Sentences with phrase «against holding referendums»

Earlier this year, the House of Lords Constitutional Affairs Committee concluded that there should be «a presumption against holding referendums on the same day as elections» because of the risk that voters would be confused and results distorted.»

Park Treasurer Robert Gibson, who voted against holding the referendum, said he opposes the mailing because he's against a tax hike.

Because Caroline Flint has finally proved that one of the Government's main arguments against holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is well and truly defunct.

Not exact matches

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

The district «s suit is against the Du Page County Board of Elections, which ruled that park districts do not have the authority to hold advisory referendums.

«Allow the Igbo and support them to hold a referendum to decide their future either as Nigerians or as Biafrans in view of the fact that the population of the Igbo that supports Biafra is far larger than the few who appear to be against it.

The Tory — who urged David Cameron against holding one in the first place — said: «The first referendum was enough for me, thank you.»

«I abstained on article 50 because I felt it was wrong in principle to vote against, given that we had all voted to hold the referendum in the first place.

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.

Stewart Jackson, who resigned as a ministerial aide to the Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson last October after rebelling against the government on whether to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, said: «An increasing number of people are very frustrated at the compromises that are necessary with coalition.»

A Yougov poll for the Times this week found that if an in - out referendum was held now, 46 % would vote to quit the EU, against 35 % who would vote to stay in.

As a further disincentive against proposing large rises, councils themselves will have to foot the bill for running a referendum, though the vote could be held in tandem with other local elections.

I support this coalition because a hung Parliament makes it necessary, but I would not support changes to our voting system that would make hung Parliaments the norm, so although I will loyally vote to hold a referendum on changing the voting system, I will campaign vigorously against the alternative vote.»

The Scottish government was re-elected last year on a specific manifesto pledge which said this: «The Scottish Parliament should have the right to hold another referendum... if there is a significant and material change in the circumstance that prevailed in 2014, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against our will.»

The leaders of the Republican, Conservative and Working Families parties all have come out against the referendum to hold a state constitutional convention.

Supporters are pushing for the amendment as there is a concern it could be voted down amid a broader campaign against a referendum over whether to hold a constitutional convention, which is being opposed by environmental groups.

Tim Congdon, who ran against Farage for the party's leadership in 2010 and led the internal referendum campaign opposed to forming a Pepp, said: «In 2011 Ukip held a big internal debate on the issue.

Dean, many Labour MPs voted against the Bill that introduced the referendum on AV — that is breaking a commitment to holding one.

Mr Salmond pointed out that the SNP's manifesto said if Scotland was «dragged out» of Europe against the will of the Scottish people, then the Scottish parliament should have the right to hold another independence referendum.

It convinced scores of Tory MPs that there was no point in holding out against a Tory - Lib Dem coalition - even though the price of such a coalition was a promise to hold a referendum on the so - called «alternative vote» system which will cost numerous Tory MPs their seats.

During the House of Commons vote in October 2011 on a backbench motion for a bill to be introduced in the next parliamentary session to enable a referendum to be held on Britain's continued membership of the European Union, Mosley was one of 81 Conservative MPs who voted against the Government Whip to support a referendum.

Following a special general meeting where members of the Law Society resolved to direct the Benchers to not approve TWU's law school, the Law Society held a referendum in September 2014 where more than two - thirds of voting members voted again, but in a binding fashion, against approving TWU's law school.