Sentences with phrase «amongst labour supporters»

Reid's support was alrgely amongst non-Labour supporters, amongst Labour supporters Brown was overwhelmingly preferred by 59 % to 15 % for Reid.

Only 14 % of them said he had responded badly, and 46 % said he had responded well, giving him a net score of +32 amongst Labour supporters.

Amongst Labour supporters opinion is more evenly split — 45 % would like him to go, 47 % would like him to stay.

Amongst Labour supporters the majority wanted Prescott and Hewitt to stay, but wanted Clarke to resign.

Amongst Labour supporters 41 % think the strikes should be supported, 14 % opposed and 34 % neither.

During the 1950s and early 1960s, it also became increasingly unpopular amongst Labour supporters and politicians, who argued that the system reinforced class division and the privileges of the middle classes, who dominated the grammar schools.

Not exact matches

Yet Reg Freeson, the Labour MP who was ousted and replaced as MP by Livingstone said he did not consider the ex-London Mayor to be «anti-semitic» and as London's Mayor Livingstone supported Jewish festivals and was never short of Jews amongst his supporters.

Despite all the talk of late surges and delayed ballots, his lead amongst the # 3 «supporters», (many of whom are clearly not Labour supporters at all), is too large to be overhauled.

Despite this unpopular economic message, the Tories maintain a lead in the polls due to the right wing and unpopular policies that Labour has pursued in government that have alienated significant elements amongst its former supporters.

Second, there is also some evidence to back the widespread speculation that Labour's recent loss of support has occurred disproportionately amongst those of its supporters who voted Yes in September.

Turning to Ed Miliband, only 28 % of people agreed with a statement that Ed Miliband had the right qualities to become Prime Minister, 60 % disagreed (amongst Labour's own supporters 51 % agreed).

Miliband couldn't wait to jump in and say Camerons judgement was suspect amongst many labour supporters and shadow ministers.

In August 2015, it was revealed that Loughton was amongst a number of supporters of other political parties who had paid # 3 to register to join the Labour Party in an attempt to participate in its leadership election.

Support for the death penalty tends to be strongest amongst Conservative voters, but Labour supporters also tend to be more likely than not to support it (Liberal Democrats tend to oppose).

Diane Abbot's popularity though is much higher amongst Conservative and Lib Dem supporters — amongst Labour's own supporters she is in fourth place behind David Miliband (34 %), Ed Miliband (13 %) and Ed Balls (10 %).

Amongst Labour's current supporters Diane Abbott is seen as the worst candidate on 22 %, followed by Balls on 13 %.

76 % of Lib Dem voters approve and 22 % disapprove, a net approval of +54 — but these are comparatively low figures for a party leader amongst their own supporters — Blair has a net approval of +64 amongst Labour voters and Cameron +76 amongst Tory voters.

Amongst Labour's own supporters only 16 % thought Miliband had the right policies and the right look / sound, 5 % of Labour supporters thought he had the right look / sound but the wrong policies, 59 % of Labour supporters thought he had the right policies but didn't look or sound like a possible Prime Minister.

Answers to the latter question remain very split along partisan lines — a majority of Labour and Lib Dem voters want Osborne replaced, amongst the Conservative party's own supporters 29 % think that Osborne should go, 47 % that he should stay.

In all these cases the policies weren't just popular amongst Conservative and Liberal Democrat supporters, they were also backed by a majority of Labour voters.