Sentences with phrase «liberal democrats gaining»

Nick Clegg has been judged by some media this morning to be the winner of the first debate as pre-debate polling shows Liberal Democrats gaining ground at expense of the Conservatives.

The results saw only one seat change hands with the Liberal Democrats gaining a seat in Abbey ward from Labour.

The party did not appear to lose any seats due to the Windrush crisis, but Brexit weighed heavily, with the Liberal Democrats gaining Richmond, in south - west London, where 69 % had voted to remain in the EU.

Warrington Council — Anna Fradgley elected for Lymm South — Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.

West Berkshire Council — Jeff Brooks elected for Thatcham West — Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.

Dacorum Council — Lara Pringle elected for Northchurch — Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.

[71] In the Oldham East and Saddleworth by - election, 2011 held on 13 January 2011, the Liberal Democrats gained 31.9 % of the vote, a 0.3 % increase despite losing to Labour.

The Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats as they maintained their control of Cheltenham Borough Council.

On the south coast, Chris Huhne held off the Conservative challenge and increased his share of the vote, while Eastbourne went the other way - a Liberal Democrat gain from the Tories.

Of the smaller parties, the SNP received a greater share of seats than votes, whereas UKIP and the Liberal Democrats gained very little representation compared to the share of the vote they received.

The Liberal Democrats gained six seats.

The election seen the Liberal Democrats gain control of the council - the first time since its formation not to be controlled by Labour.

The Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats from the Conservatives in the wards of Bridge, East and South, including defeating the cabinet member for leisure and Conservative deputy leader, Brian Moss, in Bridge.

20 January 2011 - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.

[1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

The Liberal Democrats gained the electoral division of Guildford West from Labour and the electoral division Guildford East from the Conservatives.

However, the Liberal Democrat gain of South Cambridgeshire district council indicates that James Palmer may have a closer race in 2020 in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

The Liberal Democrats gained 16 seats to leave no party with a majority on the council, but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 27 councillors.

[4][5] This left the Conservatives with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrat gains moved them to 12 seats on the council.

[6][7] The Liberal Democrat gains were mainly at the expense of Labour, [6] who suffered a net loss of 13 seats.

Three Rivers Council — Keith Martin elected for Oxhey Hall and Hayling — Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.

[7] The three Labour gains came in wards with no Liberal Democrat or Green candidates, while the Liberal Democrat gain came in a ward with no Labour or Green candidates, although the parties denied there had been any arrangement.

The Liberal Democrats gained the penultimate seat last time, and they face a fight to hang on to their current MEP in the North West, unless they can retain close to a tenth of the overall vote.

In 1998 the Liberal Democrats gained control of Liverpool City Council and Storey became Council Leader.

[10] However the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Mease Valley from the Conservatives.

For example, at the 2005 election Labour held Dunfermline and West Fife but in a February 2006 by - election in the same seat (caused by the death of Rachel Squire), the Liberal Democrats gained it from Labour.

Not exact matches

Job Creation: worse under the Liberals than under the New Democrats: Under the NDP, B.C. gained 383,100 jobs (1,577,800 to 1,960,900) in 115 months (November 1991 to May 2001) and total jobs grew by 24.3 per cent in that period.

«The net result of the Liberals» carbon trust shell game is that year after year money gets drained from classrooms and emergency rooms without any resulting efficiency gains while big polluters like Encana get a free ride funded by our healthcare and education systems,» said New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming.

Ed Miliband's party is continuing to make solid gains across England, as local election results continue to hammer the coalition's Conservative and Liberal Democrats.

Labour made a net gain of just two from the Conservatives, whilst the Liberal Democrats collapsed in suburban England and their south - western heartlands as the centre - left vote fragmented and centre - right voters moved over to the Tories.

Liberals and some Democrats have been derisive of Cuomo's efforts over the years to help the mainline Democratic conference gain control of the chamber.

Seat changes: Labour gain one seat / Ukip gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat

«And actually, the pattern that has emerged in the results shows very clearly that where we have MPs, where we have Liberal Democrats out on the doorstep, setting out our side of the story, communicating our message, we're holding our own and in some areas actually making gains.»

Seat changes: Ukip gain one seat / Labour gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat

In 2015 he retained the office and, with a greater majority than the one gained in 2010, he was able to start a government without the help of Liberal Democrats.

Her comments, made at a news conference in which mainline Democrats unveiled a «resistance» agenda to bolster liberal gains made before the election of Donald Trump as president, come days after yet another lawmaker moved to the IDC: Queens Sen. Jose Peralta.

The Queens Democrat, reappointed to the number two post in the mainline conference and the leader of its fundraising operations, opened up what will likely be a main argument for Democrats sticking together: Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress could threaten liberal gains made under President Obama.

The gains the Liberal Democrats made in April 2015 are a drop in that particular ocean.

His resignation came as he published Minority Verdict, his critical analysis of why the Conservative Party failed to gain an overall majority in the general election; leading to the Conservatives forming the Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

They were undone, however, by a collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote which meant the party lost more seats to Labour where Labour was the second - placed candidate than they gained directly from the Lib Dems where they were the challengers.

Across England, the Liberal Democrats retained control of two councils with a net gain of just 13 councillors.

In comparison, Liberal Democrat victories on taxation and the pupil premium seemed marginal gains, and many key pledges were not successfully implemented.

The Liberal Democrats now control nine councils, up four, with 536 seats — a gain of 77.

They were partly compensated for by gains of 6 seats from Labour, 1 from the Liberal Democrats, 1 from UKIP in England.

Listen to Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Ed Davey support Reprieve's legal action seeking to force the government to publish its guidance on intelligence gained through torture:

By contrast, Rallings and Thrasher predict that the Liberal Democrats will make gains because they have been doing well in local by - elections and so expected to be up 7 points in their National Equivalent Vote (NEV).

Perhaps the first indication that the Greens are quietly gaining votes from the Liberal Democrats was demonstrated in the European Parliamentary elections in May when the Greens returned three MEP's in comparison to the Liberal Democrats one to the European Parliament.

Where the party do gain a platform at the debates, they will be accompanied by the Green Party, UKIP, the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru — parties which now occupy the outsider status which the Liberal Democrats once claimed.

The Conservatives lost a seat to the Liberal Democrats, meanwhile Labour gained one from the Liberal Democrats.

The model predicts that the Liberal Democrats would make gains in the Bermondsey & Old Southwark, Burnley, Cambridge and Cardiff Central constituencies at the expense of the Labour Party, while also taking Lewes from the Conservatives.