Sentences with phrase «mps losing seats»

A conviction will not necessarily lead to the two MPs losing their seats in the House of Commons.

It is unacceptable for members to support other parties, delight in Labour MPs losing their seats or to engage in cyber-bullying.

The hashtag #ToryElectionFraud was trending on Twitter, and people were speculating that the revelations could lead to prosecutions, to MPs losing their seats, and that it could even bring down David Cameron's government.

Dozens of Liberal Democrat MPs lose their seats, leaving a rump of ten or so left.

Not exact matches

Some former MPs helped bring Lewis's manifesto to the convention floor: Vancouver veteran Libby Davies and Craig Scott of Layton's former seat of Toronto — Danforth, which he lost in last fall's Liberal sweep of Toronto.

Over the last six months of government the Lib Dem hierarchy becomes increasingly concerned about the polling which shows that many Lib Dem MPs will lose their seats.

It is also not surprising that many current MPs are opposed to electoral reform, given that they are the ones with most to lose from it, particularly those in safe seats.

Better to go as soon as possible than wait until there are dozens of other ex-Labour MPs looking for work once we all lose our seats.»

Her words were greeted with derision bordering on fury, not least by senior Conservative MPs who told her she must be more contrite and express sympathy for colleagues who had lost their seats.

There appeared to be no fixed laws of political gravity when these two took voters from Labour, as the 40 Scottish Labour MPs who lost their seats might attest.

Although gaining 22 seats, Labour lost all but one of its MPs in Scotland and ended up with a net loss of 26 seats, failing to win a number of key marginal seats that it had expected to win comfortably.

Since 1945 (and excluding Northern Ireland), leaders of parties with Westminster MPs have lost their seats on only five occasions.

However, between them they currently have just 10 MPs and are predicted to lose some seats, making May's chances of achieving a working majority, even in a coalition, appear slim.

I would estimate the number of retirements yet to be announced on the Labour side to be between 30 and 40, partly because there are almost twice as many Labour MPs as Tories, and partly because many expect to lose their seats (so why go through the agony and humiliation).

There was also a political concern about MPs who have lost their seat being selected on to lists.

Among those said to be set to lose their seats are a clutch of MPs with constituencies in the south of England, such as Wes Streeting in Ilford North, Rupa Huq in Ealing Central & Acton, Tulip Siddiq in Hampstead & Kilburn and Ruth Cadbury in Brentford & Isleworth.

Despite Clegg's efforts at triangulation, [86][87] the Liberal Democrats experienced its worst - ever showing in the 2015 general election, losing 48 seats in the House of Commons, leaving them with only eight MPs.

[88][89] Prominent Liberal Democrat MPs who lost their seats included former leader Charles Kennedy, former deputy leaders Vince Cable and Simon Hughes, and several cabinet ministers.

The equalisation of the electorates of parliamentary constituencies favours the Conservative party collectively, but is opposed by many individual Tory MPs who face losing their seats.

But several other sitting conservative MPs in London lost their seats.

There are also jobs for MPs who are returning to parliament after previously stepping down or losing their seats in 2015.

Yet there was fury from Labour MPs including John Mann, who said the party should be gaining seats everywhere - not losing them.

If his optimism is misplaced, and Labour goes backwards, MPs who lose their seats are likely to voice some of their concerns at election counts in the early hours of Friday.

The Labour leader was attacked by backbench MPs and even members of his shadow cabinet after the party lost seats in England and Wales and were humiliated in Scotland, where they finished a distant third.

These are both signs that Labour MPs - forbidden by Labour rules from «chicken running» to safer seats - are, perhaps, fearful of losing their seats when opinion polls are putting the Conservatives so far ahead.

The Shadow Chancellor said Labour MPs trying to unseat Mr Corbyn should «should calm down and listen to their members» - in what will be seen as a veiled threat that they could lose their seats if they do not.

Only MPs who lose their seats or whose departure from parliament is «involuntary» should be entitled to claim the resettlement grant.

