Sentences with phrase «after polling day»

Some had permanent posts but most, especially younger members of staff like myself, had short - term contracts that expired soon after polling day.

He explained that he changed his mind about the need for immediate spending cuts just after polling day.

55.1 (1) Within three months after polling day in the election, every returning officer for an electoral district shall prepare a report on the measures that the officer has taken to provide accessibility for electors with disabilities in the district and shall submit the report to the Chief Electoral Officer.

Second is that investors have been discounting days and weeks of wrangling after polling day over who would form the government - and so they are semi-euphoric that we already know who's in charge.

That means more coalition mayhem after polling day?

Forget the NHS; it's our constitution which could end up being commandeered by the losing side after polling day.

This study is now 50 years old; each election since 1964 has been graced by an in - depth survey of voters conducted after polling day, while in -LSB-...]

I can't disagree with the 88 % of Tory members who don't expect a Tory majority after polling day.

Tory MPs know that those who enthusiastically carry out their orders will reap the rewards after polling day.

The Prime Minister did not object last month when Sir John Chilcot, with all the caution of a retired Whitehall mandarin, suggested that he appear after polling day to keep politics out of the process.

[4] She took a leave of absence to campaign for election and would have returned to work the Monday after polling day if she had been unsuccessful.

The Liberal Democrats lost 48 of their 56 seats in May's general election, a result that triggered the resignation of the party's leader, Nick Clegg, the morning after polling day.

So he's calling for parliament to be summoned to meet on Saturday May 9th, just two days after polling day.

Nick said only the Liberal Democrats will provide «stability, unity and decency» after Polling Day, highlighting six «red lines» that must be agreed to as part of any coalition negotiations in the next government.

He said he continued to smoke for a «very short period of time» after polling day, but was not tempted to drown his sorrows.

However, the Conservative election pledge to hold a free vote on repeal «early» after polling day has been abandoned, senior officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admitted on Friday.

In 2005 the Queen's speech was held 12 days after polling day.

That means targeting special resources on a few English councils where success can be celebrated on the morning after polling day.