Sentences with phrase «ukip stood»

In Wrexham, another seat where Ukip stood down, it appears Labour and the Tories equally benefited from Ukip's former voters, keeping the seat Labour despite its high leave profile.

Members of UKIP stood and applauded their embattled leader Paul Nuttall at the party's Spring Conference.

It is worth noting, however, that UKIP stood in 10 times as many seats as the SNP.

The best way to see the wider impact of this is to compare the seats where Ukip stood for the first time in 2014 with those where they did not have a candidate.

On average in the local elections the swing from Labour to Conservatives since 2013 in places where UKIP stood both times was 6.7 points.

On average the swing from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives since 2013 in places where UKIP stood both times was 4.2 points.

A good way of assessing this question is to look at the experience of local elections and analyse how much other parties benefitted when UKIP stood a candidate in 2013 but not this year, compared with where they had candidates both times.

A fascinating three - way Con / Lab / Ukip marginal — and perhaps the seat in which Ukip stands the best chance of winning.

In Carswell's eyes, Ukip stands for independence from the dominant parties in parliament as much as it does from the EU.

Godfrey Bloom recently lost his Ukip standing and became an independent MEP after he called a room full of women «sluts» and branded African countries «bongo bongo land».

«We need to expose what Ukip stand for — not just anti-foreign, anti-workers» rights, their hidden agenda on the NHS and welfare state.

Lance, It looks like the Independent mopped up the left - leaning part of the Jewish vote while the Tory vote stayed more or less static (with some churn due to UKIP standing).

Not exact matches

Mr Batten, who did not rule out standing for the leadership on a permanent basis, said: «I feel optimistic that Ukip can and will grow stronger and more successful because ordinary patriotic people want, need and deserve a party that represents their interests.

When asked if there is any hope for the party, Arnott said: «If I believed that there were any hope for UKIP to become that positive party again that stood up for people in this country, I'd be in it trying to change it into that.

No you have Arsenilamania Stand outside your front door in your undies and wearing a Wenger mask and shout «cohesion mental strength and a bit unlucky» in a French accent until the police arrest you or you are selected as the UKIP candidate for your area.

Ferguson, who is standing for Ukip in Southport, warned that those who voted for the three parties were also «guilty by association of treason».

«My ambition is to lead Ukip into the European elections next year as a candidate, which I could not have done if I'd have chosen to stand in the House of Commons, and I believe in those elections next year we can cause an earthquake in British politics,» Farage said.

This anti-politically correct will also stand them in good stead when the unions come for UKIP if they look like seriously challenging Labour.

Forecasting that the Ukip vote, which stood at 4,154 in 2015, would split between Labour and the Tories, Gill adjusted her strategy, and was aided by the momentum of the national campaigns.

Endean, who is standing for Ukip in Plymouth, retweeted an image of rescued migrants with the caption: «Labour's new floating voters.

People who either stand or vote for the three main parties should be «hung by the neck until dead» a Ukip candidate has suggested.

Nigel Farage has David Cameron firmly in his sights after last week's dramatic election results, suggesting a Tory - Ukip deal could be possible if the prime minister stands down.

As things stand the programme is a one - off, which means there are no plans yet to delve into the potentially fractious relationship that will exist between Farage and the next Ukip leader — likely to be Paul Nuttal, Suzanne Evans or Raheem Kassam.

As was said in the opening paragraph of this series, a well - rehearsed interpretation of UKIP is that they are a grouping to the right of the current Conservative party, dissatisfied with the old party's failure to stand up to Europe and its perceived leftwards shift under Cameron.

The 57 - year - old, one of David Cameron's harshest critics on the Conservative backbenches, is not thought to be defecting to Ukip and will not stand for re-election in 2015, limiting the damage his resignation will have on the prime minister.

Nigel Farage stands on stage with an assortment of black and ethnic minority Ukip candidates, as he attempts to dispel perceptions his party is racist

That's why Ukip can run a right wing agenda in left - wing heartlands — because voters believe they'll stand up for them.

She spoke persuasively about the threat posed to Labour by Ukip and was applauded for condemning the harassment and intimidation of those in the party have been standing up to Corbyn.

Ukip has provided the most entertainment this week after the frontrunner in its leadership race, Steven Woolfe, was barred from standing due to a late application.

Former Ukip MEP Godrfrey Bloom today called for Farage to stand down and hand over the reins to Carswell.

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

His comments were soon followed by calls from one of Ukip's biggest donors Stuart Wheeler for Farage to stand down.

O'Flynn's blistering attack followed Farage's decision to renege on his pre-election pledge to stand down as Ukip leader if he failed to win South Thanet in last week's general election.

Because of the issues raised by David Davis in the by - election, many parties other than the Conservatives, such as Labour, Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and British National Party (BNP) chose not to stand.

In 2009 UKIP came second in the European elections held on the same day as in local elections, but they only fielded candidates in a quarter of seats where the three main parties also stood.

Sources in both UKIP and Labour camps told of how Mackinlay tried to abandon the South Thanet campaign in September to stand as the Tory candidate in the by - election for Rochester and Strood, an area he knows far better.

Admittedly there are only 69 such divisions where the three main parties stood each time and UKIP at least one time and they fought either all or none of the constituent wards in a division in 2012.

Given the huge changes in overall levels of party support for the Liberal Democrats, SNP and UKIP since the last election, voters are likely to be much more unsure of the parties relative standings in their constituency.

A runner - up spot in Bootle, where UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall is standing, is a virtual certainty.

Anne Poonian, secretary of the local UKIP party, said she welcomed Carswell's decision to defect, but pointed out repeatedly that there is no guarantee the local party will allow him to stand as the UKIP candidate in Clacton.

The other candidates standing in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency are David Bentley of UKIP, Gulzar Nazir from the Christian Party and the BNP's Alwyn Stott.

These caveats - often described as «reasoning» in effeminate circles — were dismissed in favour of a tactic which would have seen David Cameron pledge an in / out EU referendum in return for Ukip's pledge not to stand against Tory candidates in 2015.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage, will announce tomorrow that he intends to stand against John Bercow at the next general election.

How does Farage stand athwart the UKIP wicket and bat away every googly with seemingly little effort?

Like many within UKIP, Jones originally stood for the Conservative Party.

But standing up to Ukip also means engaging with people's deepest and most visceral fears in an era of economic uncertainty when racism is on the rise.

At the election, UKIP's Jake Baynes was requested by his party to stand down owing to UKIP's policy of not standing a candidate in a constituency where there is already a committed eurosceptic, but he refused to do so.

As it currently stands, the electoral system really only has room for two parties — as the Lib Dems, Greens and UKIP know to their cost.

And while Europe is not the most important issue for most potential UKIP voters, it is for some — and as things stand only a Conservative government will give them the in - out referendum they want.

This was first explained in my North Norfolk prediction and my current version assumes that residual UKIP voters will split 2:1 between the Conservatives & Labour in seats where UKIP have stood down.