Sentences with phrase «cent of the seats on»

· Tamworth (Staffordshire)- Conservatives won 90 per cent of seats on 49.5 per cent of the vote.

· Halton (north Cheshire)- Labour won 60 per cent of seats on 38.1 per cent of the vote.

· Oxford - Labour won 50 per cent of seats on 34.6 per cent of votes.

· Eastleigh (Hampshire)- Lib Dems won 86.7 per cent of seats on 48.6 per cent of the vote.

In the UK general election in 2005, the ruling Labour party won 55 per cent of the seats on just 35 per cent of the total votes.

Not exact matches

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But his «safe hands on the economy» message cut through in the end, with the coalition winning a majority of seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.

Lion boss Stuart Irvine, who was in Geelong on Monday morning to launch the nation's biggest brewer's new Little Creatures brewery, said his company's lightening purchase of a 10 per cent stake in takeover target WCB two months ago would deliver it a «seat at the table» and influence over the direction of the outcome.

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His research focuses on how he won the Labour seat of Enfield Southgate on an 8.7 per cent swing at the last election, and on similar successes across the country.

It explains the focus on the SNP, a party that can't expect to take more than four per cent of the national vote share but could end up seizing 50 - odd seats — and advancing its long - term agenda of breaking up Britain.

However, if he claims to be a democrat, he can not defend a system which, in Scotland, in 2003 for example, gave his party 41 per cent of the seats in local councils on 32.6 per cent of the votes.

The solicitor - general, Vera Baird, lost her Redcar seat - where the Corus plant was a major casualty of the recession - on a 21 per cent swing.

But then the SNP did win previously safe - as - houses Glasgow East from Labour at the by - election earlier in the summer on a swing of over 20 per cent, and they start with an advantage in Glenrothes in that the party already holds the almost identical Fife Central seat in the Scottish Parliament.

The Rallings and Thrasher projection (based on the 2005 general election result) of the seat after minor boundary changes suggests that Heppell will go into the general election defending a notional majority of 7,083 over the Conservatives, with Ewan requiring a swing of a little over 12 per cent to take the seat.

If Labour support falls to 31 per cent and the Conservatives manage 35 per cent then the latter would still be around 15 seats short of an outright majority, but could manage to put together a coalition without the need to rely on the SNP.

· North East Lincolnshire (i.e. Grimsby) Lib Dems won majority of seats (7) this year on 29.5 per cent of the vote, Conservatives 38.2 per cent of the vote and 4 seats.

Richard Barnbrook has won a seat on the Greater London Assembly after the British national party earned more than five per cent of the public vote.

· Ipswich (Suffolk)- Labour won half the seats on 34.1 per cent of the vote, despite the Conservatives having 41.1 per cent of the vote.

· Rotherham - Labour won two thirds of seats on 36.2 per cent of the vote.

Danny suggested a referendum on the most modest form of electoral reform - the Alternative Vote (AV), which allowed candidates to be ranked in preference order and required MPs to secure 50 per cent of the vote to be elected - linked to Lib Dem support for the Conservatives» own reform plan, which was to reduce the number of parliamentary seats and to remove Labour over-representation.

As the party who recently has benefited the most from FPTP (since 1979, Labour have on average won 12 per cent more seats than proportional vote share would have given them, versus an FPTP bonus of only 6 per cent for the Tories), surely Labour want to ensure they can still win power?

Where the money is (Analysis based on money wagered on the election in political betting markets) Conservative: 327 seats Labour: 224 seats Liberal Democrat: 64 seats Translates into a Conservative overall majority of 4 % chance of Conservative overall majority: 53.9 per cent;

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Unfortunately, the smaller (40 per cent) section of the seat is located on the driver's side, rather than the nearside of the car, which would be the safer alternative for youngsters embarking.

For now, Mahindra says its all - petrol 2018 XUV500 line - up covers 70 per cent of the seven - seat SUV market and that the XUV doesn't pretend to be anything other than a car for families on a budget.

With a 27 per cent increase in stiffness up front and a 20 per cent firmer rear the formula works wonders on the Clio RS's seat - of - your - pants feel.

The 9.8 kWh battery pack is located behind the back seats (stealing about 40 per cent of the boot space in the process) and is said to be good for 33 miles of pure pure EV driving, with a full charge taking three hours on a UK domestic socket.

Seven - seat models, dubbed «5 +2» by Land Rover, will cost a further $ 1990 on all variants, and are expected to be specified by around 40 per cent of buyers.

Outfitted with a supply of Marlboros — they were twenty - five cents a pack — I began hanging out at the local drive - in burger joint, slouched in the shotgun seat of a friend's Mustang and looking for action, listening to teenage wipeouts on the radio.

The value of a Delta SkyMile for a seat in the main cabin on a round trip flight is worth 1.3 cents.

On a more simple measure of affordability, the median house price of the marginal Liberal seat held by Malcolm Turnbull — which needs a swing of 3.9 per cent to change hands — is a staggering $ 1.65 million.

In total, the new routes and additional flights represent the addition of over 65,000 extra seats, taking the total number of seats on sale from London Stansted to over 875,000 - a capacity increase of eight per cent.

Personally, I spend the vast amount of my points on aspirational redemptions (i.e., Etihad Apartment, Singapore Suites, etc.), so the ability to redeem at 2 cents per point didn't intrigue me that much, since those seats would require so many Membership Rewards.

Unusually for me I purchased AAdvantage Miles in the December promotion (at 1.8 cents each) and I did so because I knew I wanted to book a lot of truly premium seats before the devaluation on 22 March.

The escalation in passenger figures marks the airport's 19 consecutive month of year on year growth, with performance attributed to the busy Christmas period where the airport saw over 720,000 festive travellers arrive and depart, a rise of 1.2 per cent, as well as having over 153,000 extra seats available to popular destinations compared with the previous winter season.

Benefitting from the unbeatable economics, versatility and high reliability of the A330, the A330neo reduces fuel consumption by 14 per cent per seat, making it the most cost efficient, long range wide - body aircraft on the market.

Jump On a cheap flight Edmonton Journal March 6, 2014 Calgary's Jump On Flyaways is offering Edmontonians a new weekend getaway at discounted rates, but the flight only leaves if 80 per cent of the plane's seats are sold.

Wan na Get Away Fare Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book premium international tickets on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of award tickets where you know you are getting a great (semi) fixed value on award tickets of about 1.8 - 2 cents each on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for any open seat on a flight, just as if you were buying it.

Considering I bought these miles at 1.1 cents a piece, that was like paying $ 330 extra to fly in first class on most legs of what will be a 25,900 - mile award ticket - a no - brainer since first class seats are generally much more spacious and every inch of pitch counts when you're 6» 7 ″!

We sampled several flights, international and domestic, between major Delta hubs and non-hub airports and found an average value of 1.3 and 2.1 cents per SkyMile for main cabin and first class seats on round - trip flights and 2.3 cents per mile and 2.9 cents per SkyMile for main cabin and first class seats on one - way flights.