Sentences with phrase «mps hold the balance of power»

I remain intrigued by the prospect of Alex Salmond and dozens of MPs holding the balance of power at Westminster post-election; it will be little more than the main parties deserve after the contemptuous way they treated those inclined to vote yes in the independence referendum.

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If their poll numbers hold, then they could end up with about 50 MPs — up from 6 — and so hold the balance of power in any Parliament.

But DUP MPs have notoriously poor attendance records and at least one senior Lib Dem MP believes the party could hold the «balance of power» for votes on areas of mutual interest, such as housebuilding.

Although last week's local election results were hardly inspiring for the Liberal Democrats, they did well enough where they have MPs to suggest that they have the potential to retain enough seats to hold the balance of power again after the 2015 election.

The disappointment for Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP, of course, is that their powerful block of MPs doesn't hold the balance of power at Westminster, as they'd hoped.

[22][23] The SNP, encouraged by its victory in the 2007 Scottish parliament elections, set itself a target of returning 20 MPs and hoped to find itself holding a balance of power.

But many Labour MPs fear that an elected Lords would challenge the supremacy of the Commons and they do not see why they should vote for a reform that would allow the Lib Dems to hold the balance of power permanently in the Lords.

Under AV or, particularly, PR the Liberal Democrats would gain MPs and could routinely hold the balance of power.