Sentences with phrase «by local constituency»

Asked on ITV's Peston on Sunday show whether it would lead to deselections, Mr Corbyn said: «There will be selections made by local constituency parties.

A progressive boycott of Labour party conference by local constituency parties has been revealed in figures presented to Labour's National Executive yesterday.

He has insisted his replacement must be selected by local constituency members rather than be parachuted in from party headquarters.

Spurred by local constituencies, lawmakers in 1991 and 1998 formally added bicycling and walking to transportation planning.

Not exact matches

Emerging arenas of contestation will likely be driven by territorialism and identity that will redefine the tone and tenor of political debate both within the House of Commons and in local constituencies.

Hitherto, the coincidence of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.

Local council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 sLocal council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 slocal election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 slocal elections in 2014 shows.

Even though they have been given a free vote by their anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, many Labour MPs will feel pressure from their constituency parties and local left - wing activists not to vote in the same lobby as the Tories.

We finished second in the roughly similar Holyrood constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine in 2016 but the Westminster constituency saw the Conservatives beat the SNP by over 5 % in May's local elections.

This democracy package could also include a review of local government, including voting systems (where there is a strong case for PR, perhaps by STV given the existing tradition of multi-member constituencies).

The six constituency NEC places are also being elected this year, with nominations by local Labour Parties being made up until 24 June and ballot papers being sent to all members around 7 July.

Militant's tactics were to take over moribund constituency parties by the simple expedient of joining the party, getting themselves elected to local committees and then boring and antagonising more moderate members into resigning.

Watson claims that these groups — previously known as Militant and Socialist Organiser — are using the methods used by Militant in the 1980s to take control of local constituency Labour parties (CLPs).

Doubtless Labour, whose support fell by five points, will argue that it had its own particular local difficulties in Copeland — the party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn, used at least to be antipathetic to the nuclear power industry, on which the constituency is heavily dependent.

A catastrophically chatty cabbie My MP returned from London one evening to the constituency to attend an awards evening hosted by a local charity.

So I went to a shop I know is run by a gay couple in my constituency, I went to some activists, I went to a local residents» group that is run by a gay couple.

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

The committee faced a very difficult task, in fairness, given that the levels of change being determined by the terms of reference would probably amount to the most dramatic redrawal of local election constituency boundaries in the history of the State.

(The Sinn Fein vote, by contrast, was higher in the European elections than in the local elections in all of these three European constituency areas, as shown by Figure 2).

It was a gathering dominated by his local connections and evidence of the esteem in which he was held throughout the Highland constituency that he had represented for 32 years.

The shortlist, agreed by the six representatives in agreement with CCHQ contains no local candidates despite the fact that both London MEP Syed Kamall and GLA Member for the constituency James Cleverly applied.

Child Poverty Action Group has today published estimates of the costs to the economy and government generated by child poverty rates in every local authority and constituency in the UK.

A pdf of the report, and a spreadsheet with local cost figures broken down by local authorities and constituencies, are both attached to the email distribution of this release.

The complaint against Mr Brown, raised by Conservative MP Greg Hands, related to Mr Brown subletting his constituency office in Kirkcaldy to his local party from July 2005 to March 2008.

So I don't get the feeling that on the ground, constituency by constituency, whether that's going to be in by - elections or in local elections, there is going to be any desire for the Tories and Liberals to reach some kind of local accommodation

At the end of an election, the marked postal voter lists are open for public inspection and also can be purchased by the Electoral Commission, candidates, elected representatives, government departments, police forces, registered political parties and local constituency parties.

At issue was whether the costs of a Conservative campaign battlebus should have been accounted for by local campaigns where the legal spending limits are tighter at between about # 11,000 and # 16,000, depending on the size of the constituency

A leaked document purporting to comprise Unite's «political strategy» last week, suggested that the union «flood» the local constituency Labour parties with Unite members, which would be marshalled by central command, with the aim of delivering the union's strategy within the party.

