituency.

The Ukip leader, who is from Merseyside and admitted he had few links to Stoke, had gambled that the seat was winnable on the basis of the constituency's 69 % leave vote in last year's EU referendum.

- The UKIP vote came almost exclusively from the working class traditional Labour parts of the constituency (which did mostly vote leave but not emphatically so) and I suspect their ~ 5,000 votes last time split roughly 3,000 Labour, 2,000 Tory.

Mr 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.

As part of our profiles on key constituencies, Craig Johnson looks at the left - of - centre parties battling it out in the strong Remain - voting seat of Bristol West.

According to these estimates 16 London constituencies voted leave (the others being less surprising than this one):

While nationally Labour campaigned for remain, many traditionally Labour constituencies voted to leave.

A number of MPs campaigned differently from the way their constituency voted, for example the Labour MP for Vauxhall, Kate Hoey, who backed Brexit, while only 22 % of her constituents voted to leave.

He was a man who liked to be liked, and succeeded at it, but although he had a sizeable personal vote in his constituency, he failed sufficiently to contain the radical Militant left in Accrington, which weakened him politically.

I just noticed that on the revised estimates by Chris Hanretty this constituency narrowly voted for leave by 50.5 %.