Sentences with phrase «ukip winning»

But didn't stop UKIP winning the European elections and the defection of two Tory MPs to UKIP.

The initial two results from Hull are similar to those in Sunderland with UKIP winning 28 % of the vote in both cases.

Rolling coverage of the reaction to Ukip winning Claction from the Conservatives in the byelection, and coming a close second to Labour in Heywood and Middleton

Even if Ukip wins very few seats, it could split the Tory vote and prevent the party securing its own target seats.

Only if UKIP win many more seats than handful they are currently forecast would they have much power.

Continue reading Why didn't UKIP win so many seats given they got so many votes?

According to John Curtice, the Greens won 7.5 per cent of the vote in the wards they contested (down by 2 points on 2014) and UKIP won just over 6 per cent of the vote on average in the wards they fought (no less than a 20 point drop on 2014).

UKIP won 12.6 % of the national vote, yet won just one seat.

If Ukip wins the Newark byelection on 5 June, Clegg will win again — the story will then be David Cameron's crisis.

In last year's European elections, Ukip won 28 % of the vote in Wales - just behind Labour.

A defection is pretty quickly forgotten though, the real kicker from the Carswell defection is the by - election that comes with it, if UKIP win that by anything like last night's Survation poll suggests expect a much more concrete impact on the polls.

Ukip won its first London Assembly seats since the 2004 election, picking up two for mayoral hopeful Peter Whittle and David Kurten.

UKIP won 3,203 votes last time but has no candidate this time.

And yet, there is still no reason to expect a wave of UKIP wins in 2015.

UKIP won 12.6 % of the vote and just a single seat.

In Tendring, the European Parliamentary Constituency that includes Clacton, UKIP won 19,398 votes compared with the Tories 9,981.

Given the fact that UKIP won the 2014 European elections — gaining seats in England, Wales and Scotland — and has now elected a member of parliament for the first time, something big is really happening here.

UKIP won representation on the county council for the first time, winning three seats.

They snapped to attention when the polls suggested a Yes vote over Scotland, and a UKIP win on November 20

UKIP won more seats at the European elections than any other UK party and the BBC's Graham Satchell spent day one with UKIP's newly elected MEP Janice Atkinson.

By comparison, UKIP won 21 % of the vote but only 8 % of the seats.

UKIP won around 10 % of the vote in this region in the European elections in 2014.

UKIP won 27.5 % of the vote and had 24 MEPs elected; Labour, on 25.4 % or 20 seats, narrowly beat the Tories into third place while the Lib Dems lost all but one of their seats and came sixth behind the Greens.

UKIP won a substantial number of votes at this election, increasing its vote share by 30.5 %, but only won a single seat.

He said he would not indulge in bravado talk but added that things «could be very different» if Ukip won Rochester and that centre - left voters were starting to come his party's way.

For the same reason, even if I am right that Ukip wins two seats, I can't be sure that Nigel Farage will be one of them.

UKIP won more seats at the European elections than any other UK party and has already caused controversy during the first session of the new parliament by staging a protest.

Carswell said that if Ukip won the Rochester and Strood byelection on 6 November, which has been triggered by the defection of Conservative MP Mark Reckless, the «silent, reflective doubt» would become «something far more kinetic and animated and urgent».

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says Labour's election manifesto lacks any «specifics» on how Labour will cut spending and he says tactical voting could help UKIP win seats.

And the Press Association says Labour has lost control of North East Lincolnshire, after Ukip won five seats.

Another conversation was going in Rotherham where Ukip won 10 seats and Labour won 11 seats.

Ukip won seven seats from Labour and two from the Conservatives and held the one seat it won in a byelection last year.

Ukip won 10 of the 13 seats up for election on Great Yarmouth, which has gone from Labour to no overall control.

Rotherham Dinnington: first official Ukip win.

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.

The Conservatives made gains, while UKIP won control of its first council, Thanet.

The Leader of the House of Commons admitted «it was always disappointing» not to win but maintained Ukip won «by less than half» of the votes they were predicted.

With all councils declared, Labour won 2,350 seats, up 77, the Conservatives won 1,332, down 33, the Lib Dems won 536, up 75, the Greens won 39, up eight and UKIP won three, down 123.

Mr Cameron could face a rebellion from within his own party if Ukip win a second seat — yet the polling suggests just that: the Conservatives are heading for a humiliating defeat.

UKIP wins control of its first district council, Thanet in Kent - the area where former leader Nigel Farage failed to become an MP.

There are big issues to be settled here: Can Ukip win as a party on their own merits?

Not exact matches

The UKIP leader, and one of the most prominent Leave campaigners, appears to have conceded defeat, telling Sky News» Darren McCaffrey that he expects Remain to win by a narrow margin.

This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

London MEP Batten has promised to make Ukip a populist force and win back donors for the cash - strapped party.

Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas successfully defended her seat in Brighton Pavilion, while Ukip has yet to win a single seat and their vote share has reduced.

This and the size of his majority suggest that he could win the by - election and give UKIP their first MP.

The result was particularly damaging for the prime minister given he had already tried to win back Ukip voters with a pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

[4] This includes the 2 MPs who defected to UKIP but not the 2 Conservative MPs who resigned, or Robert Jenrick who won a by - election in 2014.

Moments afterwards, Ukip member Diane James, who nearly won the Eastleigh by - election fight for the party, said Bloom should consider his position.

Bookmakers William Hill shortened Ukip's odds of winning one or more seats at the general election from 5/2 to 7/4.