Not exact matches
A game time decision on Congress» next big legislative push — including whether or not to use a special procedural pathway in the Senate that would nix the need for any Democratic
votes —
may come down to what President Donald Trump tells Republican
leadership during a meeting this weekend at Camp David.
Kenney
may have been less popular than his main rival Brian Jean overall, but as former MP Patrick Brown's own victory in the last Ontario Tory campaign demonstrated, the capacity to bring one's supporters inside a party tent matters more to the outcome of a
leadership vote than one's standing in the outside world.
When Maclean's asked Kenney before the
leadership vote about a carbon policy that these industry leaders
may now view as something that must be replaced if it's repealed, he did something aspiring conservative premiers seldom do in Alberta: he took a shot at the corporate titans.
At the ABC meetings delegates and visitors
may sit anywhere and everywhere, almost as though it were an intentional act of the executive
leadership to render the policy - making and
voting process as difficult as possible for the delegates, scattered as they are and mingled with the «visitors.»
If you are not registered for any party, and the Democratic Party allows it, you can get a No Party Preference Democratic Party ballot (this name
may seem contradictory, but it is used to refer to a ballot that allows you to
vote for the party nominees, but not party
leadership positions).
In fact it
may indicate that people are generally content with their
leadership and don't see a need to go
vote to change it.
Yet, even with the influx of all these new people after the election, the membership which
voted in the
leadership contest probably looked pretty similar, and thought pretty similarly, to the membership that had campaigned for a Labour victory in
May 2015.
In order to find out, we compare these two groups: older members (pre-GE2015) and newer members (who joined after
May 2015 but before January 2016 and were therefore eligible to
vote in the
leadership election).
But now the Conservatives will make a challenge of sort to the
leadership of the council at the next Full Council meeting on
May 22nd, the day the annual
vote for leader will take place.
They
may occasionally be allowed to
vote in a
leadership election, but that's where it will stop.
In
May 2013, a grand jury indicted Mr. Sampson — who Ms. Stewart - Cousins had defeated for the
leadership role by a
vote of 19 to six — on embezzlement charges.
Theresa
May scored an overwhelming victory in the first round of Tory
leadership race, as she picked up the
votes of half of the parliamentary party.
«The GMB appear to have broken the spirit of the rules guiding the conduct of the Labour party
leadership election by sending out a strong recommendation for Ed Miliband together with the ballot paper for political levy payers... It
may well suggest that the margin of his victory depended on
votes cast in dubious circumstances.
Some
may find it a bit hypocritical for Latimer, a Roman Catholic as is his wife and girlfriend, to raise concerns that Senate
leadership did something wrong by scheduling a budget
vote on one of the most important days in the Roman Catholic calendar when he left his wife back in New York to attend mass by herself while he was on vacation in Europe with another woman.
Around 70,000 people who
voted in the
leadership election did NOT
vote Labour in
May's general election.
Sadly, some people can't seem to put partisan instincts to one side — as this report commissioned by the Yes campaign just before Christmas showed - you
may also like to read this blog from the very same author who, a year ago, wisely said: «At a time of economic crisis, when people are calling for clear
leadership and direction, it would be foolish to abolish a [
voting] system that carries out these functions.»
The Liberal Democrats
may not have succeeded in «decapitating» key members of the Tory leadership at the last election (Charles Kennedy had hoped to oust David Davis, Michael Howard and Theresa May) but the Conservatives, says The Telegraph's Andrew Pierce, are hopeful that tactical voting and some extra resources could defeat six of Labour's leading fac
may not have succeeded in «decapitating» key members of the Tory
leadership at the last election (Charles Kennedy had hoped to oust David Davis, Michael Howard and Theresa
May) but the Conservatives, says The Telegraph's Andrew Pierce, are hopeful that tactical voting and some extra resources could defeat six of Labour's leading fac
May) but the Conservatives, says The Telegraph's Andrew Pierce, are hopeful that tactical
voting and some extra resources could defeat six of Labour's leading faces:
However «if the Leader were to lose such a
vote (again, on a simple majority basis) they must resign, and they
may not stand in the
leadership election which is then triggered (Rule 7)».
We ask that the planned conference
vote on
leadership be delayed for two weeks until December 4, 2014 so that members
may be surveyed on their specific priorities and plans for the upcoming session.
Of course — the same caveats that I used to attach to polls asking hypothetical questions about
voting intention under potential Tory leaders apply to questions about potential Labour leaders as well — it
may be a long time until we know what effect a Gordon Brown
leadership would really have on Labour support.
Thousands of «infiltrators» - including many Tories -
may be planning to
vote in Labour's
leadership election, Andy Burnham's campaign has said.
While a handful of Brexit - supporting Labour MPs would back the government, if the party
leadership signalled to MPs to
vote against it because Labour was now more sympathetic to a customs union as an end point, then Theresa
May would be in danger of losing.
«They want the Conservative
leadership to speak for them, too, and Richmond
may be a reminder that their
votes have another destination if we don't get this right.
Gove came third in the first round of the Tory
leadership election last night, with 48
votes, compared to 165 for Theresa
May and Andrea Leadsom who polled 66.
Readers
may recall my why I
voted for Jeremy Corbyn in the last
leadership contest.
Mrs
May, who stressed the importance of a swift
vote on Trident when she was running for the Conservative
leadership, will argue it would be «gross irresponsibility» for the UK to give up its nuclear deterrent.
ALBANY — A
vote by a state teachers» union to overhaul its
leadership may be a sign of trouble for Governor Andrew Cuomo.
I understand his various texts in the
leadership race, including one urging MPs to
vote tactically against leadsom, went down like a lead balloon with both leadsom and
may supporters.
But rather than seeing this as a
vote of confidence in Mrs
May's
leadership, many commentators have put the middle - road Tory performance down to a collapse in the UKIP
vote.
After narrowly surviving a
vote of no confidence on 16
May, Murphy announced his intention to relinquish the role, triggering a fresh
leadership contest.
The correspondence (8 January, p 24) regarding Dan Hind's proposal to put research funding to the popular
vote (11 December 2010, p 26) reminded me of a project I was involved in, under the inspiring
leadership of the late Phil
May of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Senate
leadership released their full spending plan around midnight on
May 9, before asking committee members to
vote on the budget hours later.
My hope is that my interviews with these candidates makes for informed
voting in
May because Connecticut is in real need of dynamic
leadership in education.