Sentences with phrase «accepted by constituency»

Corbyn's allies have so far struggled to get his supporters accepted by constituency parties, with local or union - backed candidates preferred.

Not exact matches

This constituency includes persons now repelled by organized religion because they can not accept certain positions (such as opposition to evolutionary theory or to birth - control practice) which they have been exposed to in some churches and which they assume characterize all churches.

Such extremes of disillusionment are unusual even by Westminster standards, where many MPs can find themselves passively accepting their roles or simply looking elsewhere — perhaps towards serving their constituency, or by playing a longer game to pursue promotion to the corridors of power.

Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2), the Returning Officer may, with the concurrence of the Electoral Commission, accept the nomination of any constituency candidate under a name that does not comply with the provisions of that subsection, if the Returning Officer is satisfied that the name has been adopted by the candidate in good faith and for good reason and is not indecent or offensive or likely to deceive or cause confusion.

Subject to the concurrence of the Electoral Commission, the Returning Officer shall not accept the nomination of any constituency candidate if the Returning Officer is not satisfied, by such evidence (if any) as the Returning Officer requires, that the name under which the candidate is nominated is --

The by - election was sparked by the resignation of former MP for the constituency Patrick Mercer, following allegations that he accepted money to ask questions in parliament.

Member of Parliament for Assin Central constituency, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has said that he finds no problem with comments made by General Secretary of the ruling NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, that all political parties must accept responsibility for a bloated voters» register.

President Akufo - Addo invited the Labour Party leader, whose parliamentary constituency of Islington North has a high concentration of Ghanaians, to visit Ghana later in the year, an invitation which was warmly accepted by Jeremy Corbyn.