Sentences with phrase «constituencies since»

She added that they have not created any new constituencies since such responsibilities fall under the purview of the Electoral Commission.

The PCs have held this constituency since 1967.

The 73 - year old Mr. Lund has represented the constituency since 1989.

Mr. Rodney has also served as the PC MLA for this constituency since 2004.

The ex-chief whip has represented her constituency since 1987 and is stepping down because, in turning 65 at the end of 2010, she feels it is «the right time to let someone else take up the role».

The current Father of the House has served the constituency since 1964 and had the fifth - lowest overall expenses claims, despite his seat being almost 200 miles from Westminster.

Gray has held the constituency since 2007, with Labour also holding it in the previous two elections.

The announcement came at the annual gala of the Human Rights Campaign, the LGBT rights group, a community that has been a key constituency since the approval of same - sex marriage in 2011 — legislation that proved to be a national catalyst within five years.

He lost out to Conservative David Nuttall by just 378 votes, who has held the constituency since 2010, when it was won back from Labour.

Labour has never lost the constituency since its creation in 1950 but the resignation of Tristram Hunt to take up a job as the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum was seen as a major opportunity to test Ukip's strategy of making progress in Brexit - leaning Labour heartlands.

He has not been seen in parliament or in the constituency since October, and is yet to make his maiden speech in the Commons.

The Glasgow Pollok MSP has represented her constituency since 1999, taking over as leader in December 2011 after the party's bruising defeat by the SNP in the Scottish parliament elections that year.

One of the officers who could not cast his ballot at the polling station told Citi News» Jonas Nyabor that he had been informed by colleagues he could cast his ballot within the constituency since he works within the constituency although he originally votes in another constituency.

With 13 % of the vote in 2005 and not a single Liberal Democrat councillor in the constituency since 1975, the Party of Clegg, Campbell and Kennedy has not been seen as a threat in Wallasey for a generation or more.

Eagle, who has represented the Wallasey constituency since 1992, is understood to have the backing of at least the 51 Labour MPs sufficient to get on to the ballot of members, registered supporters and unions.

Mickleover has only been in this constituency since 2010, from 1997 it was in Derby South and from 1983 it was in Derbyshire South.

The member for the constituency since 1999 has been Carwyn Jones, who became First Minister of Wales in 2009.

Not exact matches

With the Progressive Conservatives planning to complete candidate nominations in all 87 constituencies by March 15, 2015, there have been plenty of announcements since my previous update:

The NDP saw a spike of support in constituency in the the 2001 election, but have not had much success in the three elections held since.

And since the former Alberta Green Party leader became aware his own constituency association president was challenging him, he's already said some pretty harsh things about the Wildrose Party and its leadership.

We have leveraged the Edison Award seal on both consumer and trade marketing elements since the award resonates with all constituencies as a top innovative product.»

Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, he has solidified political support from three important constituencies: neoconservative intellectuals, American Jews (including members of the influential pro-Israel lobby) and fundamentalist Christians, constituencies that find common ground in their vigorous support for Israel.

And since changes in church school enrollment usually precede changes in church membership by three to five years, these churches face severe attrition in both the quantity and the quality of their constituency in the years ahead, if present trends continue.

Since there is solid biblical and theological grounding for these same general interests, liberal religion should be able to relate to such constituencies as it has done in the past.

Since breaking out at the 2001 U.S. Open, Hewitt, 22, has alienated every constituency in the game.

To use the example of Sarah Wollaston again, she has received praise since being elected in 2010 for standing up to her party on a number of issues - because her mandate was granted not by what used to be known (before the smoking ban) as the smoky back room, but by a much larger pool of voters in her constituency.

Our belief is based on a number of happenings since the NPP Parliamentary candidate assumed the leadership of the Ablekuma North Constituency on the ticket of the NPP.

Gov. Cuomo was elected a Democratic Governor and betrayed his Democrat constituency across NYS, with the formation of the IDC Coalition that since its creation has undermined the «Progressive» legislation he touted, i.e. not in the economic sphere, but definitely on social issues.

We hereby alert the security agencies to keep a close eye on her since her conduct constitutes a potential threat to peace and security within and outside the constituency.

The constituency has gone to the winning party in every general election since 1951, making it the country's most reliable bellwether.

Crawley became MP for Lanark and Hamilton East replacing Labour's Jimmy Hood, who had been in post since the constituency's creation in 2005.

Also, since both Flanagan and Heastie are new and have something to prove to their respective conferences and constituencies, it makes a two - way negotiation that much more difficult — not to mention the fact that Cuomo would probably not be happy about getting left out.

This constituency had been largely peripheral in front - line Russian politics since the early 1990s.

Since we'd have an increase in number of elected representatives to reflect the will of all the constituencies no longer losing out by «winner take all,» how would the salaries of those people be allocated?

Since June 2014, oil prices have plummeted nearly 60 percent, and the dos Santos regime, which is highly dependent on extraction, is now struggling to pay the bills, continue its infrastructure spending, and buy off key constituencies.

They have succeeded in getting the Sainte - Laguë rule adopted (since 2004) for allocating seats to European Parliament constituencies.

In any event, the argument against PR can't be based on «distant party lists» and loss of constituency links, since no serious PR advocacy for the Commons favours such a system.

«Make no mistake,» Andy Sawford beamed, «since this constituency existed, no party has formed a government without winning here.»

He worked as a researcher for previous MP John Cummings since 1997, and was also Secretary of Easington Constituency Labour Party.

No constituency candidate who seeks election as an independent candidate shall use the name of any political party that contested the last general election or any by - election held since the last general election but shall have the word «INDEPENDENT», without further qualification or addition, shown on the ballot paper immediately below that candidate's name.

Harriet Ruth Harman QC (born 30 July 1950) is a British solicitor and Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament since 1982, first for Peckham, and then for its successor constituency of Camberwell and Peckham since 1997.

I'm glad to get back to work on getting my constituency office sorted out — I feel about a hundred years younger since getting back and getting some proper sleep.

Lord Oakeshott, who has now resigned from the Liberal Democrats, privately commissioned surveys in several constituencies that showed a collapse in support for the party since 2010.

Which brings me to my favourite part of this result: the strongest Green list vote we've seen since this polling sequence began, indicating a Green group five times larger than that which currently sits at Holyrood, primarily because Labour would no longer be so substantially under - represented in the constituencies.

Given the huge changes in overall levels of party support for the Liberal Democrats, SNP and UKIP since the last election, voters are likely to be much more unsure of the parties relative standings in their constituency.

Since last month's poll, in the constituency vote the SNP were up one per cent to 53, Labour were also up one to 22, the Tories remain on 16 and the Liberal Democrats down one on six.

The peer, who has now resigned from the Liberal Democrats, privately commissioned surveys in several constituencies that showed a collapse in support for the party since 2010.

Since 2014 she has been Hodge's caseworker, constituency manager and most recently her parliamentary researcher.

Since the 2010 election, at least five publicly available opinion polls, have been conducted in the constituency.

For first time since 1987, let's have a Welsh Welsh Secretary from a Welsh constituency, fighting for Conservatism in Wales on a full - time basis