Sentences with phrase «ukip gain»

It's official: Ukip gain Rotherham West from Labour, ousting deputy leader Jahangir Akhtar.

Seat changes: Ukip gain one seat / Labour gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat

Seat changes: Labour gain one seat / Ukip gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one seat

By comparison with the last county council elections in 2009 it does look like UKIP gains were at the expense of the Conservatives.

Of the three second - placed parties who won nine seats, UKIP gained the largest share of the county - wide vote, more than 10 % ahead of Labour.

Among the 53 UKIP gains in the BBC Keywards, 22 came from the Conservatives, 19 from Labour and 12 from the Lib Dems.

Ukip gained their second seat on the Humberston and New Waltham council when candidate William Harness triumphed in the by - election held to replace Conservative councillor John Colebrook following his death in December.

The last round of comparable elections were held in 2013 when Labour picked up 291 seats, UKIP gained 139 and Tories lost 335 and the Lib Dems shed 124 seats.

It also shows that the Conservatives are right to fear the electoral damage they would suffer if UKIP gains ground.

The voters of Liverpool, Lincoln and Leeds — not to mention Lancaster, Luton and Leicester — have manifold and diverse interests; and many are feeling as alienated from Westminster politics as their Linlithgow compatriots, as the recent UKIP gains in Clacton and Rochester and Stroud demonstrate.

The most significant result of the night was Ukip gaining its first ever elected MP in Clacton, Essex, where defector Douglas Carswell overturned his own Conservative majority in a huge blow for David Cameron.

UKIP gained more than 150 seats in council polls across England but it had a weak performance in London.

It's just that so did the Tories and UKIPs gains couldn't quite pull them over the line.

Following this, Labour's lead over the Conservatives began to fall as UKIP gained support from them as well, [114] and by the end of the year Labour were polling at 39 %, compared to 33 % for the Conservative Party and 11 % for UKIP.

Plaid Cymru were predicted to return four MPs, with the Green Party and Ukip gaining two seats in total, according to the poll conducted by NOP / MORI for the BBC, ITV and Sky.

UKIP gained four seats, and Labour gained one seat.

With UKIP gaining ground, and an anti-immigration stance looking like the winning ticket, the once socially liberal David Cameron became increasingly authoritarian in immigration policy and discourse.

UKIP and the Greens saw their best - ever results in terms of vote share (7 % for the Greens and 5 % for UKIP), but whilst UKIP gained 12 seats, the Greens gained just 2.

Ukip gained 11 seats in Basildon to ensure it went from Tory to no overall control, and gains in Castle Point and Southend resulted in the loss of Conservative majority control in those authorities.

• The Conservatives have lost control of Castle Point, which covers Canvey Island in Essex, following Ukip gains.

Five Ukip gains left Tories one seat short of overall control.

And the Ukip surge has also hit Labour, which has been picking up seats, but perhaps fewer than expected, and which has lost control of Thurrock following Ukip gains there.

Ukip have been celebrating in Portsmouth, where the Lib Dems have lost control because of Ukip gains.

We have already found Ukip gaining over 80 seats.

Ukip gained 1, Conservatives lost 1.

Ukip gains caused the first change of council control of the night — it didn't win Castle Point but it took the council out of Conservative hands and into no overall control, reports PA:

Ukip gained five seats in Thurrock, Essex, meaning that Labour lost control of the council.

Despite the Ukip gains in council seats nationally there's a tone of gloom in Croydon.

As with earlier polling evidence it confirms that UKIP gained its votes mainly from former Tory and Lib Dem supporters, plus some from Labour.

Kirsty Williams has today underlined that it is only by voting Welsh Liberal Democrat will people be able to stop UKIP gaining seats in the National Assembly elections.

Not exact matches

For one thing, Ukip is a right - wing protest group that has gained a surprisingly large amount of support in the past few years on an anti-EU and anti-immigration platform.

The party also faced a setback in Wales, where Ukip made the biggest gains.

Tammany Hall, in which players help immigrants settle in New York and use their support to gain control of the city, might be especially enjoyable if played with any UKIP chums.

«Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives or UKIP, or whoever, to gain more seats from them.

Labour meanwhile gained just 17 % of the 2015 UKIP voters.

Noteworthy winner: Jonathan Arnott, Ukip's general secretary, was the party's first gain of the night.

Naturally, in terms of seats gained UKIP's performance can hardly be interpreted as a striking victory.

UKIP (the UK Independence Party) and Labour saw the biggest gains over the course of the period studied, and they also saw plenty of activity on Facebook.

They also gained more than Ukip, another important indictator.

Noteworthy winner: Steven Woolfe, Ukip's man in the City, snuck in with the final seat to get a second gain for Nigel Farage's party.

For the big gains required to deliver the keys to Number 10 the Labour Party must recover voters from the Conservatives (11.3 m total last May) and Ukip (3.9 m).

Meanwhile, one shall have a thorough look at how many votes the grassroots parties such as the SNP, UKIP, and the Greens, gained in this election.

Nigel Farage failed to gain the seat he stood for, but seems set to continue as UKIP leader.

The Tories secured the votes of most former Ukip supporters, which prevented the party from losing even more seats, and helped it secure a handful of gains well away from the capital.

For every vote they lost to UKIP over the first four weeks of the campaign they gained two back from UKIP.

Even defeated parties must find consolation somewhere, and Labour's will include hanging on to a knife - edge majority in Bradford, thanks to independent candidates, UKIP and Respect all losing seats, and gaining majorities in unitary Stockton - on - Tees, and, after a suspended recount and overnight rest, Cheshire West & Chester.

The Conservatives seem to have made great gains since a Survation poll a year earlier put Labour first on 34 %, UKIP on 30 %, and the Tories on 28 %.

Their prescription is curious after a general election in which the three parties which rejected the centre ground — the SNP, UKIP and the Greens — made the biggest gains in the popular vote.

The Ukip leader was «accentuating [people's] fear for political gain, and that is absolutely unacceptable,» he said.

Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives (or UKIP, or whoever) to gain more seats from them.