Sentences with phrase «candidate at the local elections»

The Department for Work and Pensions said Mr France failed to meet the terms of his probation period by discussing political matters on television and websites, collecting signatures and standing as an independent candidate at the local elections.

Whilst she is married to an MP, the fact is that she is a politician in her own right, having stood as a Labour council candidate at the local elections this year and indicated her desire to fight a parliamentary seat in the future.

Not exact matches

Each of the election candidates was to be introduced by a student at the start of the forum and I was chosen to introduce and read the biography of Tom Turner, the local New Democratic Party candidate.

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

After several false starts, the local party plans to hold a mini convention Jan. 9 at which committee members will select a candidate to run in the yet - to - be-called special election.

April 16th at midnight is the filing deadline for congressional candidates to deliver their signatures to the local Board of Elections to get onto the June 26th primary ballot, but in an interesting wrinkle in election law, candidates can still substitute in someone else after this date.

A good way of assessing this question is to look at the experience of local elections and analyse how much other parties benefitted when UKIP stood a candidate in 2013 but not this year, compared with where they had candidates both times.

[11] At the English local elections in June 2009, the party's candidate Peter Davies won the mayoral election for the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.

The Green Party in the United States has won elected office mostly at the local level; most winners of public office in the United States who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (that is, elections in which the candidates» party affiliations were not printed on the ballot).

As you have stated that you intend to stand in the local, election despite not having been selected for the Party, and despite Mrs Clarke asking you to agree to support whoever is properly selected by the Association to fight the Willerby and Kirkella ward, I am forced to act to protect the Party by refusing to agree to you being nominated to represent the Conservative Party at the 2015 General Election as candidate for Hull West andelection despite not having been selected for the Party, and despite Mrs Clarke asking you to agree to support whoever is properly selected by the Association to fight the Willerby and Kirkella ward, I am forced to act to protect the Party by refusing to agree to you being nominated to represent the Conservative Party at the 2015 General Election as candidate for Hull West andElection as candidate for Hull West and Hessle.

In many parts of my own area, at least in local authority elections, there has often been no Labour candidate.

At the time Ms Gillett, in an exclusive interview with Cornish Stuff, hit back at claims by her rival Laura Rogers that Momentum HQ has bullied the local party into selecting Gillett as their preferred candidate for the next general electioAt the time Ms Gillett, in an exclusive interview with Cornish Stuff, hit back at claims by her rival Laura Rogers that Momentum HQ has bullied the local party into selecting Gillett as their preferred candidate for the next general electioat claims by her rival Laura Rogers that Momentum HQ has bullied the local party into selecting Gillett as their preferred candidate for the next general election.

As you are not on the approved list of candidates of Haltemprice and Howden Conservative Association you will not be selected by the Conservative Party to stand for any ward covered by the Association at the local elections.

For months they have pounded at his record in candidate forums he did not attend, or on social media accounts that have far fewer followers than his, hoping to break through to voters who are historically less engaged in local primary elections.

Democratic congressional candidate Mike Derrick has the second lowest fundraising results, at this point, of local congressional challengers in six local congressional races, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

«He refused to support the local Conservative council candidate and so we wrote to him last week to say that his position was untenable and he could not stand for us at the general election.

In a statement today, he said: «I have advised the chief whip and the chairman of my local Conservative association that I shall not seek to continue as the Conservative Party Candidate for Old Bexley and Sidcup at the next election.

A mild drama occurred on Friday day at the premises of St Anthony Anglican Church, Igboukwu, Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State when the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Chris Ngige jokingly told the candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah that he will defeat him in the election.

Green Party candidates in the United States have primarily won elected offices at the local level; most Green officeholders have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (races in which candidates were not identified on the ballot as affiliated with any political party).

The party vote share at the local elections was notably higher than the 7.4 % vote share won by their Dublin candidate, Emer Costello, at the European elections, as shown by Figure 2.

«We are delighted to have such a strong local candidate to take on Joan Ruddock at the next General Election.

Regionally, the party still fared best in the Dublin region at the local elections, where Labour candidates won 12.0 % of all the first preference votes, but the party vote share in Dublin fell dramatically from a 26.4 % level at the 2009 elections.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER On an off - year election night, a wave of revulsion at the radical and chaotic presidency of Donald Trump meant big wins for Democrats and the election of LGBTQ candidates — including eight who are transgender — and their allies in local races nationwide.

