Sentences with phrase «parliament constituency seats»

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In the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out of 129) in the additional member system.

Your question also touches upon another problem: The fact that first - past - the - post and other systems based on gaining a plurality of the vote in single - seat constituencies distort the vote and can be used to durably keep minority parties out of the parliament and government politics.

They have succeeded in getting the Sainte - Laguë rule adopted (since 2004) for allocating seats to European Parliament constituencies.

Members of Parliament are elected from population - based single - seat constituencies using first - past - the - post voting.

The candidate with the most votes wins the seat and becomes the Member of Parliament for your constituency.

The Klottey Korle constituency is a swing seat that has been represented in Parliament by both the NPP and the NDC.

Such is the weight of expectation on Nicola Sturgeon's shoulders that failure by the SNP to win each and every one of the Scottish Parliament's 73 constituencies (leaving other parties to pick up seats decided under a proportional representation system) would be seen as some kind of failure.

In 2012, he also predicted Benita Sena Okity - Duah, Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku constituency, will lose her seat and we all know what happened!

Adrian Kavanagh, 1st August 2013 The process for reviewing Ireland's European Parliament constituency boundaries has now commenced, following on the loss of one European Parliament seat by the State after Croatia joined the European Union some months ago.

A relatively well - off and low unemployment seat, Dumfriesshire (and its predecessor constituency, Dumfries) has not changed hands since the first Scottish parliament election in 1999.

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th September 2013 New boundaries for Ireland's European Election constituencies were published today, following a review that was necessitated by the loss of a European Parliament seat by Ireland after Croatia's accession to the European Union.

In 1999, at the first elections to the Scottish Parliament, Labour took all the constituency seats across the Glasgow region.

«preserves the single - member constituency link» Biggest mistake Labour ever made, making that the standard in 1947 — you seem to not be aware that multi member seats based on historic boundaries like Boroughs and Counties were the norm throughout most of the history of Parliament, it was taking that into account that led to the creation of BPr / STV.

The party lost 13 constituency seats in the Scottish Parliament last night and won just three - leaving the Conservative Party as the official opposition in Holyrood

The first six Conservative candidates to be contesting constituency seats at next year's Scottish Parliament election have recently been selected.

Over recent days four more candidates have been selected to contest constituency seats at next year's Scottish Parliament elections.

He fought the Argyll and Bute constituency in the 2005 general election, finishing second, [1] and fought the equivalent seat in the 2007 Scottish parliament election, finishing third.

New Patriotic Party [NPP] Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Emmanuel Agyarko, has lashed out at those criticizing government for changing the name of the seat of government from Flagstaff House to Jubilee House.

The constituency was once widely known for returning Sir Edward Heath to Parliament, he represented the seat and its predecessors for 50 years before his retirement in 2001.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary Candidate for the Awutu Senya West constituency, George Andah, appears to be more concerned about the marital status of his main opponent and incumbent Member of Parliament, Hanna Tetteh, as the race for the seat heats up.

In general elections, voting takes place in all parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of Pparliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of ParliamentParliament.

[16] The election saw the first cap on spending by parties in individual constituencies during the 100 days before Parliament's dissolution on 30 March: # 30,700, plus a per - voter allowance of 9p in county constituencies and 6p in borough seats.

MPs whose constituencies are set to be effectively abolished will have to find another seat to contest if they wish to remain in Parliament, leading to a fierce scramble in the run - up to the next election.

A press spokesman for the Electoral Commission confirmed to me a few minutes ago that the Ministry of Justice has not yet, as legislation demands, directed the body to calculate a new seat allocation for United Kingdom European Parliament constituencies so as to determine which region will receive the new seat.

Morning Ireland (RTE Radio 1): Discussion relating the likely loss of a European Parliament seat by Ireland and the potential configuration of new European election constituency areas (12th March 2013).

Significantly, at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, it was John who won the Roxburgh and Berwickshire seat (which makes up more than 60 % of this Westminster constituency) on a swing of no less than 9.4 % from the Lib Dems.

The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Cape Coast South constituency, Kweku Ricketts - Hagan, who doubles as the Central Regional Minister, has launched his campaign seeking to retain the seat at the 2016 elections, on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's long - serving Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Reginald Sorensen, was made a life peer on 15 December 1964.

She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bristol North West constituency, losing her seat in the 2017 general election [2]

The Asawase Constituency parliamentary seat which has been a safe seat for National Democratic Congress (NDC) will forever remain the preserve the party, according to the Muntaka who is Member of Parliament (MP) for the area

He fought the constituency at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election (when the SNP gained it from the Liberal Democrats and McGrigor came third) as well as having fought the equivalent seat at the 2005 general election.

A former Member of Parliament for the Odododiodioo constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Reginald Niibi Ayibontey, has admonished incumbent MP for the area, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, not to be complacent but work hard to retain the seat.

The process for reviewing Ireland's European Parliament constituency boundaries has now commenced, following on the loss of one European Parliament seat by the State after Croatia joined the European Union some months ago.

Farage does have roots in the constituency in which he is campaigning and UKIP won seven of the eight local council seats in May 2013, as well as topping the poll in the European Parliament elections in 2014.

At the Scottish parliament, most of the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency coincides with this seat, but parts of the constituencies of Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western also fall within it.

In many cases, larger constituency units have come about as a result of a loss of seats — whether it be the loss of a European Parliament seat by the Republic of Ireland or the loss of County Council seats by some (of the more rural) counties — added to the overall increase in seat numbers for City and County Council elections.

Presidential staffer, Clement Apaak clinched the Builsa South constituency seat in the Upper East Region from Alhassan Azong who entered parliament in 2008 and again in 2012 on the ticket of the PNC.

Here are the main Conservative constituency seat targets for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election based on the results of the 2017 general election:

David Cameron's decision to press ahead with the review, which was blocked by the Liberal Democrats in the last parliament, means MPs will be competing with each other to keep seats if their current constituencies are too small to survive and forced to merge with ones nearby.