The Lib Dems are expected to increase their number of MPs from eight to 12, although the former deputy prime minister lost his seat.

That could see the nationalists, who won six seats in the House of Commons in 2010, return 47 MPs this time around, with Labour losing all but 10 of the 41 Scottish constituencies it secured in in the last general election.

More than three months after the party lost 48 of its 56 seats in the general election, only a handful of former Lib Dem MPs have secured new roles.

«I'm so sorry for all of those colleagues who lost their seats, Ed Balls, Jim Murphy, Margaret Curran, Douglas Alexander and all the MPs and indeed candidates who were defeated — they're friends, colleagues and standard - bearers for our party.

Many more ermine parachutes could of course be available to Lib Dem MPs who lose their seats when the -LSB-...]

On a uniform swing, 46 Labour MPs would lose their seats based on the ICM poll findings.

The view Tony Blair has destroyed the Labour Party, by his critics is often met with, the last election Neil Kinnock fought, he got 34.5 %, the last election Blair fought he got 35.3 %» all be it, on a lower turnout, those who'd been in the party for years, who resigned over Iraq, stopped voting labour in 2005, even though Blair was on his way out, lost MPs who were against Iraq, their seats

Tim Farron's resignation as the leader of the Liberal Democrats will spark a contest between the party's 12 MPs — several of whom lost seats in 2015 and have only just returned to parliament.

Channel 4 News spoke to former MPs who lost their marginal seats in May and to candidates who lost, despite standing in seats where there had been a sitting Labour MP.They all aspire to win back the seats Labour will need to secure if the party is to return to government.

For the Conservatives, MPs in danger of losing their seat poses a risk to getting the boundary changes through, and it's likely the party will try to use retirements, peerages and so forth to ensure no current Tory MPs lose out.

There is a general overview of what is happening and why it's controversial here, a summary of what the effects are and some of MPs who are losing their seats here.

But some Labour MPs have accused the coalition of gerrymandering while some Lib Dems are reported to be unhappy about the prospect of losing seats in the shake - up - agreed as a package earlier this year in combination with May's referendum on the voting system.

[190] Winning just eight seats, the Liberal Democrats lost their position as the UK's third party and found themselves tied in fourth place with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland in the House of Commons, with Nick Clegg being one of the few MPs from his party to retain his seat.

As many as five LIb Dem MPs may lose their seats because of changes to constituency boundaries.

The disadvantages are that it takes away the final decision on who should be the Conservative candidate away from Conservative members and, critically, it means that high profile MPs, including members of the Cabinet, could lose their seats.

One high - profile name mentioned is Thomas Docherty, one of the Scottish Labour MPs who lost their seats to the SNP at the last election.

Among other results, Lord Ashcroft's polls suggested that the growth in SNP support would translate into more than 50 seats; [124] that there was little overall pattern in Labour and Conservative Party marginals; [125] that the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas would retain her seat; [126] that both Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage would face very close races to be elected in their own constituencies; [127] and that Liberal Democrat MPs would enjoy an incumbency effect that would lose fewer MPs than their national polling implied.

Oakeshott also said Cable had known about the controversial voting predictions — which suggested Clegg would lose his seat along with three other MPs — several weeks before the party's disastrous showing in the European and council elections.

Some Tory MPs who risk losing their own seats may, of course, join him in that self - serving position.

Labour, meanwhile, would lose 28 MPs — a drop in its share of English and Welsh seats from 40.3 % to 38.3 %.

As a result, the deputy prime minister said he would instruct his MPs to vote against another bill which would have cut the number of MPs by redrawing the constituency boundaries — a change opposed by many of the 57 - strong Lib Dem MPs since it is expected they would lose 15 or more seats.

Conversely, the cohort of SNP MPs shrinks to 31, while the Tories lose 90 seats, with the likely result being that Britain would have been faced with another coalition instead of a Conservative majority.

Many MPs were understandably annoyed that the leader had hired a man who recently celebrated Ed Balls losing his seat and described the Labour front bench as «the most abject collection of complete shite».