The comment came after Vicky Dunn, the Green candidate in the constituency, asked Ayling about a claim made in a local Ukip leaflet that offshore wind energy jobs were all filled by foreigners.

Will visits by both David Cameron and Nick Clegg still continue to have a positive effect at the local level, or will they find, as Gordon Brown did in 2010, that no matter how carefully the incumbent leader (and his deputy) chooses the constituencies to visit, they do not make an impact?

John Bell the local candidate was selected for Clwyd South, John stood for the Constituency in the Welsh Assembly Elections achieving a 6.6 % swing from Labour to Conservatives and increased our share of the vote by 10.2 % whilst increasing the Conservative vote by some 60 %.

It requires you to believe that, on the one hand, Charles's local reputation is so strong that he is unbeatable no matter what the national circumstances, and — at the same time — that even after 32 years as their MP nobody in his constituency will remember his name unless reminded by a pollster.

The Assembly election uses a form of Additional Member System (AMS), with 14 local constituency seats (spanning two or three London boroughs) with winners elected by «first past the post» (or plurality rule) voting.

Reed, who has triggered a knife - edge by - election by quitting his Copeland constituency, even went as far to say he could better serve his community in his new job at the local Sellafield power station than as its MP.

These visits do not increase constituency turnout, but visits by David Cameron and Nick Clegg in 2010 significantly boosted their respective local party vote shares.

Alia Middleton examines the evidence from 2010 and finds that visits made to constituencies by party leaders can have an impact on local results.

This was coming few days after the senate president offset 20 months» salary arrears owed 220 traditional chiefs by three local government areas in his constituency.

Her comments were deemed irresponsible by some for perpetuating the rhetoric of the BNP, who are an increasing force at local elections in her Barking constituency.

As the Mail reported at the weekend, Mr Lyon has also just passed on his file on the complaint made by Tory MP Greg Hands a year ago about Gordon Brown's failure to declare his subletting of part of a constituency office to his local Labour Party.

The Lib Dem leadership rules state that a leader can be removed by a vote of no confidence passed by a majority of MPs or by a statement calling on him to go submitted by 75 local constituency parties.

MP Sir Gerald Kaufman's riven constituency party has now been suspended by party headquarters after reports of abusive behaviour by local members.

We begin campaigning across the constituency, starting by leafleting in Wombwell with a local councillor Daniel Griffin and a stalwart of my local party, Lee Parkinson.

«Just like any Constituency whether local, State or National is empowered by law to recall or suspend any recalcitrant officer, the leaders and followers in the local chapters have the rights to do the needful when their representatives step out of the track.

Governor Ahmed gave this assurance yesterday at Omu - Aran, the headquarters of Irepodun Local government area of the state while flagging off the reconstructed Olomu - Agan - Oru road facilitated by a member representing Irepodun, Ekiti, Oke - Ero and Isin Federal Constituency, Mrs. Funke Adedoyin.

William Bain was born and brought up in the Glasgow North East constituency which he won in a 2009 by - election prompted by the resignation of local MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin,

The local communities which make up the new constituency have been badly let down by the Labour Party both locally and nationally - the resounding defeat last month of Labour's Congestion Charge is just the latest example of how out - of - touch Labour have become from the concerns of residents.

In addition to this issue with the national campaign, an analysis of the local, constituency - based campaigns at the 2010 election was carried out by the Electoral Reform Society in 2013, finding that the difference in expenditure was 22 times as high in the constituency with the highest campaign spend per vote as it was in the lowest.

In order to do so, area statistics provided by the Central Statistics Office for the 3,000 + electoral divisions in the state were accessed and area figures / statistics for each of the different electoral divisions located within the different local and European election constituencies were aggregated together to calculate the area of these electoral areas.

He has focused in particular on how to reform politics by devolving power to local constituencies through referendums on important issues and on recalling votes for citizens who are unhappy with the performance of MPs and other elected officials.

The area covered by each of these four largest local election constituencies is more than twice that of the area covered by the Dublin local election constituency.