Sentences with phrase «mps at the next election»

While the Lib Dems were relying on Lords reform to bolster their political influence, the Tories were using the boundaries review to boost their number of MPs at the next election.

When the Parliamentary and Voting Constituencies Bill was passed I celebrated the moment, noting that the introduction of fair - sized seats of equal population could boost the number of Tory MPs at the next election by up to twenty.

The debate came as the centre - left thinktank the Fabian Society released research which showed that Britain could see a near doubling of the number of black and Asian MPs at the next election, taking the total from 15 to at least 25.

Cameron is also coming under pressure from senior Tory women to bring in all - women shortlists if the party does not get more female MPs at the next election.

A report by the Fabian Society estimates there will be 10 new black and Asian MPs at the next election.

Liberal Democrats voted for the boundary review that should give the Conservatives up to twenty extra MPs at the next election and in return he delivered on holding the AV referendum.

Cameron is expecting Wales to provide at least a dozen Conservative MPs at the next election, so Bourne has his work cut out.

Not exact matches

I just hope that when I leave the Commons at the next general election, there will be other MPs prepared to pick up the baton and ensure that Britain's most popular participant sport continues to have a strong voice at Westminster.

This amendment would scrap the boundary changes for this parliament, doing away with David Cameron's chance of an extra 20 MPs at the next general election.

There are many northern Labour MPs representing Brexit constituencies who will be very vulnerable at the next election.

Other MPs including Tory heavyweight Ken Clarke have previously announced they are standing down at the next election.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced his party's intention to block boundary changes, thought to be worth around 20 MPs to the Tory party at the next election, as a direct response to the failure of his plans to make the Lords reform a mainly elected second chamber.

Labour MPs Pat Glass and Ronnie Campbell have also previously said that they would stand down at the next election.

The score could change rapidly when it's unlikely both Unite and Momentum will often lose together but the odds are most serving MPs will still be standing at the next election unless they retire.

David Cameron gave Conservative MPs «a very strong indication» at the recent Parliamentary Party meeting that he wants to introduce legislation before 2015 for his planned EU referendum after the next election.

Some MPs and Party members fear that David Cameron doesn't really want progress on this front at all, because he's hoping for a joint Coalition front at the next election, and therefore a joint manifesto with the Liberal Democrats.

Take two Labour MPs of similar age who will be retiring at the next election.

What unites all MPs more than anything else is their desire to keep their seat at the next general election.

And so either he is swapped out for another leader, one capable of uniting the parliamentary party, or else over 80 percent of Labour MPs must be replaced by Corbyn loyalists at the next election — an impracticable solution to say the least — and all future Labour MPs must also be drawn from the ranks of the Corbynistas.

Jeffrey's attacks on the rebel MPs became more personal, as he went on to suggest those that voted to stop the reform were «unfit» for their jobs and suggested their constituents should «drive them from office» at the next election.

MPs decided to quit at the next election en masse, changing the face of parliament.

«MPs and party members were already worried about their prospects at the next election under Jeremy Corbyn, but unless MPs take action now the party could face a wipeout in a snap election.»

Three more Labour MPs have announced this week that they won't be fighting the fight at the next election:

«The youngest members of the potential next intake of Conservative MPs Main The oldest Conservative candidates bidding to enter Parliament at the next election»

If the previous trend of Labour's support being overstated in the mid-Parliament polls was replicated, the party could win less than 20 % of the vote at the next general election and between 140 and 150 MPs, the report added.

David Blunkett's resignation brings the total number of Labour MPs standing down at the next election at 28, almost 11 % of the parliamentary party.

Advising those looking to get a new face in the Commons, Osland states: «The top priority for the labour movement right now is to secure the election of more Labour MPs at the next general election.

I've talked to two Conservative MPs in the last week in parliament who are now talking about the threat of annihilation of the Conservative party at the next election.»

As he set out his manifesto plans for the next general election at a press conference in Westminster this morning, Clegg told Politics.co.uk he had «unanimous» support from his MPs.

«If the Vote of no confidence is carried the MPs can then limp on until their selection at the next General Election when they will be deselected.

The name of the group derives from the fact that 301 is the number of Tory MPs that will need to be returned to Parliament in 2015 to create a majority government (the boundary review means there will be 600 seats at the next election).

The 4,800 majority may tempt Labour MPs in more dangerous territory to «chicken run'to Keighley, but the Conservatives» Kris Hopkins can take the seat at the next election with a swing of just over 5 %.

While it is certainly true that far more people vote for third, fourth and other parties nowadays than in the mid-20th century, some of the numbers suggest that the amount of «nottle» MPs (not Tories and not Labour) may stay the same or actually decline at the next election.

Ed Miliband has said that Labour is looking at «all the options» for the rail network, after a group of 31 prospective MPs said the party should renationalise the rail industry if it wins the next election.

She also said she disagreed with some of her fellow Conservative MPs that Mrs May would not be the party's leader at the next election, though refused to directly deny speculation she would run for the Tory party leadership.

Following a recent flurry of announcements of retirements by sitting Labour MPs vulnerable to a swing to the Conservatives, here is news of another who is stepping down at the next election.

There will be a big influx of women Conservative MPs... There are currently 17 female Conservative MPs, of whom 4 are retiring at the next election.

8.30 pm update: Ian Gibson, the Labour MP for Norwich North has been barred by a Labour disciplinary panel from standing again for the party at the next election (the same fate was delivered to three MPs who had already announced they were standing down: Margaret Moran, Elliot Morley and David Chaytor).

The Dartford MP is one of 33 MPs to announce their intention to stand down at the next election since the expenses stories began.

Cable did not say whether he would push for a progressive alliance at the next general election, but as a former Labour councillor many expect he would be keen on the idea of tactical voting to help Lib Dem, Labour and Green candidates to oust Tory MPs.

Dartford MP Howard Stoate has announced he will resign at the next election because new rules banning MPs» second jobs mean he will no longer be able to practise as a GP.

The MPs also warned party activists that the Tory campaign at the next election could not possibly be as inept as it was at the last election.

The Daily Mail has an extraordinary interview with former Tory Chairman Norman Tebbit in which he says that many people should register a protest at MPs» milking of the expenses system by with - holding their vote from the main parties in next month's European Elections:

He should demand a combination of repayments, public apologies and some MPs should be asked to quit at the next election.

The MEP promised to unify the party after months of bitter feuds, and set his sights on getting more than 10 MPs into Westminster at the next general election by targeting Labour heartlands.

«Tory MPs take the opportunity to give Clegg a kicking Main Peter Luff MP to stand down at the next election»

Many MPs in the party, meanwhile, are keen to reposition in the hope of doing a deal at the next election with Labour.

Moreover, the collapse of the Liberal Democrats — particularly in urban Britain, Scotland and the north of England — gives Labour MPs extra hope that they can win outright at the next election, without needing any Lib Dem help.

We are still heading for that clean sweep of incumbent MPs being awarded the top slots at the next European Elections...

David Cameron is open to the idea of the eventual introduction of all - women shortlists on a voluntary basis, senior Tory sources have said, amid fears that the party could fail to boost its number of female MPs at next year's general election.