Sentences with phrase «defending small majorities»

The now powerful party figure is credited with devising its marginal seat strategy, pouring resources into constituencies where Labour MPs are defending small majorities.

Lord Ashcroft has become a powerful figure at Conservative HQ, where he is credited with devising the party's marginal seat strategy, pouring resources into constituencies where Labour MPs are defending small majority.

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Her replacement will be defending a relatively small majority of 1,421.

The anti-reform medics plan to target at least fifty senior Liberal Democrats and Conservatives with small majorities, running on what Dr Clive Peedell, co-chair of the NHS Consultants» Association, describes as «the non-party, independent ticket of defending the NHS».

Kelli Cummings, chief spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - LI), defended the raises, some as small as 3 percent, saying they were the first in four years.

In the last few weeks I have polled nearly 13,000 voters in the 40 Conservative seats with the smallest majorities: 32 of which the party is defending against Labour, and eight where the Liberal Democrats came second in 2010.

Of course, that is not a platform for majority government, but amplifying and defending the views of a sizeable minority is a legitimate goal for a small party.

With unemployment hovering just below double digits, the Democrats will try to defend their large majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and their smaller advantage in controlling the governorships.

Unlike many of her colleagues with very small majorities, Labour MP and ex-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is intending defending her constituency at the election.