Not only will you be able to vote in the upcoming leadership election, but you can have a say in forming our policy platform at party conferences as well as choosing local candidates.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate at the Kogi state election, late Abubakar Audu, who died on Sunday, will be buried in no distant time in his home town, Ogbonicha in Ofu local government area of the state.

While the Irish Speakers also give up their party membership and are elected automatically at general elections, much like Westminster, their local electors still get the chance to vote for party candidates to fill the constituency's remaining seats.

«I have today told the executive committee of my local party that I do not wish to be the candidate for Stalybridge and Hyde at the next general election.

Amid several ongoing rows about comments made by candidates standing at the local elections this week, minister without portfolio Ken Clarke yesterday said Ukip was populated by «waifs and strays».

«Given (the) number of candidates who run for office each year at the state, county, federal and local levels, prosecutions are rare,» said John Conklin, a spokesman for the state Board of Elections.

The group said that this explained the rumblings at state level in the APC over alleged imposition of candidates in the coming local government elections.

The Labour party claims to have caught 214 people who stood as Green candidates at local or other elections.

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.

UKIP's leader has spoken of running joint candidates at future elections after talks with some Conservative associations and one local Labour party.

With these contests taking place on the same day as the Local and European elections of May 23rd, this post lists the names of the candidates who will be contesting the Longford - Westmeath and Dublin West by - elections on this page, following the official close of nominations at 12.00 pm on May 10th.

At 12:30 p.m., Syracuse Democratic mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams will be joined by local elected officials to talk about moving the city forward and what is at stake in this election, Delaware Elementary School, 900 S. Geddes St., SyracusAt 12:30 p.m., Syracuse Democratic mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams will be joined by local elected officials to talk about moving the city forward and what is at stake in this election, Delaware Elementary School, 900 S. Geddes St., Syracusat stake in this election, Delaware Elementary School, 900 S. Geddes St., Syracuse.

Local candidates were not required to file with the state Board of Elections at the time, and the Erie County Board of Elections was not required to hold on to the records after five years.

The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), and President of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has reiterated his call for the election and resourcing of Municipal, Metropolitan and District Chief Executives, MMDCEs, to ensure development at the local level.

JAMESTOWN - Nearly all the local candidates for this year's election were in Jamestown last night to take part in the Chautauqua County League of Women Voters «Meet the Candidates Forum» at the Robert H. Jackscandidates for this year's election were in Jamestown last night to take part in the Chautauqua County League of Women Voters «Meet the Candidates Forum» at the Robert H. JacksCandidates Forum» at the Robert H. Jackson Center.

Ms Kirkbride could probably win readoption from her local Association if she insists upon it and then survive an independent challenge at the General Election from a Martin Bell - style anti-sleaze candidate.

The previously selected candidate stood down at the beginning of March, but the selection was delayed until after the local and European elections.

The local party said it was relieved he took the decision not to stand at the next election and that it was beginning the process of selecting a new candidate.

The Woodstock Republican Committee will choose its local candidates at a caucus sometime before the November 5 general election.

According to Huffington Post's Paul Waugh, Jeremy Corbyn wants Labour's national executive committee to agree that Labour MPs who want to stand again at the election have to go through a «trigger ballot» so that local activists can vote against them if they want an alternative candidate.

The governor, who was speaking at the official handing over of party flags to the candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ahead of the local government elections into the 23 local government area at the Kaduna township stadium, described the senators as enemies of the state's progress.

They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman's «pink bus» but did not declare this in their local returns, with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates» returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, «used a helicopter to campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies — at a cost of # 35,000».

It takes three conditions for minor party candidates to have a chance at winning a local election on their line.

Without the loyalty factor to a well - known, local constituency MP the next Tory candidate will be in with an excellent chance of moving the seat of the gorgeous golden valley into the blue column at the next election night.

Farage, who is fielding a record 2,000 candidates in May's local elections, told the Observer that his party, traditionally strongest in the south, was building support in the north by the week — at the expense of the Conservatives.

Ashley Dittus, chair of the Ulster County Young Democrats, surmised that part of the impetus for the early rush of candidates was the desire to get out in front of a newly energized and engaged party base dismayed by Trump's election and determined to effect change at the local level.

The Woodstock Republican Committee at its September 15 caucus injected new life into the local electoral season by choosing independent candidate Lorin Rose for town supervisor over Jeremy Wilber, the freshly minted Democratic nominee, and endorsing the Town Board candidacies of Peter Cross and Ken Panza, who will face incumbent councilman Jay Wenk in a three - way race for two seats in the fall election.