Sentences with phrase «win vote of confidence in»
Labour's Commons motion on whether Jeremy Hunt should be investigated for breaching the Ministerial Code in his handling of the BSkyB bid has been rejected - the Government won the vote of confidence in Hunt by 290 to 252.
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So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.
Both Shipman and Oliver make the point that even if remain had won the Brexiteers would have refused to have accepted the result and were plotting a vote of no confidence in Cameron.
Even if the result is so close that both sides think they can win in the Commons, the acid test of a confidence vote will decide the issue one way or the other.
It is the politician that takes the lead on this that will earn the respect and confidence of business and the wider public - and the politician that can do that is the one who will win votes and restore confidence in Britain's economy.
Despite a vote of no confidence, Corbyn has insisted he won't resign, citing the large mandate he won in the 2015 leadership election, when he finished 40 percentage points ahead of his nearest challenger in a vote of party members.
By finally making his intentions known, Johnson is going to find it difficult to deflect accusations that he is, in effect, casting a vote of no - confidence in the prime minister's chances of winning a convincing majority in 2015.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democratic win, in a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats, is a vote of confidence for the president and his policies.
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«Rifkind calls for arms embargo to be lifted for Syrian rebels Main Hunt puts in strong performance, as Government wins vote of confidence.
Corbyn has been hit by scores of resignations and has failed to win the backing of 80 % of his MPs in a confidence ballot since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June's referendum.
This means that in most situations, the party with the most seats has the best chance and the least complicated route to winning a confidence vote, regardless of its place on the political spectrum.
Nevertheless, usually an incumbent government that loses its plurality in the House simply resigns, especially if the main opposition party is only a few seats short of having a majority or if it feels it has no chance of winning the support of enough members of smaller parties to win an initial confidence vote.
On 23 May 2007, Hewitt survived a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons led by the Conservatives, winning by 63 votes.
If Labour lost its Queens Speech and Budget — the Queens Speech alone would trigger a crisis if rejected — then the Tories and minority parties might well then want to trigger a vote of no confidence, and if won, Labour would be out in the cold and suffer irreparable damage.
«Re-electing the incumbent is to vote for continuity of failure as the first term in the office is usually the time to win the confidence of the electorate but Mr President has performed so woefully in security, nation building, provision of infrastructure, employment generation, name it to seek re-election.
• If all those members, supporters and affiliates who voted for Jeremy Corbyn had had the foresight and confidence to place a # 10 bet on him winning back in May and had donated their winnings to the party, it would have amounted to about # 2.5 m, assuming odds of 100 - 1.
Many would complain that a coalition of the second and fourth largest parties would be «undemocratic,» but in our representative system it is the grouping that can win a confidence vote in the House of Commons that forms the government.
But, will winning votes of confidence from these reputable people and institutions be enough to make a dent in a notoriously difficult industry like the music business?