Sentences with phrase «ukip surged»

All three established parties took hits as Ukip surged.

Ukip surged in areas along the east coast with large concentrations of such voters — places like North East Lincolnshire, Hull and Basildon — and flopped among the younger, more ethnically diverse electorates of London, Manchester and other big cities, as well as in university - dominated areas such as Oxford and Cambridge.

The aspirational voters of suburban England — middle - class seats with falling unemployment and rising incomes — swung behind the Cameron - Osborne «long - term economic plan», while Ukip surged in seats with large concentrations of poorer, white working - class English nationalists, many of whom sympathised with Labour's economic message but not the people delivering it.

Toughened rules on prison lifestyle, immigration changes and even movement from David Cameron on the EU independence referendum could all help mitigate the damage from the Ukip surge.

Could a Ukip surge split the Conservative vote and let Labour in?

The opinion polls have commonly told us that Labour have benefitted primarily from the collapse of the Liberal Democrats, whereas the UKIP surge has come mostly from the Tories.

According to Paul Mason: «The Ukip surge clearly came largely from Labour voters — as evidenced by the close shaves Labour had with Ukip in Hartlepool and Heywood and Middleton.»

Faced with the Ukip surge threatening their right flank, many Conservatives are losing their nerve.

In these seats, a Ukip surge can upset the balance of power in several ways.

Past experience offers no guide for the parties on any of these questions, for the simple reason that the Ukip surge has no precedent in modern British politics.

But we saw the opposite pattern in Ipswich, where a Ukip surge bit deep into the Tory vote, leaving Labour well ahead.

All three Westminster parties have much to fear from the Ukip surge.

The shift could also leave Labour exposed to the charge that it has blinked when faced by a possible Ukip surge, when the party has said that any growth in support for Ukip had little to do with Europe.

Its significance is considerably behind the resilience of the Lib Dems when fighting Tories, the UKIP surge and chatter around David Cameron's future.

Tories will survive the UKIP surge in by - election says poll: Conservative majority in Newark will be slashed but party will cling on to seat 30 May 2014

It could be a routine hold for Labour in a constituency they have dominated forever, proving that rumours of the party's demise have been greatly exaggerated; it could be the route to Westminster for Paul Nuttall (for whom this is the fifth attempt to get into the Commons — still short of Nigel Farage's number), heralding the beginning of a big Ukip surge into working - class Labour heartlands; it could end up with a very close three -(or even four -, depending on Liberal Democrat performance) way race that shows the new divides in the electorate in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

Tories, cheered by growing signs of economic recovery, have to concede that the cards remain stacked against them — a point rammed home by Lord Ashcroft's poll of Tory marginals showing a double digit Labour lead fuelled by a UKIP surge that is far from dissipated.

The Liberal Democrats will hope to hang on to their current experienced MEP, despite the slump in the party's national poll ratings, the UKIP surge and Labour's revival.

However, the referendum is not producing a sustained Ukip surge: Nigel Farage's party sinks by one point from the previous poll, to 14 %.

Labour should see their vote pick up in line with the party's stronger national poll showing, so that their top candidate Clare Moody has a good chance of being elected, so even with if there is a UKIP surge.

The Conservatives will hope to hold onto their vote share against any UKIP surge, and can realistically aspire to retain two of their MEPs.

Basildon falls to no overall control as Ukip surges, taking seats from both Labour and the Tories.

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.

I noted earlier that several of the councils that the Tories have lost to no overall control were as a direct result of the Ukip surge.

My first cup of coffee take on the results so far, Ukip surge and Labour make only sluggish progress http://t.co/jHUradCLNm

In a move that will further unnerve the Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats — all of which have suffered from the Ukip surge — senior party officials said the next move would be to identify specific, mainly marginal, seats, where it now has a strong base of councillors.

In the Essex town, where Labour lost control of the council after a Ukip surge, Miliband is expected to reiterate his admission that his party failed in the past to listen to complaints about uncontrolled immigration from the EU.

However, Miliband said Labour would not respond to the Ukip surge by offering a guarantee of an in - out referendum on EU membership in the next parliament if elected.

In all the talk of the Lib Dems being wiped out, of Ukip surging, of Ed Miliband being «weird» (don't most people think all politicians are weird?)

Not exact matches

David Cameron vowed to show Ukip a newfound respect today, after the party's unprecedented surge in the local elections gave the Conservatives a bloody nose.

What has been forgotten in the rush to examine the big picture of the «Brexit» referendum is how it was the UKIP's surge in the polls in the previous years that forced Cameron's hand in pledging to hold a referendum.

A surge in Ukip's support, combined with an expected bloodbath for the Liberal Democrats, could leave the eurosceptic party with more seats than the coalition partner.

Senior Labour figures Alan Johnson and Tristram Hunt are among the big names at risk if Ukip enjoys a surge in support in the north of England under new leader Paul Nuttall, according to research.

The region summed up: The first region to declare saw a significant surge for Ukip, setting the tone for an evening of shocks — especially for the coalition's governing parties.

Ukip's extraordinary surge in the polls appears to have faltered, after a new poll saw them lose a third of their support and fall back to level with the Liberal Democrats.

However, the poll of 13,000 people finds the increased lead is due not to a surge in Labour popularity but to a tripling of the UKIP vote in the marginals.»

Ukip's leader in Scotland David Coburn told the National the surge in support for his party was part of trend: «I got in as the MEP.

The by - election consolidated Nick Clegg's hold on power, sparked new rumours of leadership bids against David Cameron, saw a surge in support for Ukip and raised questions about Ed Miliband's ability to win votes in the south - east.

In most other marginal seats, the Tory vote is being ebbed away by a combination of both this Labour rise, Lib Dem collapse and the post-2010 surge in UKIP support.

Leaders were also spooked by the surge of Ukip at the Eastleigh by - election, where the party used a strong anti-immigration message to pip the Tories to second place.

While our brave milibands of soldiers surge thru the streets with their door - knocking and four million fucking conversations and bewaring of the Ukip dogs and whatnot, where will the Tory faithful be?

In seat after seat that Labour held you get a Lib Dem collapse, a holdup of the Tory vote, and a 4 - 5,000 surge for Ukip.

24th April 2016, The Telegraph: Nigel Farage plans a rebrand of UKIP to appeal to 18 - 30 year old to exploit post-referendum Eurosceptic surge

Anyone in the UK with even the slightest interest in politics is aware of the rise of UKIP and Nigel Farage but this is far from an isolated story — all across Europe polls show there will be a surge in support for a range of populist anti-EU, anti-austerity, anti-immigrant and anti-establishment parties.

The Greens are hoping for a surge on the Isle of Wight, despite coming third after Tories and UKIP in 2015, since well - known MP Andrew Turner stood down.

According to the Survation poll, a surge in Ukip support has seen them rise to 21 per cent, eight points clear of Labour, who seem destined for a humiliating fourth place.

The Conservative party is taking UKIP seriously, education secretary Michael Gove has said as support for Nigel Farage's party surged in the local elections.

Boris Johnson has said Ukip's surge in the European elections shows those in favour of Britain's membership of the EU have been ignoring the «popular revolt».

The poll found that despite the surging popularity of Nigel Farage's party, a quarter (23 %) of likely Ukip voters at the European Parliamentary elections say they are unlikely to vote for the party at the General Election next year.

Labour will not guarantee an in - out referendum on the European Union despite a surge in votes for anti-Europe Ukip in the local and European elections.