Sentences with phrase «cent swing after»

7:26 pm: Arafura is looking like a CLP gain with Francis Maralampuwi Xavier enjoying a 28 per cent swing after preferences.

Not exact matches

Bill Rammell - Labour The armed forces minister also lost his seat of Harlow to the Conservatives after a swing of 5.9 per cent.

Smith lost her Redditch seat around 4.30 am, after suffering a 9 per cent swing to the Conservatives, amid speculation that the expenses scandal had helped turn voters against her.

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.

Even after the boundary review a 1 per cent swing from 1992 could be enough to deny the Tories an overall majority.